The EU is reportedly open to increasing its 2030 carbon target of cutting emissions by 40% in an effort to pursue COP21 plans to limit global warming by keeping temperature rises to 1.5°C. The EU director of climate strategy, Brook Riley, reportedly said: “The question of the level of ambition for 2030 is open, as long as it is a binding EU target of at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990.” Ministers from Austria and Germany and green groups like Friends of the Earth have welcomed the EU’s change of stance after the commission ruled out target increases last week. Meanwhile the head of the photovoltaic industry’s trade association called on member states to source 35% of their energy from renewable sources.
The EU is reportedly open to increasing its 2030 carbon target of cutting emissions by 40% in an effort to pursue COP21 plans to limit global warming by keeping temperature rises to 1.5°C. The EU director of climate strategy, Artur Runge-Metzger, reportedly said: “The question of the level of ambition for 2030 is open, as long as it is a binding EU target of at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990.” Ministers from Austria and Germany and green groups like Friends of the Earth have welcomed the EU’s change of stance after the commission ruled out target increases last week. Meanwhile the head of the photovoltaic industry’s trade association called on member states to source 35% of their energy from renewable sources.