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<p>The UK was the first major economy to legislate for a net zero target. The action
we are taking in setting this target will continue our proud tradition of climate
leadership.</p><p>The EU Member States that have targets for net zero greenhouse gas
emissions in legislation are Sweden (by 2045) and the United Kingdom (by 2050). France
is currently in the process of legislating for a 2050 net zero greenhouse target.</p><p>In
addition, a range of Member States have adopted or are currently publicly considering
adopting plans for net zero carbon or greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and in some
cases have stated their intention is to legislate for a target. These include Denmark,
Germany, and Portugal and Finland. Other Member States with plans to significantly
reduce emissions by 2050 include the Netherlands, which has a law to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by 95%, and Spain, which has a draft law proposing an at least 90% reduction
(in both cases the reduction is compared to 1990).</p><p>The EU is also considering
adopting a bloc-wide net zero 2050 target, with a large majority of Member States,
including the UK, supporting a net zero EU target by 2050 at the June European Council
this year. Through ratifying the Paris Agreement, the EU and its Member States have
already committed to aiming for a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources
and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of the century, as set
out in Article 4.1 of the Agreement.</p>
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