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On 17 December 2025, the European Commission published a legislative proposal to establish a temporary decarbonisation fund. This legislation in progress briefing provides an overview of the proposal, its context, and stakeholder reactions.
On 12 December 2015, at the end of the 21st conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the delegates adopted the Paris Agreement.
The Commission intends to use the EU 2040 climate target to set the nationally determined contribution (NDC) of the EU towards 2035 under the Paris Agreement, due in September 2025.
The Commission intends to use the EU 2040 climate target to set the nationally determined contribution (NDC) of the EU towards 2035 under the Paris Agreement, due in September 2025.
On 30 June 2021, the European Union adopted the European Climate Law (Regulation (EU) 2021/1119). Mandated by the 2019 European Green Deal, the Regulation sets an EU-wide, legally binding target of ‘climate neutrality’ or net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 (Article 2(1)).
This Briefing concerns a portfolio change in the European Commission in mid-mandate and takes the same format and approach as those Briefings published in September 2019 to give Members of the European Parliament an overview of major issues of interest in the context of the Hearings of the Commissioners-designate.
Excessive emitting of greenhouse gases from human economic activity into the atmosphere is causing global warming, with Europe warming faster than any other continent, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The effects of climate change are increasingly apparent, with rising temperatures, more frequent and intense natural disasters, and shifting weather patterns.
The EU supports the transition towards sustainable agrifood systems. While total EU GHG emissions have dropped by a third since 1990, emissions from agrifood systems have fallen more slowly.
The European Green Deal, one of the six political priorities of the von der Leyen Commission, seeks to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.