In September 2020, the Commission adopted the Stepping Up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition Communication, proposing to raise the EU’s ambition on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030.
The new proposal delivers on the political commitment made in the Communication on the European Green Deal to put forward a comprehensive plan to increase the European Union’s target for 2030 towards 55%. It is the Commission’s effort to keep the “promise made to Europeans” to make Europe the first climate neutral continent in the world by 2050, responding «not only to science, but also to demands for stronger action coming from citizens».