Data on climate targets

Data on Climate Targets 

This dataset contains detailed, machine-readable data on climate (emissions-reduction) targets for the EU-27 for the years 1997-2026.

This dataset was developed by Aksornchan Chaianong and Puru Malhotra, from 2024 to January 2026. Aksornchan Chaianong led the work, with support from Ioannis Milioritsas, Silvia Weko, and Johan Lilliestam.

The data is published with CC BY-SA 4.0. Please cite it as:

Chaianong, A., Malhotra P., Milioritsas, I., Weko, S., and Lilliestam, J. (2026): Data on climate targets (Version 2, January 2026). Sustainability Transition Policy Group, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18482359

The authors would like to thank the German Federal Government, the German State Governments, and the Joint Science Conference (GWK) for their funding and support as part of the NFDI4Energy consortium. The work was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) – 501865131 within the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI, www.nfdi.de). Aksornchan Chaianong would also like to thank the Office for Equal Opportunities for Women in Science and the Arts at the School of Business, Economics, and Law at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg for the Individual Career Development funding.

The data are, to the best of our knowledge, correct, but we assume no responsibility for any remaining data errors or publication errors. Should you find errors or have data to fill gaps, please contact climatepolicyatlas@nfdi4energy.org.

Note: the previous version of the dataset is V1, and is no longer up to date.