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EU climate neutrality

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22 on 15 sitting days
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16 adopted · 5 rejected
Period
6 May 2025 – 15 Sept 2026
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EU initiative
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Last 90 days
5 decisions
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16
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New laws 16 · Objections 3 · Resolutions 3
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The EU's long-term framework and targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and reaching climate neutrality by 2050.

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Decisions, 22

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
15 Sept 2026Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures New lawsPassed464 for, 50 against, 159 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund New lawsPassed433 for, 97 against, 146 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances New lawsPassed367 for, 240 against, 59 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors New lawsPassed467 for, 158 against, 41 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030 New lawsUrgent procedure agreedshow of hands — no count
29 Apr 2026Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sector New lawsPassed433 for, 120 against, 91 abstained by roll call
28 Apr 2026Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services New lawsApproved without a voteshow of hands — no count
26 Mar 2026Union framework for the national calculation of life-cycle global warming potential Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated actObjectionsObjection failed208 for, 414 against, 10 abstained by roll call
26 Mar 2026Certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals activities Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated actObjectionsObjection failedshow of hands — no count
26 Mar 2026Union list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated actObjectionsObjection failed79 for, 528 against, 20 abstained counted, no names
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 (No. 1, 12 Mar 2026) New lawsPassed473 for, 81 against, 9 abstained by roll call
10 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 (No. 4, 10 Mar 2026) New lawsUrgent procedure agreedshow of hands — no count
10 Feb 2026Framework for achieving climate neutrality (No. 6, 10 Feb 2026) New lawsPassed413 for, 226 against, 12 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Framework for achieving climate neutrality (No. 1, 13 Nov 2025) New lawsPassed379 for, 248 against, 10 abstained by roll call
23 Oct 2025Specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated actResolutionsObjection failed175 for, 374 against, 25 abstained by roll call
10 Sept 2025Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening New lawsPassed617 for, 18 against, 19 abstained by roll call
10 Sept 2025Role of cohesion policy in supporting the just transition ResolutionsAdopted519 for, 99 against, 48 abstained by roll call
9 Jul 2025European Climate Law New lawsUrgent procedure refused300 for, 379 against, 8 abstained by roll call
19 Jun 2025Clean Industrial Deal ResolutionsAdopted381 for, 173 against, 13 abstained by roll call
22 May 2025Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism New lawsPassed564 for, 20 against, 12 abstained by roll call
8 May 2025CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027 (No. 1, 8 May 2025) New lawsPassed458 for, 101 against, 14 abstained by roll call
6 May 2025CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027 (No. 4, 6 May 2025) New lawsUrgent procedure agreedshow of hands — no count

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Dossiers, 12

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors 2025-0380Decisions215 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund 2025-0418Decisions115 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures 2025-0419Decisions115 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances 2026-0085Decisions115 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services 2023-0266Decisions128 Apr 2026
Union list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest 2025-3009Decisions126 Mar 2026 · Rejected
Union framework for the national calculation of life-cycle global warming potential 2025-3044Decisions126 Mar 2026 · Rejected
Certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals activities 2026-2598Decisions126 Mar 2026 · Rejected
Framework for achieving climate neutrality 2025-0524Decisions210 Feb 2026 · Adopted
Specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels 2025-2809Decisions123 Oct 2025 · Rejected
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Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Role of cohesion policy in supporting the just transition 2024-2121Decisions110 Sept 2025 · Adopted
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening 2025-0039Decisions210 Sept 2025 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 16 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor9Against5Abst.0Divided2With outcome10of16
GreensFor10Against5Abst.0Divided1With outcome11of16
S&DFor14Against2Abst.0Divided0With outcome15of16
RenewFor14Against2Abst.0Divided0With outcome15of16
EPPFor11Against3Abst.0Divided2With outcome16of16
ECRFor7Against4Abst.2Divided3With outcome8of16
PatriotsFor6Against8Abst.0Divided2With outcome5of16
ESNFor7Against8Abst.1Divided0With outcome6of16

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

Topics that come up with it

  • Topic Climate & environment Emissions targets, carbon pricing, nature, pollution and waste.
  • Topic Economy & single market Competitiveness, industry, single market rules, finance, taxation.
  • Topic Transport & tourism Road, rail, aviation, shipping, passenger rights, tourism.
  • Topic Energy Renewables, gas and nuclear, prices, grids and efficiency.
  • Topic Trade & customs Trade agreements, tariffs, trade defence and customs.

Running issues

Sources & citation

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-climate-neutrality?all=1
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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “EU climate neutrality”. Running issue, 15 September 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-climate-neutrality?all=1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-issue-eu-climate-neutrality,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{EU climate neutrality}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-15},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-climate-neutrality?all=1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-climate-neutrality?all=1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}