EU Effort Sharing after 2020
Review and Ratcheting Up EU Climate Targets
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Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf and Ralph Bodle 2016: EU Effort Sharing after 2020: Review and Ratcheting Up EU Climate Targets. Ecologic Institute: Berlin.
The Paris Agreement requires Parties to scale up their commitments every five years, i.e., with each consecutive "nationally determined contribution" (NDC). The recent proposal of the EU Commission for an Effort Sharing Regulation is essential for the EU to meet this obligation. The proposal, however, does not support adequately continuous scaling up of the EU greenhouse gas reduction targets. A new paper from Ecologic Institute discusses ways in which the Effort Sharing Regulation could support the scaling up of EU climate targets. The paper is available for download.