Member States’ final National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) are “substantially more ambitious” than the draft plans submitted to the European Commission in June 2019 (see EUROPE B12277A4), according to the assessment of the NECPs published by the Commission on Thursday 17 September.
On the basis of these plans, EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will decrease by 41% by 2030 compared to 1990 emission levels (excluding CO2 absorption in land use, land use change and forestry), an...