October 31, 2025
Web desk
The European Commission is pushing to set a target of cutting the EU’s net greenhouse-gas emissions by 90 % by 2040 (from 1990 levels), but EU countries remain deeply split over the ambition, timing and cost of the plan.
Some states worry the aggressive target could hit struggling industries hard; others want stronger commitments. A key sticking point how many emissions reductions can be achieved via buying foreign carbon credits, rather than domestic cuts.
With the COP30 climate summit just around the corner, failure to reach consensus would leave Ursula von der Leyen without a unified EU goal to present potentially undermining the Union’s climate-leadership claims
