Although some trends are encouraging, greater efforts will be needed if the European Union is to meet its climate targets of reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and becoming climate neutral by 2050, says the European Commission’s ‘State of the Energy Union 2021’ report, published on Tuesday 26 October.
The paper shows that EU emissions are at their lowest level for 30 years in 2020, a 31% drop from 1990 levels.
Between 2019 and 2020, there was an...