EU states gather for emergency emissions targets meeting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : At a summit in Brussels last month, EU leaders called for greater focus on the removal of carbon from the atmosphere, as well as emphasising the outsourcing of the carbon reduction effort to third countries through international credits.
57% : Leaders called on the European Commission to further develop "the necessary enabling conditions" to support European industries and citizens in meeting the 2040 target, and to adopt a "revision clause" - in light of fresh scientific evidence, technological advances and emerging challenges to the global economy and EU competitiveness.
55% : Environmental groups have said such qualifications amount to the watering down of the EU's binding goals.
54% : That would mean the EU bringing a 2035 target of lower ambition to the COP30 summit in Brazil.
53% : However, a spokesperson for the Danish presidency of the EU said: "We believe that all of the necessary ingredients for coming to an agreement are there.
52% : The European Commission had proposed a target of cutting carbon emissions by 90% by 2040 as the best way of meeting the overall target of net carbon neutrality by 2050.
49% : Member states have been tasked with agreeing on a 2040 target at today's meeting so that they could in turn agree on an interim target for 2035, which the EU would then bring to the United Nations COP30 summit in Brazil on Thursday.
49% : If there is no agreement under a Qualified Majority Vote, which requires 55% of member states representing 65% of the EU's population, to vote in favour of the 90% 2040 target, then it is expected that member states will only agree to a 2035 carbon reduction closer to 66.25%, rather than the more ambitious 72.5%.
47% : Dublin has argued that agricultural emissions, of which Ireland is responsible for a disproportionate amount at EU level, should not be treated the same as emissions from transport and buildings.
44% : Officials have said the prospects of EU environment ministers agreeing ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions by 2040 will go down to the wire when they gather for an emergency meeting in Brussels.

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