# European Parliament and Council adopt the European Climate Law

Date: 2021

On 30 June 2021 the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the European Climate Law. The regulation writes into Union law the objective of climate neutrality by 2050 and an intermediate net greenhouse-gas reduction of at least 55 percent by 2030 compared with 1990. The Commission under President von der [Leyen](/people/energy-ursula-von-der-leyen) had proposed the regulation in 2020 as the legal core of the European Green Deal. Adoption is a co-legislative act, not a presidential decree.

## People

- Frans Timmermans: https://factrail.ai/people/frans-timmermans
- Ursula von der Leyen: https://factrail.ai/people/ursula-von-der-leyen
- Olaf Scholz: https://factrail.ai/people/olaf-scholz
- Emmanuel Macron: https://factrail.ai/people/emmanuel-macron
- Angela Merkel: https://factrail.ai/people/angela-merkel
- Charles Michel: https://factrail.ai/people/charles-michel

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

- https://www.iea.org/policies/12517-european-climate-law
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R1119
- https://www.iea.org/policies/11705-european-climate-law

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-european-climate-law-adopted-2021