The EU already has binding climate targets for 2035 and 2050, and the new goal is an interim step toward achieving climate neutrality by 2050, meaning it emits no more greenhouse gases than it absorbs /europa.eu
On Tuesday, the European Parliament approved, by a large majority, the European Union's new climate target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% compared with 1990 levels by 2040 – 413 Members of Parliament voted in favour, 226 against.
The new target still needs to be endorsed by EU coun
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