Cyprus takes over the Presidency of the @consilium.europa.eu at a decisive moment for Europe’s climate & industrial agenda, from the #2040Target to #CBAM milestones.
What does #CY2026EU signal for EU climate policy & where are the gaps still to be filled? 🔗 ➡️ eu.bellona.org/2026/01/08/c...
Last night’s #2040Target trilogue agreement had the tricky task of balancing conflicting positions on aspects relating to the controversial introduction of international credits to meet the target:
Publication alert! 🔍
Our researcher @oberthuerseb.bsky.social and Kati Kulovesi recently published the piece "Shaping the EU’s 2040 Climate Target-Reforming the European Climate Law’s Procedural Climate Governance".
Read here 👇
#BSoG #EUClimateGovernance #2040target
✅ @europarl.europa.eu confirms #2040target of 90% emissions reduction & introduces safeguards on the quality of international credits.
❌ The deal still dilutes domestic #climateaction: allows up to 5% of credits, weaker land sinks & calls for a delay/ slower phase-out of EU ETS free allowances.
To support global climate action, the EU must lead by example. Today, national governments failed to do so, instead pushing for a watered-down climate target, riddled with debilitating flexibilities and not grounded in scientific advice.
The #ClimateCrisis doesn't wait, nor doesn’t care about accounting tricks!
Yet today, national governments took aim at the #2040Target, choosing short-term political convenience over scientific integrity, environmental safety, and societal responsibility👎
Read on for more👉 eeb.org/2040-climate...
🇪🇺 After nearly two years of talks, EU environment ministers have agreed on a #2040Target - but weakened its core.
🗣️ @harmeling.bsky.social: “This deal is far weaker than the 90% headline suggests,”
Our press release 👉 caneurope.org/2040-climate...
#COP30 #ClimateAction
Tomorrow, governments face a choice: fuel a global race to the bottom or step up and lead the world in confronting the deepening climate emergency.
EU climate policy needs clarity, not compromise
Tomorrow EU governments decide their demands for the #2040target. We need at least a 90% net emissions cut, not hesitation or accounting tricks ❌
If the EU wants to see global #ClimateAction it must lead the way, or risks losing credibility at #COP30
Last night's #EUCO was a key moment to shape the path towards the proposed 90% #2040Target
While still insufficient, this target brings opportunity to strengthen EU competitiveness.
Environment ministers must now adopt at least 90% net reductions by 2040 and submit the #NDC ahead of #COP30.
🇪🇺 As EU leaders meet today to discuss the 2040 climate target, they face a defining choice: ambition or complacency.
🔥 Climate impacts have already cost €738 bn & 240,000 lives in Europe.
CAN Europe calls for a 1.5°C-aligned, fair 2040 target. 👉 caneurope.org/euco-2040-le...
#EUCO #2040Target
Last night's adoption of the EU’s #COP30 negotiating position by Environment Ministers sent important signals - but this is still only half the package.
📄 Press release: caneurope.org/press-releas...
#JustTransition #2040Target
New column for E24 by Lina Strandvåg Nagell, our Deputy Director & Head of Policy!
She warns that Europe still “lacks clear goals and direction” on climate and that fading ambition risks delaying vital targets. #2040target #climatetargets
Read here (in Norwegian) e24.no/internasjona...
🇪🇺 As EU leaders meet next week to discuss the 2040 climate target, they face a defining choice: ambition or complacency.
🔥 Climate impacts have already cost €738 bn & 240,000 lives in Europe.
CAN Europe calls for a 1.5°C-aligned, fair 2040 target. 👉 caneurope.org/euco-2040-le...
#EUCO #2040Target
🚜In #2040Target talks, agriculture is often sidelined, despite making up >14% of EU net #emissions
🥕If we don’t change food systems, climate & #biodiversity collapse will change them for us and farmers, communities & consumers will pay the price
WWF's recommendations?👇
www.wwf.eu?19190941/cli...
⏰ This week EU Environment Ministers should have been deciding on the #2040Target, but some governments have now secured further delays!
Citizens, local authorities and businesses are calling on Europe to deliver ambition, not water it down.
Read more 👉 caneurope.org/hac-sept-2025/
#ClimateAction
⏰ This week EU Environment Ministers should have been deciding on the #2040Target, but some governments have now secured further delays!
Citizens, local authorities & businesses are calling on Europe to deliver ambition, not water it down.
Read more 👉 eu.bellona.org/2025/09/15/s...
#climateaction
⏰ This week EU Environment Ministers should have been deciding on the #2040Target, but some governments have now secured further delays!
Citizens, local authorities and businesses are calling on Europe to deliver ambition, not water it down.
Read more 👉 caneurope.org/hac-sept-2025/
#ClimateAction
The European Parliament's lead negotiator on the 2040 climate bill will push to reject the proposal in its entirety today.
“It’s obvious that after having two legally binding targets for 2030 and 2050 this new target is not needed,” Czech MEP Ondrej Knotek told Euractiv
#2040target #climateaction
Statement by Patriots: Brussels, 24/07/2025 - Patriots for Europe firmly rejects the European Commission's proposal for a new, legally binding climate target for 2040.
In case anyone still wondered whether climate deniers are worth engaging with on climate targets – here’s your proof. You can’t work with those who want to dismantle climate action.
The pro-democratic groups must work together now.
#2040Target #ClimateLaw
❗ A strong #2040target is needed ahead of #COP30; one that aligns with scientific recommendations for at least 90% emissions reduction & excludes international carbon credits.
Read our Policy Advisor, Amélie Laurent's reaction to yesterday's developments in the @europarl.europa.eu ⬇️
#climate
Today’s vote let climate deniers take charge of EU's 2040 climate target.
The EPP teamed up with the far right, endangering lives, investments & our credibility at #COP30.
But we will not stop fighting for strong climate action!
#2040Target #ClimateLaw
The report on the EU 2040 climate target is now in the hands of the far right…. Holy F!
That should be a wake-up call for all pro-European forces in this Parliament.
If we want to save the 2040 target from climate deniers, we need the urgency procedure NOW!
#2040target
Anyone who is against the 2040 climate targets should just hold a two-hour press conference outside during this heatwave, explaining why we have all the time in the world.
#heatwave #climate #2040Target
🟢 Delayed, diluted, simplified... Is the #EUGreenDeal on the tightrope?
📨 Read @rkefferputz.bsky.social's letter and more in our latest Böll EU Newsletter 👉 96701.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/16331368/
📩 Sign up now to our mailing list 👉 eu.boell.org/en/email-upd...
@boell.de #2040target #climate
The European Commission has just proposed a legally binding target to cut the EU’s net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 compared to 1990 levels.
ZEP will provide detailed insights into the 2040 proposal and what it means for industrial #carbonmanagement.
#2040target
Us, trying to find the word "agriculture" in the European Commission's #2040Target climate proposal...
🚨 @ec.europa.eu announces #2040Target: 90% emissions cut is a step forward, but only the bare minimum, while loopholes risk #greenwashing:
👎Intl. offsets
👎#CarbonRemovals in ETS
👎No separate targets for emission cuts, nature-based removals & permanent removals
Full reaction👇
bit.ly/4nJlb8K
Agir pour le climat, ça signifie un air sain, des factures moins chères, sécurité et indépendance énergétique, des millions d’emplois.
C’est le futur que nous voulons, un futur viable et enviable, pas des canicules et catastrophes climatiques!
#ClimateTarget #2040Target #Canicule
As we await the EU's #2040Target climate proposal, signs suggest we may be headed for disappointment.
Yet agrifood systems offer immense untapped potential for #ClimateAction — a missed opportunity if left on the sidelines.
🌍 We've joined a broad coalition of to call on EU leaders to not outsource climate action in the #2040Target
🛑 International offsets = weaker ambition, slower transition & loss of credibility
✅ The EU must lead with real, domestic reductions!
Read more: caneurope.org/dont-outsour...
