The Paris Protocol – A Blueprint for Tackling Global Climate Change beyond 2020

The 2030 Policy Framework confirms the EU's firm commitment to lead by example in tackling climate change. It sets out a binding, economy-wide domestic reduction target of at least 40% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 1990 in 2030. This goal is ambitious and in line with a costefficient pathway to achieve 80% emission reductions domestically in 2050. The EU’s long term vision is aiming for an emission reduction in the range of 80% to 95% by 2050 below 1990 levels, in the context of comparable reductions by other regions, as this would secure a likely chance of staying below 2°C according to the findings of the IPCC.