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Briefing
The European Union (EU) has a long-term goal of reducing Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 % by 2050, compared with 1990 levels. In the context of its commitments and the negotiations at international level, in March 2007 the European Council committed the EU to becoming a highly energy-efficient, low-carbon economy by achieving three domestic climate and energy objectives by 2020 (European Council, 2007):
To achieve these domestic commitments, in 2009, the EU adopted the climate and energy package, which comprises various pieces of legislation (EU, 2009a, 2009b, 2009c, 2009d, 2009e and 2009f). The package introduced a clear approach to achieving the 20 % reduction in total GHG emissions, compared with 1990 levels, which is equivalent to a 14 % reduction compared with 2005 levels. This 14 % reduction objective is to be achieved through a 21 % reduction compared with 2005 levels for emissions covered by the Emissions Trading System (ETS), and a 9 % reduction for sectors covered by the Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) (EU, 2009b).
A revision of the ETS Directive (EU, 2009a) introduced a single 2020 target for all EU emissions covered by the EU ETS (as well as ETS emissions from the three participating non-Member States, namely Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). The ETS essentially covers emissions from large industrial installations, as well as emissions from aviation. ETS emissions represent about 40 to 45 % of total EU GHG emissions. The 2020 cap corresponds to a reduction of about 21 % in ETS emissions by 2020, compared with 2005 levels. The sectors covered under the EU ETS are therefore expected to contribute the largest proportion of emission reductions in the context of meeting the EU’s 2020 GHG emissions target. For allowances allocated to the EU ETS sectors, annual caps have been set for the period from 2013 to 2020; these decrease by 1.74 % annually. For further details on the EU ETS in the 2013–2020 period, see EEA, 2016.
For all other emissions not covered by the EU ETS, the ESD has set annual binding targets for each year of the period between 2013 and 2020, for each Member State.
These EU-internal rules under the ‘2020 climate and energy package’ underpin the EU implementation of the 2020 target under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (see section A1.3).
To ensure that the EU is cost-effectively attaining its long-term objective, EU leaders agreed, in October 2014, on a 2030 climate and energy policy framework for the EU, and endorsed the following targets (European Council, 2014):
Neither the renewable energy target nor the energy efficiency target will be translated into nationally binding targets. Individual Member States are free to set their own higher national targets.
These targets for 2030 were submitted to the UNFCCC on 6 March 2015 as an intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) for the Paris agreement of December 2015.
The European Commission proposed in 2016 to integrate the LULUCF sector into the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework from 2021 onwards. The proposal includes also modified accounting rules.
The adoption of the Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy (EC, 2015a) underlined the importance of meeting the 2030 targets as the priority ‘Energy Union and Climate’ was identified as one of 10 priorities at the start of the Juncker Commission’s term. This priority comprises five ‘dimensions’ (i.e. ‘supply security’, ‘a fully integrated internal energy market’, ‘energy efficiency’, ‘climate action — emission reduction’ and ‘research and innovation’), which are all now reported on annually in the State of the Energy Union (EC, 2015b). The annual reporting of progress is considered essential so that issues can be identified in a timely fashion and addressed, if necessary, through further policy interventions.
The ESD covers emissions from all sources outside the EU ETS, except for emissions from aviation [1] and international maritime transport, and net emissions from LULUCF. The ESD therefore includes a range of diffuse sources in a wide range of sectors such as transport (cars, trucks), buildings (in particular heating), services, small industrial installations, agriculture and waste. Such sources currently account for almost 60 % of total GHG emissions in the EU.
The ESD sets individual annual binding targets for GHG emissions not covered by the EU ETS for all Member States for the period from 2013 to 2020 (annual emission allocations (AEAs)) (EU, 2009b). In 2013, the European Commission determined the AEAs of Member States for the period from 2013 to 2020, using reviewed and verified emission data for the years 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010 (EC, 2013a). The AEAs were later adjusted to reflect the change in ETS scope from 2013 onwards (EC, 2013b) [2].
Each Member State will contribute to this effort, according to its relative wealth in terms of GDP per capita. The national emission targets range from a 20 % reduction for the richest Member States to a 20 % increase for the poorest ones by 2020, compared with 2005 levels (see Figure A2.0.1). At EU level, this will deliver an approximately 9 to 10 % reduction in emissions by 2020, compared with 2005 levels, from those sectors covered by the decision. The least wealthy countries are allowed to increase emissions in these sectors because their relatively higher economic growth is likely to be accompanied by higher emissions. Nevertheless, their targets still represent a limit on emissions, and a reduction effort will be required by all Member States; they will need to introduce policies and measures to limit or lower their emissions in the various ESD sectors.
On 20 July 2016, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal, the ‘Effort Sharing Regulation’, which sets out binding annual GHG emission targets for Member States for the period 2021–2030 (EC, 2016a). The proposal is the follow-up to the ESD, which established national emission targets for Member States in the non-ETS sectors between 2013 and 2020. The proposal recognises the different capacities of Member States to take action by differentiating targets according to GDP per capita across Member States. This ensures fairness because Member States with the highest incomes take on more ambitious targets than Member States with lower incomes. EU leaders recognised that an approach for high-income Member States based solely on relative GDP per capita would mean that, for some, the costs associated with reaching their targets would be relatively high. To address this, these targets have been adjusted to reflect cost-effectiveness for Member States with an above average GDP per capita. In line with the guidance of the European Council, the resulting 2030 GHG emission targets range from 0 to –40 %, compared with 2005 levels (see Figure A2.0.1).
The ESD allows Member States to use flexibility provisions in order to meet their annual targets, with certain limitations:
Member States may use emission credits from the Kyoto Protocol’s flexible mechanisms according to the following provisions:
Overall, a maximum of Kyoto emission credits equivalent to 750 Mt CO2 at EU level can be used during the 2013 to 2020 period. As most Member States are expected to meet their ESD targets (see section 3.4) without the flexibility provisions, while other Member States can meet their ESD targets through intra-EU transfers of AEAs, the use of project credits is expected to be significantly smaller.
Any Member State exceeding its annual AEA, even after taking into account the flexibility provisions and the use of Kyoto emission credits, will have to take corrective measures as laid down in the ESD and will be subject to the following consequences:
The proposed ‘Effort Sharing Regulation’ for 2030 non-ETS targets maintains existing flexibilities under the current ESD (e.g. banking, borrowing, buying and selling) and provides two new flexibilities to allow for a fair and cost-efficient achievement of the targets. These new flexibilities are as follows:
Note: The targets are expressed relative to 2005 ESD base-year emissions. These base-year emissions calculated on the basis of relative and absolute 2020 targets (for details on ESD base-year emissions, please see section A3.4).
The absolute 2020 and 2013 targets used for the calculations are consistent with the global warming values in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) (IPCC, 2007) and take into account the change in the scope of the ETS from the second to the third period (2013 to 2020).
Source: EU, 2009b; EC, 2016a.
In order to meet its target of increasing the use of RES to 20 % of gross final energy consumption by 2020, the EU adopted the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) (EC, 2009c) as part of the climate and energy package.
The RED includes legally binding national renewable energy targets for 2020, consistent with an EU-wide target of increasing RES use to 20 % of gross final energy consumption by 2020, and to 10 % of transport-related fuel consumption by the same year (EC, 2009b). The RED also sets an indicative trajectory for each Member State for the 2011 to 2018 period, intended to ensure that each Member State achieves its 2020 targets. An interim indicative RED target for the EU can be derived from the minimum indicative trajectories of the Member States in the run-up to 2020 (RED, Annex I, Part B).
Under the RED, Member States had to submit national renewable energy action plans (NREAPs) in 2010 (EEA, 2011). These plans outline the pathways (i.e. the expected trajectories) that Member States anticipate using to reach their legally binding national renewable energy targets by 2020. In 2011 (and every 2 years thereafter), Member States had to report on national progress towards the interim RED and expected NREAP targets. The NREAPs adopted by Member States in 2010 outline the expected trajectories for RES use, as a proportion of gross final energy consumption, towards the legally binding national 2020 RES targets.
In contrast, no national targets for renewable energy have been set for 2030 (see Section 1.2).
Note: The targets for Iceland and Norway, which are not EU Member States, were agreed and included in the annex of the European Economic Area agreement. For the sake of simplicity, the report refers to these as RED targets.
Source: EC, 2009c.
In 2007, the European Council (European heads of state or government) stressed the need to increase energy efficiency in order to achieve the 20 % energy savings target for 2020, for primary energy consumption, and agreed on binding targets for GHG emission reductions and renewable energy (Council of the European Union, 2007). The reduction of primary energy consumption by 20 % by 2020 is a non-binding objective in the EU.
The climate and energy package does not address the energy efficiency target directly, although the CO2 performance standards for cars and vans (EU, 2009d and 2014a), the revised EU ETS Directive and the ESD all contribute to fostering energy efficiency. Since the adoption of the package, the EU energy efficiency policy framework has advanced in line with the priorities identified in the Action Plan for Energy Efficiency 2006 (EC, 2006). The energy efficiency action plan was reviewed in 2011, after revisions of the following pieces of legislation:
One of the key developments in the energy efficiency policy framework was the adoption of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) in 2012 (EU, 2012). The EED establishes a common framework of measures for the promotion of energy efficiency within the EU and aims to help remove barriers and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy. The EED stipulates that primary energy consumption in the EU should not exceed 1 483 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in 2020, and that final energy consumption in the EU should not exceed 1 086 Mtoe in 2020. These absolute targets were set using the European Commission’s 2007 Energy Baseline scenario (EC, 2011), based on the Price-driven and Agent-based Simulation of Markets Energy System Models (PRIMES). Implementing the EED was expected to lead to a 15 % reduction in primary energy consumption compared with the 2007 Energy Baseline scenario, with an additional 2 % reduction expected from the transport sector (Groenenberg, 2012).
Under the EED, Member States had to set indicative national targets and implement a set of mandatory requirements, one of the most significant being the establishment of an Energy Efficiency Obligation (EEO) scheme, or the implementation of alternative measures.
Member States have adopted different base years against which the progress towards national energy efficiency targets will be measured. Member States also chose different approaches for setting national targets. A total of 10 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta and Poland) chose to focus their targets on primary energy consumption, while 12 (Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia and the United Kingdom) chose to focus their national targets on gross final energy consumption. Another two (Bulgaria and Sweden) have focused on primary energy intensity. Each national target reflects the specific situation of the Member State that adopted it. As a consequence, ambition levels vary greatly. Compared with 2005 levels, 16 Member States have aimed to reduce final as well as primary energy consumption; for six Member States, targets show an increase in final as well as primary energy consumption (including Malta, which has a 24 % reduction target in primary energy consumption, alongside a +40 % target for final energy consumption, compared with 2005). Five other Member States have placed a cap on the potential increase in either primary or final energy consumption over the period.
In some Member States, the targets may still be subject to change in the upcoming years. This is because some countries are currently holding nationwide debates on the future of their energy systems. Depending on the outcome of these debates, energy efficiency targets might be modified. A total of 12 Member States (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) revised their energy efficiency targets in their triennial national energy efficiency action plans (NEEAPs) submitted under the EED.
Figure A2.0.3 shows the national targets set by each Member State under the EED, compared with 2005 levels, for primary and final energy consumption. The year 2005 is used here to serve as a common reference, although the EED does not explicitly use it as a common base year.
In contrast, no national targets for energy efficiency have been set for 2030 (see Section 1.2).
Note: The national targets for 2020 reported by Member States under the EED were first calculated in absolute terms, and then compared with 2005 levels.
Source: EC, 2015c and 2016b; EU, 2012; Eurostat, 2016a, 2016b and 2016c.
The main targets that apply to Member States under international and EU commitments are presented in Table 1. The scope of existing EU legislation that implements a domestic 20 % target commitment is different from that of the Kyoto target for the second commitment period. For this reason, the total allowed emissions or the ‘emissions budget’ under the climate and energy package cannot be directly compared with the corresponding quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment (QELRC). Some of the main differences between the climate and energy package and the second commitment period, in terms of emissions included and the methodologies used to determine emissions, relate to the treatment of emissions from international aviation, emissions and removals from LULUCF, the use of units from flexible mechanisms, the coverage of nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), flexibilities regarding base years and the use of global warming potential (GWP). The differences are summarised in Table 2. For details, please see EEA, 2014, as well as Section A1.3.
Table 1 Main national climate and energy targets
Note: (a) The Faroe Islands and Greenland (Denmark) and the United Kingdom’s overseas territories are not part of the EU and therefore are not covered by the targets presented here.
Source: EC, 2013a, 2013b, 2016b and 2016c; EU, 2009a, 2009b, 2009c and 2012.
Table 2 Technical details concerning EU climate-related targets
Source: EC, 2007, 2013a and 2013b; EU, 2009b and 2014b; IPCC, 1996 and 2007; UNFCCC, 1998, 2012 and 2013.
([1]) Emissions from aviation have been included in the EU ETS since 1 January 2012. In principle, the EU ETS should cover all flights departing from and/or arriving at airports in all EU Member States, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and closely related territories. However, since 2012, only flights departing from and arriving at aerodromes located in these countries (and Switzerland in 2012) have been included in the EU ETS. Non-CO2 emissions from domestic aviation remain covered under the ESD.
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