Forecast: Austria will miss climate targets by wide margin

Austria originally wanted to reach net zero as early as 2040 – at least that’s what the current coalition agreed to in a government agreement in 2020. But a forecast by the Austrian Environment Agency suggests that some 33 million tonnes of CO2 would still be emitted in 2040 if the current measures for the sectors not covered by the EU emissions trading system (transport, buildings, agriculture and waste) will remain in place. The 2030 climate target of 29 million tonnes of CO2 emissions would also be missed according to the calculations – almost 42 million tonnes are projected.