To comply with international agreements, the EU's target to stop releasing greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and the "Fit for 55" package, which is designed to reduce the European Union's greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, Austria's federal government has adopted multiple measures in recent years:

• Three Climate Strategies (2002, 2007 and 2018)
• Climate Protection Act (Klimaschutzgesetz — KSG 2011)
• Two Programs of Measures (2013/14 and 2015-2018)
• Two amendments to the Climate Protection Act (2015 and 2018).

In the government agreement for the years 2020 to 2024, the federal government has committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2040. This goal means that Austria-wide emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and their reduction through carbon sinks according to the national GHG inventory will be balanced out by 2040 at the latest. To achieve this, far-reaching measures must be taken in every sector to reduce GHG emissions to zero. Residual emissions that cannot be reduced by 2040 will be compensated for within the physically foreseeable limits by storing carbon.

Regarding the reduction of CO2 emissions from buildings, Austria plans to significantly increase energy efficiency in the building sector, particularly in renovation, and to make optimization potential for energy efficiency visible. As the current annual renovation rate of around 0.8% is too low to achieve Austria's climate targets and corresponds to the level of 10 years ago, it is to be increased at least 2.5 times by 2030. This initiative runs under the name "#Mission 2030."