EU environment ministers agreed on Wednesday to set a climate target for 2040 – by then the EU's greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced by 90%. compared to 1990 Moreover, Poland and other opponents of the ETS2 system managed to delay its entry into force by a year.
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When will ETS2 come into force?
What is the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2040?
What are the European Union's current climate goals for 2030 and 2050?
Does the ministers' decision end the legislative process?
The vote of ministers does not end the legislative process. The final shape of the provisions of the amended European Union climate law will be adopted after negotiations between the EU Council, representing the Member States, and the European Parliament.
The new goal will complement the current EU climate law, according to which in 2030 the community will reduce emissions by 55% and in 2050 it will become climate neutral (all emissions are to be balanced by absorption).
The deputy minister of climate spoke
Deputy Minister of Climate Krzysztof Bolesta announced on Wednesday that Poland voted against setting a new climate target for 2040. “We could not support such ambitions,” he said. As he added, the ETS2 system, which will come into force a year later, has been “knocked out”.
“We negotiated all day and all night. We managed to do something that was unthinkable not so long ago – to clean up the negligence caused by the PiS government, i.e. the ETS2 system – emphasized Bolesta after the meeting of environment ministers. — Today we managed to knock the teeth out of the ETS2 system – he added.
As he explained, the translation of the ETS2 system was included in the text of the European climate law regulation. The extension of the CO2 emission allowance trading system to cover transport and construction, called the ETS2 system, is to enter into force in 2028, not in 2027.
— In addition, we managed to settle a number of demands that Poland had been fighting for from the very beginning: relief for the defense industry, a review clause that will allow us to make this climate law bearable for consumers. When it comes to the target, our de facto target is not 90%, but significantly below, he announced.
