The EU on Wednesday unveiled its long-delayed target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, but with contested new flexibilities built in to win over the most skeptical member states. After ...

On April 7, 2026, Regulation (EU) 2026/667 entered into force, amending the European Climate Law by introducing a legally binding target of a 90% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of an outdoor thermometer. Jens Büttner/dpa The European Commission is expected on Wednesday to propose a new binding ...

Ambitious climate action to improve global air quality could save up to 1.32 million lives per year by 2040, according to a new study. The research, led by Cardiff University, shows how developing ...

EU Parliament supports 90% emissions cut by 2040 Backs plan to cover 5% of goal with carbon credits Committee rejects far-right lawmaker proposal to scrap the target Lawmakers, countries must agree on ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries remain split over their new climate change target and are still debating changes, just days before their ministers are due to approve the goal, according ...

Today, the European Commission proposed an amendment to the EU Climate Law reviewing the 2040 climate targets that first enshrined climate neutrality by 2050—and with it, a structural shift in how ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and President of the Swiss Confederation Karin Keller Sutter before the start of the official meeting, at the Elysee presidential palace, in Paris, on July 1, 2025.

Ultra rapid electric vehicle charging points in a supermarket carpark in Whitechapel, East London, United Kingdom. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images) The Climate Change Committee, which ...

BRUSSELS, March 21 (Reuters) - The European Commission has delayed its plan to propose a new EU climate target in the first quarter of this year, pushing back the launch of an expected commitment to ...

Austria's government on Friday announced it would enshrine a target to reach climate neutrality by 2040 into law, as a record ...