Ahead of his hearing with MEPs, scheduled for 7 November, the Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) has produced a preparatory document containing detailed answers to MEPs’ written questions, in order to provide guidance to the Commissioner-designate for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Wopke Hoekstra.
In response to questions about the feasibility of the target of a 90% net reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040, the European Commission points out that this...