On Tuesday 9 September, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) published the 406 amendments to the proposal for a regulation amending the European Climate Law. Presented by the European Commission on 2 July, it targets a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 compared to 1990 levels.
The text’s rapporteur, Ondřej Knotek (PfE, Czech), proposed rejecting the text, stating that “the urgency of adopting a binding...