The European Parliament has voted to raise the EU’s emissions reduction target for 2030 from 40% to 60%, higher than the European Commission’s proposed 55%.
“This is a huge success for the climate,” said Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout, vice-chair of the parliament’s environment committee which called for a 60% target last month. “This vote shows that the European Parliament is listening to the science and the Fridays for Future movement.”
The 60% goal passed by a vote of 352 to 326, surviving opposition from the right.
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