12 EU countries will not meet 2030 climate targets, says T&E

Germany and Italy will fail to meet their climate targets by a substantial margin and the countries that will accumulate the most surpluses are Spain, Greece and Poland
Germany and Italy are currently on track to miss their targets by a gap so large that they would consume all the available surplus left for other countries. But there’s still time for governments to change course before 2030, according to new research from the environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E).

Without immediate action, twelve EU countries will fall short of their national climate targets under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR), according to a new study analysing national climate plans. Seven more countries are at risk of falling short of their targets. Germany and Italy are the two worst performing countries. France will only hit its target by a very narrow margin, but any setback in its policies, or even a very cold winter that drives higher energy consumption, means it could fall into the red zone. There is still time to rectify government policies to meet 2030 targets, T&E says.

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