Carsten Schneider, Germany's Federal Minister for the Environment, addresses the media ahead of the Environment Council in Brussels on Tuesday. Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images
National capitals are locked in negotiations to agree an ambitious target for the European Union (EU) to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, following weeks of contentious political wrangling over the union’s future climate commitments.
Environment ministers from EU states were in Brussels on Tuesday to negotiate a deal promising to cut the bloc’s emi
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