In voting on Wednesday 14 June on the draft regulation on the sharing of effort among the member states in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030 in sectors not covered by the ETS – transport, agriculture, buildings and waste – the European Parliament marginally toughened the initial European Commission proposal, much to the satisfaction of rapporteur Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE, Netherlands).
However, unsurprisingly, Parliament was less ambitious than its environment...