European Union climate ministers have approved a deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Danish minister who chaired talks. Environment ministers from the EU states settled on a commitment to cut the union’s carbon emissions by 90 per cent of 1990 levels, over the next 15 years. “The planet doesn’t care where we reduce emissions”, EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said on Wednesday, after the 2040 deal was agreed. About a dozen EU states are projected to fail to hit earlier targets to dramatically bring down their emissions by 2030. The 2040 climate target still has to be approved by MEPs in the European Parliament, before it becomes law.

Source: The Irish Times November 05, 2025 20:08 UTC