Following the European Council's endorsement of a new and more ambitious target to reduce the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 from 1990 levels, the EU and its 27 Member States have formally submitted this target as their new nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.
A factsheet on the Paris Agreement and the EU's climate diplomacy is available online. For more information on the EU's international action on climate change, see here.