The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) decided on Tuesday 17 May to align itself with the European Commission’s position on increasing Member States’ national greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets by 2030, by approving the amended draft report by Jessica Polfjärd (EPP, Sweden) on the revision of the Climate Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR).
Adopted in 2018, the ‘ESR’ regulation sets national targets for 2030 for the...