EU Members Remain Deeply Divided Over 2040 Climate Targets

The EU summit this week is debating how to bridge the divide within the bloc regarding interim 2040 emission-reduction targets as the European Union insists on becoming a net-zero area by 2050. The EU member states remain divided over the proposal of the European Commission to officially endorse setting a 2040 climate target to reduce the EU’s net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% by 2040, relative to 1990. The draft for the EU summit of the bloc’s leaders this week included a so-called “revision clause,”…