Preparing the ground for raising long-term ambition. EU climate action progress report 2019

Summary:

Report presented on 31 October 2019 by the European Commission on the progress made towards the goal of a climate-neutral European Union by 2050.

Further information:

In November 2018, the European Commission presented its Communication 'A clean planet for all'. This long-term strategy shows how Europe can lead the way to climate neutrality by investing into realistic technological solutions, empowering citizens, and aligning action in key areas such as industrial policy, finance or research – while ensuring social fairness for a just transition.

The Commission’s strategic vision is an invitation to all EU institutions, the national parliaments, business sector, non-governmental organisations, cities and communities, as well as citizens and especially the youth, to participate in ensuring that the EU can continue to show leadership and encourage other international partners to do the same.

The strategy has been widely debated across the EU institutions and among stakeholders during 2019. This informed debate is a step towards adopting and submitting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) an ambitious long-term strategy by early 2020, as required under the Paris Agreement.

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EUR-Lex: SWD(2019)396: Technical information accompanying COM(2019)559 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2019:396:FIN

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