The main challenge for the Environment Council on Thursday 18 September was to adopt an EU ‘declaration of intent’ setting a range for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 (compared to 1990). After more than six hours of discussions, the EU27 have approved a text that takes stock of the EU’s climate policy and sets a range for reducing greenhouse gas emissions of between 66.25% and 72.5%.
This declaration is a temporary solution devised by the Danish Presidency of the EU...