Speaking to MEPs in Strasbourg on Tuesday 26 November, the European Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra, acknowledged that the negotiations to reach an agreement at COP29 in Baku (Azerbaijan)(see EUROPE B13531A13) had been “really difficult”.
“At several points, particularly on the last evening, we were on the verge of collapse. But it is important that we reached an agreement”, declared Mr Hoekstra, who conceded that the agreement was “far from ideal”.
With regard...