The European Commission has recommended that the EU reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040. This is expected to be done, including the widespread introduction of renewable energy sources (RES) and nuclear energy technologies, according to reports. Agency Reuters.
The new 2040 target will change Europe’s energy balance. Coal power will be phased out and overall fossil fuel use will be reduced by 80%. It will be replaced by solar, wind and nuclear power plants.
The European Commission has also published a document outlining plans to capture and store hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions.2 By 2050.
Although the overall target is within the range recommended by official EU climate advisors, the EU administration has weakened some recommendations on agriculture. This was preceded by weeks of protests by farmers unhappy with “green” initiatives.
The EU’s previous draft climate targets said agriculture must cut non-carbon emissions (including methane and other greenhouse gases) by 30% from 2015 levels by 2040 to meet the overall climate target. This provision has been removed from the final version of the document.
Total greenhouse gas emissions of EU countries will decrease by 8% in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the lowest level in the last 60 years.
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