Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted last week on a non-binding resolution endorsing a net zero greenhouse gas emissions target for 2050 and increasing the European Union’s 2030 target. In a wide-ranging text adopted by 369 votes to 116 (with 40 abstaining), the MEPs expressed their support for two strategic pathways “for the economic, technological and social transformation needed for the Union to comply with the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement”. These two pathways, according to the MEPs, will “enable the Union to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest.” The adopted text states that achieving this goal “requires swift action and considerable efforts at the local, regional, national, and EU level, also involving all non-public actors.”