T&E statement on the adoption of the provisional agreement on the ESR on 09/11
Last night the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council found a provisional political agreement on the Effort Sharing Regulation which sets national reduction targets for 2030 in the sectors of road transport, buildings, waste, small industry and agriculture. The agreement still needs to be approved by the permanent representatives in the Council on Friday 11th of November. Negotiations closed as COP27 is underway but led to a poor outcome. Even if the final text confirms the update to the 2030 national climate targets for the ESR sectors proposed by the Commission and contains some minor improvements, it remains far from what would have been necessary to ensure to not derail from the pathway to meet the 2030 target and the climate neutrality goal.
‘All the legislators agreed upon is an update of the 2030 national emission reduction targets. How much the EU will still emit in the ESR sectors until 2030 – the so-called emission budget – was treated as a minor issue, despite the numbers telling us that the bloc might have already used up its share of the global emission budget. The adoption of the targets might make headlines now, but if the EU wants to sell the new Effort Sharing Regulation as a big achievement at COP27, that’s just smoke and mirrors.’, Chiara Corradi, climate policy officer at Transport & Environment.
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