The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU failed to secure a qualified majority on the EU’s 2040 climate emissions target at a meeting of Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) on Friday 12 September.
Although a large number of EU countries have acknowledged the efforts of the Presidency in recent weeks and have come out in favour of the 90% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target by 2040 (compared to 1990 levels), it was not possible to reach a qualified majority.
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