The European Commission’s commitment to technology neutrality will be judged by how it designs the rules behind its 2040 climate target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 90%, the president of Brussels-based industry group nucleareurope Xavier Ursat has said.

Ursat, also an EDF senior executive vice-president in charge of innovation, corporate social responsibility and strategy, told the nucleareurope conference in Brussels this week that “the first demonstration of the sincerity of the European Commission” would be the shape of the 2040 target.