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EU's Landmark Climate Law Enters into Force

  • 02 Jul 2021

  • The European Union's (EU) landmark climate law has entered into force on 28th June 2021.
  • Ministers from the 27 EU countries formally approved the deal except for Bulgaria, which abstained.
  • The climate law, adopted by the EU member states, makes the bloc's ambitious target of becoming climate neutral by 2050 legally binding.
  • It also requires cutting of net emission by at least 55 per cent by 2030 compared with the 1990 level and eliminate them by 2050.