The European Union (EU) has announced climate change legislation. Via this legislation European Union is pushing its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
A dozen of draft proposals were announced, which are now under the process of getting approved by the bloc’s 27 member states and the EU Parliament.
These drafts include plans to tax jet fuel and effectively ban the sale of petrol and diesel-powered cars within 20 years.
The plans triggered serious infighting at the European Commission, the bloc’s administrative arm, as the final tweaks were being made, sources informed the AFP news agency.
Seeing the list of banned criteria, certain opposition is expected by the respective industries. These industries include airlines and vehicle manufacturers, as well as from eastern member states that rely heavily on coal.
The measures billed as the EU’s most ambitious plan yet to tackle climate change, have been named the Fit for 55 packages because it would put the bloc on track to meet its 2030 goal of reducing emissions by 55% from 1990 levels.
- By 2019, the EU had cut its emissions by 24% from 1990 levels.
- In September, the EU Commission set out its blueprint for reaching the 55% reduction by 2030.
- 30% of the EU’s 1.8 trillion euros in the long-term budget would be spent on climate-related measures.
These targets are a part of a global effort to reduce the carbon gases from the environment by reducing carbon emissions.
The Paris climate deal, signed in 2016, aims to keep global temperature rise well under 2C and preferably within a maximum rise of 1.5C to prevent the worst effects of climate change.
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