EU nations OK landmark climate deal
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European Union countries yesterday gave the final seal of approval to a law to make the bloc鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding, as EU policymakers prepare a huge new package of policies to fight climate change.
Negotiators from Parliament and EU member states reached a deal in April on the climate law, which sets targets to reduce net EU emissions by 55 percent by 2030, from 1990 levels, and eliminate them by 2050.
Ministers from the 27 EU countries formally approved the deal yesterday, except for Bulgaria, which abstained.
鈥淭he final compromise does not reflect our national position sufficiently,鈥 a Bulgarian government spokesman said, without specifying further.
Leaders from all EU countries signed up to the 2030 emissions-cutting target in December, which aims to put the bloc on a pathway that, if followed globally, would avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The targets apply to overall EU emissions, rather than a binding requirement for each country.
The law aims to put climate at the heart of all EU policymaking, ensuring that future regulations support the emissions-cutting aims.
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