Conventions, agreements and other documents

The key acts in the field of climate policy are:
 
Recent EU policies on climate change
 
At the end of November 2019, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on Climate and Environmental Emergencies and called for appropriate measures aimed at limiting global warming, reducing the carbon footprint and reforming agricultural, trade, transport, energy and infrastructure policies. In response to the call, the European Commission adopted the European Green Deal, based on increasing the ambition of the EU's climate goals, adopting a climate neutrality law by 2050, radically transforming the design of all policies and integrating sustainability into all EU policies.
 

One of the key documents of the latest policy of all EU member states is the Paris Agreement as the EU's path to climate neutrality by 2050, so to achieve the set goals in practice, measures must be taken in all economic sectors .
 

                                                Table: Paris Agreement and related documents

	Climate act	Published
1.	Paris Agreement	OJ L 282/2016
2.	Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	OJ L 282/2016
3.	Council Decision (EU) 2016/590 of 11 April 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	OJ L 103/2016
Other documents, related to Paris Agreement
4.	Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Building a coalition of civil society and subnational authorities to deliver commitments of the Paris Agreement’ (own-initiative opinion)	OJ C 389/2016
5.	Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change	COM/2016/0482 final - 2016/0231 (COD)
6.	COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL The Road from Paris: assessing the implications of the Paris Agreement and accompanying the proposal for a Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	COM/2016/0110 final
7.	COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL The Paris Protocol – A blueprint for tackling global climate change beyond 2020	/* COM/2015/081 final */
8.	Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The impact of the conclusions of COP21 on European transport policy’ (own-initiative opinion)	UL C 303/2016
9.	Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change	COM/2016/0479 final - 2016/0230 (COD)
10.	COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change	SWD/2016/0248 final - 2016/0231 (COD)
11.	COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change	SWD/2016/0246 final - 2016/0230 (COD)
12.	COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS A European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility	COM/2016/0501 final
13.	COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Accelerating Europe's transition to a low-carbon economy Communication accompanying measures under the Energy Union Framework Strategy: legislative proposal on binding annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030, legislative proposal on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and communication on a European Strategy for low-emission mobility	COM/2016/0500 final
14.	Opinion of the European Committee of the Regions — Towards a global climate agreement in Paris	UL C 240/2016
15.	Opinion of the European Committee of the Regions — Towards a global climate agreement in Paris	UL C 423/2015
16.	Opinion of the Committee of the Regions — A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030	UL C 415/2014

  Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/content/paris-agreement/paris-agreement.html?locale=sl