The European Climate Law sets the 2050 target and direction for all EU policy, and provides predictability for public authorities, businesses and citizens. At the same time, the Commission is launching a public consultation on the future European Climate Pact. Through this consultation, the public will be involved in co-designing this instrument. With the European Climate Law, the Commission proposes a legally binding target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The EU Institutions and the Member States are collectively bound to take the necessary measures at the EU and national level to meet the target. The Climate Law includes measures to keep track of progress and adjust actions accordingly, based on existing systems such as the governance process for Member States' National Energy and Climate Plans, regular reports by the European Environment Agency, and the latest scientific evidence on climate change and its impacts. Progress will be reviewed every five years, in line with the global stocktaking exercise under the Paris Agreement. The Climate Law also addresses the pathway to get to the 2050 target.