By specifying clear framework At the same time, the European Commission launched the EU Green Deal, a comprehensive policy package to put the EU on a path to reach this goal. Last December the European Council set the future direction of the Union: the EU will be climate-neutral by 2050. Masterplan for a competitive transformation of EU energy-intensive industries - Enabling a climate-neutral, circular economy by 2050 “Construction 2050 - Building tomorrow’s Europe today”: Construction stakeholders call for a new policy framework "We have all the tools to be ambitious." 2.4. In November 2018, the European Commission presented a long-term strategic vision to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, showing how Europe can lead the way to climate neutrality – an economy with net-zero GHG emissions. The Climate Action Plan 2050 is a strategy for modernising our economy and provides guidance for all areas of action up to 2050 and for upcoming investments, especially for the period up to 2030. Developing the EU Long-Term Climate Strategy Background The European Commission decided to renew its “Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050” in 2017, and released its communication, "A clean planet for all" on 28 November 2018 . Date: March 19, 2019, 10:00 am Topic: Energy & Climate Environment ministers held a policy debate on the EU's long-term strategic vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy, based on different scenarios for achieving long-term greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement. At a pivotal point in time, three major EU sides come together to discuss the future climate strategy. Environment and climate ministers met on 5 March, to exchange views on the European Green Deal and to work on the concrete steps needed to make net zero emissions in the EU a reality. European consumers need to change their behaviour, otherwise it will be very difficult to make the EU's collective environmental footprint climate-neutral by 2050. That much was clear from the European Commission's strategy paper on climate action published on Wednesday (28 November). In a separate resolution, members declared a climate emergency in Europe. The EU's long-term climate strategy. The strategy explores how this can be achieved by looking at all the key economic sectors, including energy, transport, industry and agriculture. In December 2019, EU leaders endorsed the objective of achieving a climate-neutral EU by 2050.Poland could not commit at that stage to implement this objective and the European Council will discuss the matter again in June 2020. The EU is a global leader in climate action. "With this plan, Europe will be the world's first major economy to go for net-zero emissions by 2050," said EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete. Last December the European Council set the future direction of the Union: the EU will be climate-neutral by 2050. The EU climate and energy policy directly affects Germany's climate policy.