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Helsinki: Finland will use its turn in the EU presidency to seek a pledge that the bloc will produce net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050, Prime Minister Antti Rinne said on Wednesday.
Several EU countries have signed up to reduce emissions to net zero, but opposition from Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic has prevented a joint mid-century target date.
Finland takes over the six-month rotating EU presidency on Monday and the early weeks will be dominated by haggling over the bloc’s top jobs and preparing for Brexit. But, by the end of the year, Rinne said, the leaders hope the holdout states, which are more dependent on coal than their partners, will have come around to support the 2050 climate target. (AFP)
Several EU countries have signed up to reduce emissions to net zero, but opposition from Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic has prevented a joint mid-century target date.
Finland takes over the six-month rotating EU presidency on Monday and the early weeks will be dominated by haggling over the bloc’s top jobs and preparing for Brexit. But, by the end of the year, Rinne said, the leaders hope the holdout states, which are more dependent on coal than their partners, will have come around to support the 2050 climate target. (AFP)
