Pursuing Emission Reduction Agreement Ahead Of COP30 Climate Conference, EU Holds Meeting Today

JAKARTA - EU countries are scheduled to agree on a plan to reduce emissions today which will be brought to an important conference by the United Nations (UN) in Brazil.

Citing AFP, Thursday, September 18, environmental ministers from the 27-member EU gathered in Brussels today as the UN deadline for generating plans to combat global warming by 2035 is getting closer.

As one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gas emissions after China, the United States, and India, the EU is committed to improving the climate.

Therefore, the EU hopes that the plan to reduce emissions will progress and get its submission to the COP30 climate conference by November 2025 from a higher 2040 destination.

However, this has not been agreed upon by many EU member countries, so today's meeting in Brussels is struggling to find a solution in the last minute.

Denmark, which holds the post of president in charge of the European Union, has proposed submitting a "unitement of intent" to the United Nations, instead of a difficult target.

That will include promises to reduce emissions between 66.3 percent and 72.5 percent compared to 1990's emissions level with a range expected to be narrowed to the next stage.

"This approach will ensure that the European Union does not come to the UN Climate Summit empty-handed," a Danish presidency spokesman said at the European Council.

However, until now talks and efforts to agree on the plan are still tough. A European diplomat suggested that journalists covering the meeting in Brussels prepare a "sleep bag".