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EU close to reaching climate goals despite green backlash

Bloc is within one percentage point of meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction target by 2030

The EU is almost on track to meet its 2030 climate targets according to new data, a victory for Brussels even as it faces growing calls to weaken its environmental agenda.

The European Commission will announce next week that the EU is broadly within target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, according to three EU officials with knowledge of the figures. The cuts were projected to be about 54 per cent, one official said.

The numbers were “surprisingly good”, said another senior official, adding that even though the bloc would not quite achieve a 55 per cent reduction, it was “as close to the mark as you could get”.

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