EU achievement of 2020 and progress towards 2030 and 2050 climate and energy targets

This figure presents the progress of the EU’s headline targets since 2005: reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the renewable energy share and reducing energy consumption. In this figure, the EU total net greenhouse gas emissions include all GHG emissions and removals regulated by EU law.

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Percentage change compared to 2005

Additional information

The aggregated GHG emissions projections are based on Member State submissions in 2025 and voluntary resubmissions in 2026 (for 8 countries) under Article 18 of the Governance Regulation. Reference points for 2030 refer to the targets outlined in the 2030 legislative framework. For GHG, the reduction in 2040 relates to the binding target of a 90% reduction of net emissions compared to 1990 (European Climate Law (ECL), Regulation (EU) 2026/667). The ECL allows a contribution of up to 5% of high quality international certificates in the period 2036-2040 to reach the 90% GHG emissions cut by 2040. EU-level measures to implement the 2040 target (in ETS and non-ETS sectors) have not been adopted at time of writing and are therefore not taken into account in the emissions projections. The new 2040 target proposal would align the EU's with its 2050 net climate neutrality goal. The reference points for renewable energy and final energy consumption in 2040 and 2050 represent the results of scenario S3 in the 2040 impact assessment (EC, 2024b). For the years 2023, 2025 and 2027, the milestones for the EU wide renewable energy target are displayed.

EU achievement of 2020 and progress towards 2030 and 2050 climate and energy targets

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