The von der Leyen Commission approved over a dozen climate policy proposals in its first term, as part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package that was designed to deliver on the EU’s 2030 emissions targets. The new policies largely strengthened existing ones – for example, some reforms increased renewables and energy efficiency investments and expanded the EU Emissions Trading System, or EU ETS, to cover maritime transport. But the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, or CBAM, broke new ground.
Author: Elisabetta Cornago, Senior research fellow, Centre For European Reform.
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