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Italy says it plans to cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2030
(Reuters, 11 Mar 2021) Italy says to cut its carbon emission by 60% by 2030 after the talk with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry.
Italy plans to cut its carbon emissions by around 60% by 2030 after using 80 billion euros ($96 billion) of EU funds for energy transition in the next five years, Ecology Minister Roberto Cingolani said.
In a phone conversation with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday, Cingolani called the emission reduction plan "a massive improvement".
The EU recently set an emissions-reduction target of 55% by 2030, while in its last national energy plan, released in December 2019, Italy set itself a target of a 33% reduction by the same year.
Climate policies are at the heart of the agenda in Brussels, which wants to reach "net zero" emissions by 2050.
In December EU leaders agreed to cut their net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% from 1990 levels by 2030, substantially toughening an existing 40% target.
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