As the Commission unveiled on Thursday 17 September its impact assessment on raising the EU’s 2030 climate target (see EUROPE B12562A1), a Commission analysis published on the same day indicates that Member States’ national climate and energy plans (NECPs) would be insufficient to achieve a 55% reduction in emissions by 2030.
With the current NECPs, the share of renewables in the EU’s energy mix by 2030 would be between 33.1% and 33.7%, while a target of 55% would require it to be...