Estonia's and Slovakia's NECPs assessed by Commission: '2030 ambitions improved, more efforts needed'

'While Estonia and Slovakia have raised their ambition compared to their draft plans, the assessment finds that both countries must increase their efforts to implement the plans and close remaining gaps on renewable energy and energy efficiency. They also must make progress towards the national 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon removals - in accordance with the Effort Sharing Regulation and the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation, respectively': these are the main conclusions of the assessments of the two countries National Environment and Climate Plans (NECPs), published by the European Commission the 02/10/2025.

This assessment was published on this date given the submissions of these two NECPs arrived late to be taken into account as part of the EU-wide assessment of the final updated NECPs published on 28 May 2025. The EU-wide assessment  showed significant progress made by Member States towards closing in on the EU’s 2030 climate and energy targets. Efforts should now also turn to implementation and delivery.

The…