Amsterdam: The Netherlands is likely to lose the climate target set for 2030 unless more is done to curb greenhouse gas emissions quickly, the Netherlands Government Climate Policy Advisor (PBL) said on Thursday.
The carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the five-largest economy of the euro zone will be 38% to 48% lower than in 1990 in 2030, PBL said, based on current policies and steps announced for the coming years.
That means that even in the most crisp scenario, progress will fail from the main goal of the EU cutting emissions by 55% at the end of the decade, and will even miss the current government goals to reduce it with at least 49%.
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“Furthermore, it will be necessary to maintain the goal of 2030 until”, the direction of the Prime Minister Mark Rutte admitted in a statement.
The Netherlands introduced up to 7 billion euros ($ 8.1 billion) in new subsidies for sustainable energy projects and other steps to fight climate change last month.
The promise came late to be included in the calculation, but the overall effect would be in whatever it was not enough to meet the goal of 55% for 2030, PBL said.
“All in all, the Netherlands faced a big task for both of them to implement policies announced quickly and do more to meet 2030 goals” said government advisors.
Home for many large industries and the main European port, the Netherlands is still among the biggest pollutants in Europe.
The increasing use of renewable energy helped reduce CO2 emissions by 25% relative to the level of 1990 last year, which was exactly enough to meet the reduction commanded by the State High Court in the case caused by the Agung Foundation Environment Group.
Emissions tend to increase again this year, as part of progress caused by Covid-19 Lockowns and favorable weather.