As the Commission unveiled on Thursday 17 September its impact assessment on raising the EU’s 2030 climate target (see EUROPE 12562/1), 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 between 38% and 40%, the Commission’s analysis underlines.
While this share is insufficient in the case of a 55% target, it is higher than the current 2030 renewable energy target (a share of 32%).
With regard to energy efficiency, Member States’ current plans would lead to an improvement of 29.4% for final consumption and 29.7% for primary consumption, 3.1 percentage points and 2.8 points behind the current EU target (an improvement of 32.5% by 2030).
This delay would be accentuated in the case of a 55% emissions reduction scenario. According to the Commission, such a target would indeed require an improvement in energy efficiency of around 36% (final consumption) and 39% (primary consumption).
See the analysis: https://bit.ly/3hJ6qzk (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)