Clear short -, medium - and long - term greenhouse
gas emission reduction objectives and targets, and comprehensive, enforceable legal mechanisms and timelines for delivering on these objectives and targets.
Sept. 2016: Ambitious climate legislation passed in the summer by the California legislature (SB 32) is signed into law, setting 2030
emissions reductions objectives at 40 percent below 1990 levels.
The European Parliament recently approved a proposal to include shipping in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2023, unless the IMO approves an «
ambitious emission reduction objective» by 2021.
«California is on the brink of pursuing a policy that is not only at odds with its
own emissions reductions objectives but could also undermine efforts to preserve the world's last remaining rainforests,» added Roman Czebiniak, Greenpeace's senior policy advisor on climate change and forests.
Besides underlining the need for verified data, experience so far has shown that greater harmonisation within the EU ETS is imperative to ensure that the EU achieves
its emissions reductions objectives at least cost and with minimal competitive distortions.
Feb. 2017: California Air Resources Board (CARB) develops a draft Scoping Plan for meeting California's ambitious 2030
emissions reductions objectives.