EU leaders at their Brussels summit on Thursday (23 October) debated how to reconcile the bloc's climate commitments with its industrial and economic goals.
Member states confirmed an earlier agreement to cut emissions by 90 percent by 2040, but the target has sparked heated discussion this year, with some national capitals arguing it could conflict with a hea...
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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.