The European Commission today unveiled a new
climate change package, which removes the obligation on member states to reach
specific renewable energy targets by 2030.
While current EU legislation legislates for a 20 per cent
binding renewable target across the EU by 2020, with specific targets for
member states, the new package withdraws obligatory targets on how much energy
countries should derive from renewable sources. Instead, a binding renewable
target of 27 per cent has been proposed for the EU as a whole, but no specific
targets for member states. The target for a reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030
has been set at 40 per cent.
