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EU air conditioning: wire rope act between emission reduction and deadlines!
The EU faces challenges in determining the 2040 climate target. Important decisions are imminent while deadlines are pushing.
EU air conditioning: wire rope act between emission reduction and deadlines!
In a current circular, the impatient waiting for the EU climate target for 2040 was discussed. The planned goal provides for a drastic reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 % compared to 1990. This goal is intended to form the basis for the new nationally defined contribution (NDC) of the EU by 2035 as part of the Paris Agreement. Loud Small newspaper If a message from the NDC to the UNFCCC secretariat is planned for 2025 before the next climate conference (COP30) takes place in November.
The pressure on the EU is growing after it has not been able to meet the deadline for submitting the 2035 goals in February. Symptoms of this delay can be seen, among other things, in the calls of UN climbing commissioned Simon Stelle after a new climate plan for Europe. In June 2023 there were reports that brought a shift in the 2040 climate center into play, especially from France. A group of eleven EU countries, which also include Austria, Germany and France, urges the decision to make the goal of the goal on September 18, but at the EU summit at the end of October.
Status of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU
The current emissions of the EU-27 were alarming in 2022, with a total of around 3,375 million tons of greenhouse gases in CO₂ equivalents. Germany, France, Italy and Poland contributed around 57 % to these emissions, with Germany alone, which contributed more than 22 %. These figures come from a report of the Federal Environment Agency.
The per capita emissions vary within the EU, with Luxembourg with 12.5 tons of CO₂ equivalents per capita at the top. This data proves how different the EU countries do when reaching climate goals:
| country | CO₂ equivalents via capita (t) |
|---|---|
| Malta | 4.3 |
| France | Approx. 5.8 |
| Italy | Approx. 7.0 |
| Germany | 8.9 |
| Poland | 10.2 |
| Luxembourg | 12.5 |
The importance of the Paris Agreement
In the context of these developments, the goals of Paris' Convention, which was adopted in 2015, are of central importance. It determines that global warming should be limited to well below 2 ° C compared to pre -industrial levels. You should even make an effort to keep the increase below 1.5 ° C. The current status of the NDCs and the necessary reductions are becoming more and more urgent, since the UNEP emissions gap report shows that the previous obligations will not be sufficient to achieve the agreed goal, as in Federal Environment Agency is explained.
The EU must now act urgently to further reduce its emissions and to fulfill the goals of the Paris Agreement before the next global inventory 2023 offers the opportunity to evaluate the progress and formulate new obligations. An failure could not only affect the ongoing efforts to protect climate protection, but also damage the international reputation of the EU.