Overview
- Environment ministers meet in Brussels today to set a 2040 emissions goal and finalize a 2035 plan, with the EU risking a trip to COP30 without a formal 2035 agreement.
- The European Commission proposes a 90% cut by 2040 from 1990 levels, while countries argue over allowing 3% of reductions via international carbon credits, with some pushing for 5–10%.
- A newly published Klimafaktenpapier reports multiple climate indicators at record levels, warns the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded within a decade, and highlights Europe as the fastest‑warming continent.
- The same paper cites a representative survey of about 130,000 people in 125 countries finding that 89% want more ambitious climate policy from their governments.
- The latest State of Climate Action and WMO findings show record global coal use and emissions in 2024 despite rapid renewable growth, with experts saying solar and wind must roughly double their annual expansion rates.