{"id":43878,"date":"2021-04-21T11:06:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T10:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=43878"},"modified":"2021-04-22T12:28:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:28:59","slug":"eu-reaches-hard-fought-deal-climate-law-ahead-us-leaders-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2021\/04\/21\/eu-reaches-hard-fought-deal-climate-law-ahead-us-leaders-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"EU reaches hard-fought deal on climate law ahead of US leaders&#8217; summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>European Union negotiators reached a deal on the European Climate Law after 14 hours of talks, allowing the EU to go into this week\u2019s US-hosted climate summit with an agreement on the bloc\u2019s 2030 target.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a long night that finished around 5am on Wednesday, negotiators from the European parliament and EU member states reached an agreement on the European Climate Law that will enshrine the EU\u2019s commitment to reaching climate neutrality by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, the 2030 target was the big political fight of the night, but parties reached an agreement to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by \u201cat least 55%\u201d by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. That objective will therefore also become a legal obligation for the EU and its member states.<\/p>\n<p>While the 55% target is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/energy-environment\/news\/eu-parliament-votes-for-60-carbon-emissions-cut-by-2030\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lower than the 60% that Parliament had earlier voted for<\/a>, member states made a concession to European lawmakers by agreeing to cap the contribution of carbon removals from land use, agriculture and forestry.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the European Commission agreed to consider increasing the contribution of carbon sinks in order to bump up the EU\u2019s climate ambition to 57%, although this is not written in the law.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUClimateLaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUClimateLaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2021PortugalEU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@2021PortugalEU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EUCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EUCouncil<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europarl_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europarl_EN<\/a> reached today a provisional political agreement setting into law the objective of a climate-neutral EU by 2050. The EU climate law sets the frame for the EU&#8217;s climate action in the long term <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU2021PT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU2021PT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZQa718CO7J\">pic.twitter.com\/ZQa718CO7J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 2021Portugal.eu (@2021PortugalEU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2021PortugalEU\/status\/1384708545376137222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bowing to parliament\u2019s demands, EU negotiators also decided to establish an independent scientific advisory body, the European Scientific Advisory Board, to advise policymakers on the alignment of EU policies with the bloc\u2019s climate neutrality goal.<\/p>\n<p>The new body will consist of 15 members from across Europe, each nominated for a four-year mandate. It will provide scientific advice and report on existing and proposed policy measures and targets as well as greenhouse gas budgets. The European Environment Agency will act as its secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe raised the ambition of the 2030 net target to almost 57%, we got the greenhouse gas-budget and the advisory board. We wanted more, but this is a good first step towards climate neutrality,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JytteGuteland\/status\/1384710841346531328?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jytte Guteland<\/a>, parliament\u2019s lead negotiator.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2021\/04\/20\/poland-seeks-nationalise-coal-plants-firms-can-finance-green-investments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Poland<\/strong> seeks to nationalise coal plants so firms can finance green investments<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a result, the EU\u2019s 2030 target translates into a \u201cgross\u201d reduction of 52.8% without carbon removals from agriculture and forestry.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of carbon sinks into the EU\u2019s climate goal caused jitters among the Greens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/climate-environment\/news\/commission-under-fire-for-including-carbon-sinks-into-eu-climate-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who denounced the move as an \u201caccounting trick\u201d<\/a>\u00a0to meet the 55% goal for 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy failing to establish a serious climate target without accounting tricks in the European Climate Law, the Green Deal fails to live up to the big speeches of the Ursula von der Leyen Commission,\u201d said Michael Bloss, the lead negotiator for the Greens in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The centre-right European People\u2019s Party (EPP), which backed the \u201cnet\u201d target for 2030, was more positive: \u201cA 55% net target for 2030 is very ambitious,\u201d said German Christian Democrat MEP Peter Liese, who hailed a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterliese\/status\/1384706894300917760?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">historical agreement<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A win for parliament came on the 2040 target, which will be informed by a greenhouse gas budget, which determines how much carbon the EU can emit up to 2050 before it breaches the Paris Agreement. This will have separate calculations for emissions and carbon sinks.<\/p>\n<p>The 2040 target will be proposed alongside the indicative greenhouse gas budget within six months of the first global stock-take of the Paris Agreement in 2023, at the latest.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/subscribe\/\"><strong>Stay in the know:<\/strong>\u00a0Subscribe to our Climate Daily newsletter<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Beyond 2050, EU negotiators agreed to strive towards reaching negative emissions.<\/p>\n<p>However, national representatives in the Council of Ministers did not agree to make the 2050 goal a legal obligation for every EU nation . Instead, the 2050 climate goal will remain an objective for the EU to attain as a group, meaning some countries will be allowed to reach the objective later if others manage to decarbonise their economies sooner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the Council was not ready to accept climate neutrality for every member state. It will remain a collective target,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterliese\/status\/1384706894300917760?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liese said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>EU negotiations also agreed that the European Commission would help create road maps for decarbonisation for industrial sectors that make a request for it. The EU executive will then facilitate dialogue, share best practices, and monitor progress.<\/p>\n<p>European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the announcement, saying she was \u201cdelighted\u201d that a deal has been reached on the climate law.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I warmly welcome the agreement on the Climate Law.<\/p>\n<p>Our political commitment to becoming the 1st climate neutral continent by 2050 is now also a legal one.<\/p>\n<p>The Climate Law sets the EU on a green path for a generation. It is our binding pledge to our children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vonderleyen\/status\/1384734835055464456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Frans Timmermans, the Commission\u2019s executive vice-president in charge of the European Green Deal, was equally cheerful, saying: \u201cThis is a landmark moment for the EU. We have reached an ambitious agreement to write our climate neutrality target into binding legislation, as a guide to our policies for the next 30 years. The Climate Law will shape the EU\u2019s green recovery and ensure a socially just green transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s agreement also reinforces our global position as a leader in tackling the climate crisis. When world leaders gather on Earth Day, the EU will come to the table with this positive news, which we hope will inspire our international partners. This is a good day for our people and our planet,\u201d he continued, pointing to the value of the agreement for the EU on the world stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2021\/04\/19\/bidens-moment-expect-thursdays-climate-leaders-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Biden\u2019s moment:<\/strong>\u00a0What to expect from Thursday\u2019s climate leaders summit<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pascal Canfin, the chairman of the European parliament\u2019s environment committee, said the deal &#8220;: \u201cToday, Europe confirms its leadership in the fight against climate change. Twenty-four hours before the climate leaders\u2019 summit, we are further strengthening our European climate objectives thanks to a reduction in our emissions which will reach nearly 57% compared to 1990. Parliament was obviously ready to go even further, but the compromise found is ambitious: we are going to do two and a half times more in nine years than what we have done in the last 10 years in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jo\u00e3o Pedro Matos Fernandes, the Portuguese minister of environment and climate action, said: &#8220;We can be proud to have set in stone an ambitious climate goal that can get everyone\u2019s support. With this agreement we send a strong signal to the world \u2013 right ahead of the leader\u2019s climate summit on 22 April \u2013 and pave the way for the Commission to propose its \u201cfit-for-55\u2033 climate package in June,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement will now be fine tuned by legal experts and submitted to a final approval from the Council and the parliament.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story was produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/climate-environment\/news\/breakthrough-as-eu-negotiators-clinch-deal-on-european-climate-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Home News&#8217; media partner Euractiv<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European lawmakers and member states clinched a deal after all-night talks on enshrining the union&#8217;s 2030 and 2050 goals into law","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":43880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3858,4562,4603],"tags":[],"coauthors":[4657],"class_list":["post-43878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policy","category-european-commission","category-netzero","type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU reaches hard-fought deal on climate law ahead of US leaders&#039; 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