Marta Pacheco
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EU partners with Africa to step up clean power and infrastructure
European and African leaders met in Luanda during the EU-African Union summit where they pledged to increase trade in renewable energy and critical raw materials. Shortly before, European leaders met in Johannesburg for the G20, where the bloc struck a trade deal with South Africa.
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COP30: EU backs global carbon market alliance to cut CO2 emissions
The European Union and Brazil urged other countries to embrace mechanisms that put a price on carbon and develop carbon markets to finance global climate action. Critics argue the decision could undermine domestic climate ambition and jeopardise financing for restoring natural carbon sinks.
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EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission reduction by 2040
After months of political impasse, the revision of the EU's climate law was backed with significant flexibilities for member states to hit the 90% emissions reduction by 2040. Now the European Parliament needs to have a say on the bloc's climate target.
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