Published: February 6th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

As a guiding star that all climate laws orient themselves around, Green Party Member of Parliament Michael Bloss has described the EU Commission’s communication on the 2040 climate target. Concrete legislative proposals for individual economic sectors, such as the increase in wind, solar, and hydrogen targets in the Renewable Energy Directive, are still pending. However, the consequences of decarbonization by 90 percent instead of 55 percent for various sectors can already be well deduced from today’s overall package.