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EU Ministers Agree to 90% Emissions Reduction Target Ahead of COP30

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The EU will cut greenhouse‑gas emissions by 90 % by 2040, with an interim aim to reduce current levels by over half by the decade’s end. The agreement includes concessions, added flexibility and guidance on achieving the target, but contains caveats around use of carbon credits. The deal was signed in a last‑minute meeting before COP30 in Brazil, and has drawn criticism that the target is too weak.

  1. GD
    Simon Stiell
    1. The broader picture is of a world which is already paying a huge price from global heating, but which is also nearing positive economic tipping points — towards a safer, healthier, wealthier world, powered by clean energy and climate resilience.
  2. NL
    Wopke Hoekstra
    European Commission
    1. We just need to reduce them. What we need to do, as humanity combined, is find the best possible way at the lowest cost.
  3. SE
    Johan Rockstrom
    Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
    1. What I fear — which we cannot allow to happen — is if there are suggestions starting to emerge that we should abandon the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit.
    2. There wouldn't have been a Paris Agreement without the heads of state leader summit first.
  4. DE
    Marc Weissgerber
    E3G
    1. Countries, industry, investors and citizens are not so sure where the path is going.

sources

  1. 1.DW News
  2. 2.Le Monde
  3. 3.Euronews
  4. 4.The Irish Times
  5. 5.Sweden Herald
  6. 6.The Straits Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.World Economy
  3. 3.Oil Market
  4. 4.Climate Change
  5. 5.Biodiversity
  6. 6.Brazil under Lula
  7. 7.Amazon Deforestation
  8. 8.Amazon Indigenous Groups

countries

  1. 1.BrazilBR
  2. 2.GermanyDE
  3. 3.IrelandIE
  4. 4.PolandPL
  5. 5.AustraliaAU
  6. 6.ChinaCN
  7. 7.CzechiaCZ
  8. 8.FranceFR
  9. 9.HungaryHU
  10. 10.ItalyIT
  11. 11.JapanJP
  12. 12.SlovakiaSK

organizations

  1. 1.European Commission
  2. 2.European Union
  3. 3.Northstar
  4. 4.UN Climate Change Conference
  5. 5.Center for International Environmental Law
  6. 6.EU Parliament
  7. 7.Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  8. 8.Tropical Forests Forever Fund
  9. 9.World Resources Institute
  10. 10.Wuppertal Institute

persons

  1. 1.António GuterresPT
  2. 2.Johan RockstromSE
  3. 3.Angela MerkelDE
  4. 4.Barack ObamaUS
  5. 5.Carsten Elsner
  6. 6.Donald TrumpUS
  7. 7.Lien Vandamme
  8. 8.Luis Inácio Lula Da SilvaBR
  9. 9.Marc WeissgerberDE
  10. 10.Marina SilvaBR
  11. 11.Melanie Robinson
  12. 12.Ursula Von Der LeyenDE

technicals

  1. 1.COP30
  2. 2.Paris Climate Agreement
  3. 3.Curupira
  4. 4.Global South
EU Ministers Agree to 90% Emissions Reduction Target Ahead of COP30