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EU to seek corrective emissions plans from Italy and eight other countries
The European Commission will ask Italy and eight other EU countries to submit corrective action plans.
The plans are intended to speed up emissions cuts in transport, buildings, agriculture and waste.
The EU’s annual climate assessment estimates that emissions in these sectors will fall by 38.5% by 2030.
That is below the EU-wide goal of a 40% reduction.
Germany and Austria are also among the nine countries, which the Commission says are not making enough progress towards their targets.
The Commission says it will ask the countries to present plans to help them get closer to their 2030 targets.
The European Commission will ask Italy and eight other EU countries to submit corrective action plans to speed up emissions cuts by 2030.
The plans concern emissions from transport, buildings, agriculture and waste.
The Commission estimates emissions in these sectors will fall by 38.5% by 2030, below the EU target of 40%.
The Commission said the nine member states are not making sufficient progress toward their 2030 targets.
- Who
- The European Commission and nine EU member states, including Italy.
- What
- The Commission will ask the countries to submit corrective action plans to accelerate emissions cuts.
- When
- The request was announced on November 9, 2026. The plans are intended to help meet 2030 targets.
- Where
- The European Union.
- Why
- The countries are not making sufficient progress toward their 2030 emissions targets.
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- Countries asked
- Italy and eight other EU member states
- Projected emissions cut
- 38.5% by 2030 in covered sectors
- EU target
- 40% emissions reduction by 2030
- Sectors covered
- Transport, buildings, agriculture and waste
What people are saying
nine member states are not making sufficient progress toward achieving their own 2030 targets