New EU climate target can now pass into law
Goal to cut emissions 90% among world’s ambitious
EU facing political pushback on green agenda
BRUSSELS, March 5 (Reuters) – European Union countries gave the final approval on Thursday to a new climate target to slash greenhouse gas emissions 90% by 2040, pressing ahead with the bloc’s ambitious climate agenda despite political resistance.
The new climate target is a hard-fought political compromise, struck by governments and EU lawmakers last year. It is more ambitious than most major economies’ emissions-cutting commitments, including China’s.
