Parliament wants a carefully crafted roadmap to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 compared to 1990, 5% more than the Commission's proposal. This is the goal of the climate law.

A climate-neutral Europe by 2050

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the EU will remove at least the same amount

of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere as it emits.

It aims to enshrine in EU law this ambitious goal

contributing to the reduction of greenhouse

MEPs are proposing an additional 2040 target.

2019 was Europe's hottest year on record.

MEPs say the EU must honour the 2015 Paris Agreement

and limit global warming to below 1.5°C.

"I really believe Europe must send this message

that we are doing it and we are doing it fast to 2030.

We will be climate neutral in the European Union

and we want the whole world to do the same."

On top of this, MEPs are asking for the creation

of an independent scientific body to monitor

the EU's progress towards climate neutrality.