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Climate Action

UN Sustainable Development Goal 13

SDG 13 calls for urgent action to combat climate change. The EU leads through the European Climate Law, ETS revision, and the Fit for 55 legislative package targeting 55% emissions reduction by 2030.

Linked legislation

19

6 primary

Indicators tracked

2

Countries compared

27

Linked EU Legislation

LegislationReferenceStageRelevance
2012/2520(RPS)2012/2520(RPS)first_reading_epdirect
2013 UN Climate Change Conference - COP 19 / MOP 9 (11-22 November 2013)2013/2666(RSP)first_reading_eprelated
2014 UN Climate Change Conference - COP 20 in Lima, Peru (1-12 December 2014)2014/2777(RSP)first_reading_eprelated
2016 UN Climate Change Conference - COP 22 in Marrakesh, Morocco (7 - 18 November 2016)2016/2814(RSP)first_reading_eprelated
2017 UN Climate Change Conference – COP23 in Bonn, Germany (13-17 November 2017)2017/2620(RSP)first_reading_eprelated
2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25)2019/2712(RSP)first_reading_eprelated
2050: The future begins today- recommendations for the EU´s future integrated policy on climate change2008/2105(INI)first_reading_eprelated
2nd Strategic Energy Review2008/2239(INI)first_reading_eprelated
A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies2013/2135(INI)first_reading_epdirect
A Community action plan on renewable forms of energy1995/2099(INI)adopteddirect
A comprehensive approach to non-CO2 climate-relevant anthropogenic emissions2011/2726(RSP)first_reading_eprelated
A comprehensive European approach to energy storage2019/2189(INI)first_reading_epdirect
Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation2017/2084(INI)first_reading_epdirect
Access to the gas transmission networks2003/0302(COD)adoptedrelated
Accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry2012/0042(COD)adoptedrelated
Achieving the 10% electricity interconnection target - Making Europe's electricity grid fit for 20202015/2108(INI)first_reading_eprelated
Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential2007/2106(INI)first_reading_epdirect
Action Plan on Alternative Fuels infrastructure2017/3034(RSP)first_reading_eprelated
Adapting Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency [as amended by Directive 2018/XXX/EU] and Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX of the European Parliament and of the Council [Governance of the Energy Union], by reason of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union2018/0385(COD)adoptedrelated

CO2 Emissions(Mt CO2 equivalent)

CountryValueRelativeTrend
Germany707.6
Declining
TR517.4
Improving
France325.8
Declining
Poland316.4
Declining
Italy299.4
Declining
Spain215.8
Declining
Netherlands144.4
Declining
Belgium97.4
Declining
Czechia92.0
Declining
Austria70.0
Declining
Greece68.8
Declining
Romania64.6
Declining
Ireland56.4
Declining
Portugal52.1
Declining
Finland49.1
Declining
Hungary47.3
Declining
CH41.3
Declining
Denmark36.6
Declining
Bulgaria35.4
Declining
NO29.2
Declining
Slovakia28.9
Declining
Croatia20.9
Improving
Latvia12.5
Stable
Estonia12.1
Declining
Slovenia11.0
Declining
IS11.0
Stable
Lithuania10.5
Declining
Cyprus8.67
Stable
Luxembourg6.86
Declining
Malta2.17
Declining
Sweden-6.74
Declining

Renewable Energy Share(%)

CountryValueRelativeTrend
NO82.4
Improving
IS79.3
Stable
Sweden65.4
Stable
Finland53.0
Improving
Denmark48.2
Improving
Latvia46.3
Improving
Austria44.2
Improving
AL43.1
Declining
Estonia42.3
Improving
ME39.8
Declining
BA38.5
Declining
Lithuania38.5
Improving
Portugal36.7
Improving
Croatia28.5
Stable
Greece26.9
Improving
Spain26.0
Improving
RS25.9
Improving
Romania25.6
Stable
Slovenia25.4
Stable
Germany23.9
Improving
France23.9
Improving
Bulgaria22.7
Stable
Netherlands22.7
Improving
MD22.1
Declining
MK21.8
Improving
Cyprus21.5
Improving
Italy20.5
Improving
Luxembourg20.2
Improving
Hungary19.6
Improving
GE19.5
Improving
Czechia19.1
Improving
Malta18.8
Improving
Poland18.7
Improving
XK18.0
Declining
Ireland17.2
Improving
Slovakia16.3
Declining
Belgium14.9
Stable