EU member states call for 2030 climate target

Dozen member states hope letter will focus minds before Glasgow UN talks this year

A dozen countries have called for an EU climate target for 2030 to be drawn up "as soon as possible", if the bloc is to galvanise the rest of the world before vital UN talks in Glasgow later this year.

In a letter to the EU's top official on climate action, Frans Timmermans, the dozen EU member states say "the EU can lead by example and contribute to creating the international momentum needed for all parties to scale up their ambition" by adopting a 2030 EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction target "as soon as possible and by June 2020 at the latest".