Implementing the EU 2040 Climate Target: Building blocks and measures

Event: Conference
Date: 7 November 2024
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Speaker: Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf

The Conference "Implementing the EU 2040 Climate Target: Building blocks and measures" took place in Brussels on 7 November2024. This conference convened experts, policymakers, and representatives of Member States and EU Institutions. At the event, participants discussed ways for the implementation of the EU's new 2040 climate targets. Participants also discussed key building blocks and key measures particularly relevant for cutting the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by net 90 % in 2040. Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf (Ecologic Institute) and Sabine Gores (Oeko-Institut) presented preliminary results of the forthcoming report "Implementing the EU 2040 Climate Target: Building Blocks and Measures" were presented. Their presentation is available for download.

EU 2040 Climate Target: Contributions of the industry sector

Year 2024

Publication:Report

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EU 2040 Climate Target and Framework: The Role of Carbon Removals

Potentials, incentives, and regulation

Year 2023

Publication:Report

This report by the Ecologic Institute and the Oeko-Institut provides an overview of design options for the EU's 2040 climate target and options for the implementation framework. The report discusses reforms how to make the EU climate policy framework fit for achieving the 2040 climate target.

EU 2040 Climate Architecture: Target Designs and Framework Options

Discussing design options for the EU 2040 climate framework

Year 2023

Publication:Report

This report by Ecologic Institute and the Oeko-Institut discusses the level of ambition of a 2040 EU climate target. The report analyses the implications of a 2040 climate target for Member States and sectors. It also discusses the political context in which the EU 2040 climate target will be negotiated.

Designing the EU 2040 Climate Target

Political context, level of ambition, implications for Member States and sectors

Year 2023

Project

Ecologic Institute and the Oeko-Institute have launched a project to analyse the ambition level of the 2040 target. The project also examines the impacts of a new 2040 target on EU Member States, sectors, and instruments.

EU 2040 Climate Target

Level of ambition and implications

Mar 2023 - May 2025

Funding: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Germany
Organizer: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Speaker: Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf
Team: Chiara Mazzetti
Date: 7 November 2024
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Language: English
Project: EU 2040 Climate Target
Project ID: 60028
Keywords: Climate

EU

Events

Governance

Europe, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Member States, Europe

Attachments

FINAL-Summary-Implementing-the-EU2040-Climate-Target.pdf (2.07 MB)