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Europe at risk of missing emissions targets for 2030 by 29 percent

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Published: December 5th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Electrification is also progressing too slowly for heat pumps.

According to an analysis by BloombergNEF, Europe could exceed its energy-related CO2 emissions cap for 2030 by nine percent. If other greenhouse gas emissions from other sectors are taken into account, the overshoot could be as high as 29% (702 million tons of CO2 equivalent) – that would mean only 42% lower emissions by 2030 instead of the target of minus 55%.

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