#EUClimate Law rapporteur Gerbrandy: 'Europe acts on its climate commitments, with or without Trump'

Today (14 June), the European Parliament plenary meeting adopted its report on a law implementing the Paris agreement with concrete measures for emission cuts. The law covers close to two third of EU carbon emissions. The plans were backed by MEPs, following a debate on the announced U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. 

MEP Gerbrandy, Rapporteur, reacted to the vote: "Today´s vote gives a crystal clear signal to Donald Trump: Europe acts on its commitments under the Paris agreement and seizes the opportunities of green growth, with our without you. Almost all political groups have backed a strong and ambitious climate law.”

The adopted proposal (the Parliament entitled the law as "Climate Action Regulation", while the Commission entitled the law as "Effort Sharing Regulation") will help deliver on the EU’s overall climate target for 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement. The law addresses sectors not covered by the EU carbon market - i.e. agriculture, transport, building and waste, which together account for about 60% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The Parliament included in its proposal a stricter emissions reductions trajectory, which will secure the delivery of the EU´s emissions target in 2030. Parliament also introduced a long-term target for 2050, and a mechanism to support lower-income EU member states that have delivered early action on climate change.

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