EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks The bust of French statesman Robert Schuman, one of the founders of the European Union, is seen while environmental activists launch a hot air balloon during a demonstration outside of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. European Union leaders meet for a year-end summit that will address anything from climate, sanctions against Turkey to budget and virus recovery plans. Brexit will be discussed on the sidelines. (Source: AP Photo/Francisco Seco) By Associated Press | December 11, 2020 at 2:00 AM CST - Updated December 11 at 3:08 AM
BRUSSELS (AP) â European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the blocâs net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarrassing deadlock ahead of a U.N. climate meeting this weekend.
EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks The bust of French statesman Robert Schuman, one of the founders of the European Union, is seen while environmental activists launch a hot air balloon during a demonstration outside of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. European Union leaders meet for a year-end summit that will address anything from climate, sanctions against Turkey to budget and virus recovery plans. Brexit will be discussed on the sidelines. (Source: AP Photo/Francisco Seco) By Associated Press | December 11, 2020 at 3:00 AM EST - Updated December 11 at 4:08 AM
BRUSSELS (AP) â European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the blocâs net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarrassing deadlock ahead of a U.N. climate meeting this weekend.
By CHEN WEIHUA in Brussels | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-14 07:45 Share CLOSE European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (center) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel leave an EU summit in Brussels on Friday. EUROPEAN UNION/XINHUA
European Union leaders have applauded a hard-won agreement to cut carbon emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030, a target that still falls short of expectations of environmental groups and lawmakers.
After lengthy haggling, leaders of the EU s 27 member states, at a summit in Brussels, reached agreement early on Friday to raise the bloc s carbon emissions reduction goal for 2030 to net 55 percent from the current goal of 40 percent from the 1990 levels.
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11 Dec 2020
BRUSSELS (AP) European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarrassing deadlock ahead of a U.N. climate meeting this weekend.
Following night-long discussions at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 member states approved the EU executive commission’s proposal to toughen the bloc’s intermediate target on the way to climate neutrality by mid-century, after a group of reluctant, coal-reliant countries finally agreed to support the improved goal.
“Europe is the leader in the fight against climate change,” tweeted EU Council president Charles Michel as daylight broke over the EU capital city. “We decided to cut our greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55 per cent by 2030.”