On the night of Thursday 10 to Friday 11 November, after several hours of difficult discussions, negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union agreed to set the EU’s 2030 target for net greenhouse gas (GHG) removals from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) at 310 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, about 15% higher than the current target.
Confirming the European Commission’s original proposal (see EUROPE B12762A4), the provisional...