EFTA Surveillance Authority’s annual report suggests Iceland and Norway should consider additional measures to cut CO2 emissions

The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s (ESA) fourth annual report on progress made by Iceland and Norway towards reaching their 2030 emission-reduction targets under the EEA Agreement was published, earlier today.

In conducting its assessment, ESA relied on the Effort Sharing Regulation, which sets binding targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and applies to sectors such as agriculture, construction, transport, waste, and industry not covered by the European Emissions Trading System. ESA also considered the Regulation on Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), which requires the States to ensure that emissions from land use and forestry are balanced by at least an equivalent removal of CO2 from the atmosp