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EU floats 90% emissions target but drops green farming measures

The European Commission has proposed a 90% cut to net emissions by 2040 but has dropped specific targets for farming

As the backlash against laws protecting nature intensifies across Europe, public pressure has helped push forests centre stage in Poland

Giorgia Meloni has unveiled a long-awaited plan for African development named after Enrico Mattei, founder of oil and gas giant Eni.

A group celebrating the sabotage said they opposed the pipeline out of solidarity with marginalised people in the USA

While the previous Polish government tried to water down the EU’s climate action, the new one is supporting ambition

Betts was the EU’s chief negotiator when the Paris Agreement was signed. He has died a year after being diagnosed with cancer.

The defeat of Poland’s Law and Justice party is expected to speed up the roll-out of renewables in Poland and boost cooperation with Brussels

The 27 member states agreed to pursue a tripling of renewable energy by 2030 but softened language on phasing out fossil fuels

Wopke Hoekstra argues a tax on jet fuel could raise revenue for a planned loss and damage fund, but experts warn that won’t be easy

The US, Germany and Italy have been accused of backsliding on a Glasgow promise to end public subsidies to fossil fuel projects overseas

Paper packages are championed as an alternative to plastic but the eucalyptus plantations which feed the sector are fuelling disaster in Portugal

The Dutch foreign minister once worked for oil company Shell and will face tough questions over his climate record in the European Parliament

The Slovakian will replace Frans Timmermans as the EU’s lead on climate, at home and abroad

The Belem Declaration echoes growing discontent with a new law prohibiting firms from importing goods linked to deforestation

The Energy Charter Treaty, which Spain is trying to leave, protects investments in fossil fuels and in renewables

Timmermans has led the EU’s climate policy since 2019 but will now seek to become Dutch prime minister instead

Brussels and Buenos Aires agreed to work for a “stable delivery” of gas to Europe while cracking down on methane leaks and building renewables

They hope they can neutralise the treaty’s 20 year sunset clause and prevent fossil fuel companies suing them over climate action

The government has published a draft revised version of its climate plan, as it awaits a Supreme Court ruling on the legality of its old plan

The UK government’s official advisers say it is failing on climate at home and abroad, as it cuts climate programmes