EU ministers meet in race against time for crunch climate talks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : European Union environment ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday trying to overcome disagreements on crucial emission reduction targets days ahead of the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, in Brazil.
51% : Ministers aim to find a common position on the EU's climate law for 2040, after the European Commission proposed reducing emissions by 90% by 2040 compared to 1990 levels based on scientific evidence.
51% : Also on Tuesday, ministers aim to unanimously adopt a separate reduction commitment required under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change days before EU negotiators will head to COP30.
46% : A double majority of at least 15 of the 27 EU member states, representing at least 65% of the bloc's population, is required for the decision to be passed.
44% : EU environment ministers are meeting in Brussels to resolve disagreements on emission reduction targets before COP30, attempting to harmonize the EU's stance on a 90% reduction by 2040 and address implementation challenges amid economic and geopolitical concerns.
43% : But EU capitals have struggled to agree on new reduction commitments amid economic concerns and geopolitical changes.
43% : So far, EU countries failed to back a binding target and agreed on a non-binding outline for a climate plan through 2035 instead, aiming to cut emissions over the next 10 years by between 66.25% and 72.5% from 1990 levels.
42% : The EU aims to become climate neutral by 2050, meaning that no more greenhouse gas emissions are generated than can be absorbed either by nature or by technical means.
39% : Currently, EU countries are obliged to cut climate-damaging emissions across the bloc by 55% compared to 1990 by the end of the decade.

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