Within the EU, the headline target (previously set at -40%) has been increased to a -55% reduction by 2030 (over 1990 levels), while the long term objective of climate neutrality by 2050 has also been adopted. EU negotiations in 2018 resulted in legislation relating to the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) that has led to Malta’s bespoke targets. The ESR targets relate to emissions not covered by the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) emissions. For Malta, the target is to achieve a 19% reduction in net territorial non-ETS GHGEs (relative to 2005) by 2030. Proposals revising this target shall be published in mid-2021. This LCDS was drafted basing on existing ESR reduction target emanating from the legislative instruments for the -40% EU reduction target (i.e. -19% for Malta).