THE QUESTION.
The European Commission and several deputies announced on Wednesday April 21 a “
historic
”
agreement
: the European Union has set itself the objective of reducing, by the year 2030, its CO2 emissions by 55%, by compared to the emission levels observed in 1990. This deadline is a milestone before pursuing an even more ambitious objective: carbon neutrality, by 2060.
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The European Union is not alone in speeding up its timetable to reduce its carbon emissions.
US President Joe Biden reaffirmed at a virtual summit of forty world leaders this week that the United States will also cut its CO2 emissions in half by 2030. China, for its part, admits that its emissions will continue to increase in the years to come, but promises to start from 2030 a rapid decrease in CO2 production, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
The race to reduce
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