While the European Commission’s impact assessment on a possible increase in the European Union’s climate target for 2030 is being finalised, it already shows that a 50-55% reduction in the EU’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 10 years is “doable” and “can underpin a sustainable economic growth”, revealed the institution’s Executive Vice-President in charge of the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, on Tuesday 1 September at an event organised by Bruegel.