COP28: EU sets negotiating mandate

The EU ministers finalized their negotiation mandate for the UN Climate Conference in Dubai at the end of November on late Monday evening. The role of CCS is significantly restricted. However, the EU countries declined a heightened climate target (NDC).

With a course correction on an essential detail, the EU is heading into the COP28 negotiations in Dubai, starting at the end of November. The Europeans are pushing for the expansion of renewables, energy efficiency, and rapid decarbonization of the economy. They do not wish to generally use the controversial CCS technology in the energy sector – as they had demanded earlier this spring.

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