In Luxembourg on Friday 13 October, the European Environment Council reached agreement in principle (a ‘general approach’) on the July 2016 draft regulation establishing a sharing of the burden of reducing greenhouse gas emissions among member states not covered by the European carbon trading system (ETS) for 2030 (see EUROPE 11598).
This covers transport, buildings, agriculture and waste, sectors that should cut their emissions by 30% over the 2021-2030 period on the 2005 figures as a...