EU tells COP27 it will boost its carbon-cutting commitment

European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans told delegates in Sharm el-Sheikh that the EU will upgrade its emissions cut from 55% to at least 57%. 

At the UN climate talks in Egypt, the European Union vowed to update its carbon cutting commitment with a strengthened goal of slashing emissions by at least 57% this decade.

Insisting that the bloc was not "backtracking" in the face of the Ukraine war, European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans told delegates in Sharm el-Sheikh that the EU will upgrade its emissions cut from 55% to at least 57%.

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