28/06/2021 (Agence Europe) – The Council of the European Union formally adopted the ‘Climate Law’ on Monday 28 June at a meeting of the Member States' Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries. In addition to enshrining in EU legislation the goal of climate neutrality by 2050, this regulation sets a binding target of reducing the EU’s net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% by 2030 (in comparison with 1990 levels), as well as a negative emissions target after 2050. It also provides for the creation of a ‘European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change’ and a ‘GHG’ budget’. The latter will be one of the criteria to be taken into account when defining the EU’s climate target for 2040 (see EUROPE 12703/1). Since it was already adopted by the European Parliament (see EUROPE 12748/11), the ‘Climate Law’ will now be published in the Official Journal of the EU, before it entering into force. See the ‘Climate Law’: https://bit.ly/3qy1m7e (DG)