2021 UN Climate Conference (COP26)
A September 2020 press release by the European Commission (EC) promised "[f]ollowing broad public consultation and thorough impact assessments, the Commission will come forward with the corresponding legislative proposals by June 2021", including, according to the BBC News a limit on CO2 removal that counts toward the target, encouraging member states to actually reduce carbon emissions instead of merely removing them. "Adopting the new target in time would allow the EU to communicate its higher ambition to international partners well ahead of the 
 in Glasgow and set the bar for others to follow", the press release read.
European Union to reduce carbon emissions by 55% of 1990 levels by 2030