
2050 climate plans
The EU has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030, and by 80-95% by 2050.
EU Member States must produce ‘Low Carbon Development Strategies’ (LCDS) to show how they will cut their emissions long-term. However, it is not clear what information must be included in LCDS, nor how these emissions cuts could be financed - for example, through the auctioning revenues from the EU Emission’s Trading System.
Ensuring national long term climate strategies such as LCDS are ambitious and developed in a transparent way - with the participation of civil society and stakeholders - is key to meeting the EU’s emissions reductions goals.

The MaxiMiseR project is evaluating EU low-carbon development strategies so Member States can share knowledge and best practise and improve their own strategies.
It also analyses how Emissions Trading System auctioning revenues are currently spent, and makes recommendations on how revenues can better support the implementation of Low Carbon Development Strategies.
The MaxiMiseR project team is working with a range of stakeholders from civil society, public authorities and business. The project is funded by EU LIFE and the MAVA Foundation and runs from 2016-mid 2018. More

Ensuring national long term climate strategies such as LCDS are ambitious and developed in a transparent way - with the participation of civil society and stakeholders - is key to meeting the EU’s emissions reductions goals.
What is WWF doing?
WWF is responsible for the MaxiMiseR project, which is working to make long-term climate plans as strong as possible - and seeing how they can be financed through the Emissions Trading System.
The MaxiMiseR project is evaluating EU low-carbon development strategies so Member States can share knowledge and best practise and improve their own strategies.
It also analyses how Emissions Trading System auctioning revenues are currently spent, and makes recommendations on how revenues can better support the implementation of Low Carbon Development Strategies.
The MaxiMiseR project team is working with a range of stakeholders from civil society, public authorities and business. The project is funded by EU LIFE and the MAVA Foundation and runs from 2016-mid 2018. More


Policy timeline
Our Maximiser team
Imke Luebbeke
Project Director
@MaxiMiseREU
Jane Wallace-Jones
Project Manager
@MaxiMiseREU
Sarah Azau
Senior Communications & Media Officer
+32 2 743 88 06
@SarahAzau
Florian Becker
Communications Officer
+32 2 743 88 00
Alex Mason
Senior Policy Officer, Renewable Energy
+32 2 743 88 05
@1alexmason
Sam Van Den Plas
Senior Policy Officer, Climate & Energy
+32 2 740 09 32
@Sam__Vdp
Adam White
Senior Research Coordinator, Climate & Energy
+32 2 761 04 27
@Adam_H_White
Leia Achampong
Policy Officer - MaxiMiseR, Climate & Energy
+3227610420
@LeiaLdn
Project Director
@MaxiMiseREU
Jane Wallace-Jones
Project Manager
@MaxiMiseREU
Sarah Azau
Senior Communications & Media Officer
+32 2 743 88 06
@SarahAzau
Florian Becker
Communications Officer
+32 2 743 88 00
Alex Mason
Senior Policy Officer, Renewable Energy
+32 2 743 88 05
@1alexmason
Sam Van Den Plas
Senior Policy Officer, Climate & Energy
+32 2 740 09 32
@Sam__Vdp
Adam White
Senior Research Coordinator, Climate & Energy
+32 2 761 04 27
@Adam_H_White
Leia Achampong
Policy Officer - MaxiMiseR, Climate & Energy
+3227610420
@LeiaLdn