The same year, Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 came into effect, confirming the climate neutrality objective and introducing the intermediate objective of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent by 2030 (see also Laudato si’, 164-165). Laudato si’ (166) deplores the fact that practical action has not yet lived up to the promises of international cooperation agreements, as do many other documents.
15. Laudato si’, 55. 16. Laudato si’, 55; see also ibid., 206: ‘This is what consumer movements accomplish by boycotting certain products. They prove successful in changing the way businesses operate, forcing them to consider their environmental footprint and their patterns of production. When social pressure affects their earnings, businesses clearly have to find ways to produce differently.