The target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% at European level by 2030 compared with 1990 is shared amongst the ETS sectors (energy industries, energy-intensive industrial sectors and aviation) and non-ETS sectors (transport, residential, tertiary, industry not included in the ETS sector, agriculture and waste), which will need to record a -43% and
-30% decrease, respectively, compared with 2005.

While the target for ETS sectors is set at European level, as it is a system applied to all Member States on a harmonised and centralised basis, the target of reducing greenhouse gases relating to sectors falling under the Effort Sharing Regulation is split between the various Member States.

Regulation (EU) 2018/842 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement (the Effort Sharing Regulation, ESR) sets Italy a reduction target of -33% compared with 2005 levels for non-ETS sectors [NECP, p.239]. This target must be achieved by following a linear reduction trajectory that will identify an emissions limit for each year.

"In a phone conversation between EU Ecology Minister Roberto Cingolani, and US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, Cingolani said that Italy plans to reduce its carbon emissions by roughly 60% by 2030 from 1990 levels." This commitment does not appear in policy documents, so it is not clear whether it still stands (source: .