The EU Commission wants to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Europe by 2040. The Commission is proposing to cut emissions by at least 90 percent by this year compared to 1990.
The longer climate action is delayed, the higher the human and economic costs of climate change would be. Germany and ten other countries called on the EU Commission to propose an ambitious climate target for 2040 in January. The EU environment ministers are likely to deal with the Commission's recommendation in the coming months. The European elections will take place at the beginning of June.