FEATURE: Focus of EU’s 2040 climate target shifts to “enabling conditions” for delivery

Published 13:17 on July 4, 2025 / Last updated at 16:22 on July 4, 2025 / / EMEA (Europe), Insights (Features), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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The European Commission has outlined 18 “enabling conditions” in its 2040 climate target plan, unveiled this week, as the political conversation shifts towards the prerequisites for achieving the bloc’s goal of cutting emissions by 90% below 1990 levels by the end of the next decade.
The European Commission has outlined 18 “enabling conditions” in its 2040 climate target plan, unveiled this week, as the political conversation shifts towards the prerequisites for achieving the bloc’s goal of cutting emissions by 90% below 1990 levels by the end of the next decade.


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