The Danish EU presidency wants the European Commission “to present timely options for delivering the reductions in the Low-Carbon Economy Roadmap to 2050 for the period to 2030,” while taking into account the “underlying assumptions” of EU nations.

The roadmap proposed a series of interim milestones on the way to reaching an overall 80%-95% cut by 2050, the minimum that scientists say is necessary to avoid global warming of more than 2 degrees Celsius.

For 2030, a target of 40% of the bloc’s 1990 emissions is pencilled in. That goal rises to 60% by 2040 and 80% or more by 2050.