The binding target of at least a 40 % domestic reduction in economy-wide GHG emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 was formally approved as the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of the Union and its Member States to the Paris Agreement at the Environment Council meeting on 6 March 2015.
Rinneadh an sprioc cheangailteach maidir le laghdú intíre 40 % ar a laghad a dhéanamh ar astaíochtaí GCT ar fud an gheilleagair faoi 2030 i gcomparáid le 1990 a fhormheas go foirmiúil ag cruinniú na Comhairle Comhshaoil an 6 Márta 2015 mar Rannchuidiú Beartaithe an Aontais agus a chuid Bhallstát a socraíodh go Náisiúnta i leith Chomhaontú Pháras.