EEA database on integrated national climate and energy policies and measures in Europe
This database contains a number of policies and measures (PaM) implemented, adopted or planned by European countries to achieve climate change mitigation and energy targets, such as reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, producing additional renewable energy, or reducing overall energy consumption. These PaMs contribute to meeting the objectives of the integrated national energy and climate plans. They were reported in 2023 (mandatory reporting year) and 2024* by European countries under the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action Regulation and its two Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/1208 and (EU) 2022/2299
This information is submitted through Reportnet platform where individual submissions and supporting documents, such as reporting guidelines can be accessed. The EEA compiles, checks the quality, and disseminates officially reported, annually updated, information.
The search engine gives access to detailed information for each of the single PaMs (or groups of PaMs). Countries report:
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characteristics of the PaMs, such as their relevant dimension(s) of the Energy Union, description, objective, type, status, sectors affected, related Union Policy, entities responsible for their implementation, implementation period, etc;
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available, quantitative information on the expected (ex-ante) and achieved (ex-post) policy effects, such as GHG emissions savings achieved by PaMs (or groups of PaMs), as well as renewable energy produced, and energy reductions delivered by energy efficiency;
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available, the projected and realised costs and benefits of the reported individual or groups of PaMs on mitigation of climate change, renewable energy production and energy efficiency.
The data can be filtered by different parameters using the right-hand drop-down options. The values can be rearranged, counted by ‘match all’ or ‘match any’ criteria. Furthermore, the database can be searched by typing a 'search term' in the search box. Search terms in double quotes will search for exact phrases, whereas no quotes will search for any of the words written. The entire database or the selection can be downloaded as a CSV file. You'll find the download button below the database**.
The most recent analysis of the complete dataset on integrated national climate and energy policies and measures is available in the report: Overview of reported integrated national climate and energy policies and measures in Europe in 2023. For more information, check links available below the database as well as the Climate and Energy in the EU platform and Policies and measures dedicated subpage.
*Data is mostly from 2023, except for Estonia, Ireland and Sweden, who were the only countries to update their data in 2024.
**Sometimes there may be an issue with formatting when downloading CSV files. To resolve it: 1. Download and open the CSV file; 2. Go to the ‘Data’ tab; 3. Select ‘From Text/CSV’; 4. Find the downloaded file; 5. Double-check that the selections are as follows: File Origin: ‘65001: Unicode (UTF-8)’, Delimiter: ‘Comma’, Data Type Detection: ‘Based on first 200 rows’; 6. Click ‘Load’, and a new tab with properly formatted data will be added.
Data sources
The reported and quality checked datafiles on policies and measures from previous reporting, reported under the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action Regulation and previously under the EU Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR), are available here: EEA Datahub.Deliveries for Integrated national policies and measures have been quality checked by the European Environment Agency and its European Topic Centre on Climate Change Mitigation (ETC CM).
To facilitate reporting, the EEA has developed an online reporting questionnaire, ‘Reporting Guidelines Dataflow 9 to 14: Integrated Policies and Measures under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action Implementing Regulation 2020/1208 Annex 24 & Implementing Regulation 2022/2299 Annex 9 to 14’ and other supporting documents, available at: https://www.eionet.europa.eu/reportnet/docs/govreg/policies-and-measures
Related content
- EEA thematic page for climate policies and measures
- Climate and Energy in the EU platform
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- ETC/CM report: Overview of reported integrated national climate and energy policies and measures in Europe in 2023
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- ETC/CME report: Overview of reported national greenhouse gas policies and measures in Europe in 2021
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- Data 2021 - Member States' greenhouse gas (GHG) emission projections
- Briefing 2022 - Progress and prospects for decarbonisation in the agriculture sector and beyond
- Briefing 2020 – National action across all sectors needed to reach greenhouse gas Effort Sharing targets
- Briefing 2019 - More national climate policies expected, but how effective are the existing ones?
- Report 2019 - Overview of reported national policies and measures on climate change mitigation in Europe in 2019
- Briefing 2018 - Tracking climate policies in European Union countries
- Briefing 2018 - Using Member States' information on policies and measures to support policymaking: energy efficiency in buildings
- Report 2018 - National policies and measures on climate change mitigation in Europe in 2017