Looking towards 2030, the first step towards achieving the 2030 European Climate and Energy Package at a national level was taken in 2015 with approval of the Strategic Framework for Climate Policy (QEPIC), with a vision of decarbonising the economy and placing the country in better conditions to meet the challenges created by the Paris Agreement. In 2016, the Portuguese government pledged to ensure neutrality of its emissions by the end of 2050, outlining a clear view on intense decarbonisation of the national economy, as a contribution to the Paris Agreement and in line with the most ambitious efforts under way at an international level. It was then established that Portugal should reduce its GHG emissions from -18% to -23% by 2020 and from -30% to -40% by 2030, compared to the 2005 figures, contingent on the results of the European negotiations, and sectoral targets for the reduction of GHG emissions were also defined.