Seven member states push for EU to raise climate targets

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Germany, France and Sweden are among the countries advocating a faster transition to a clean economy, in a critical year for strengthening ambition

Ministers from seven EU member states launched a bid to raise the bloc's climate ambition in Paris on Wednesday. The EU's current targets are to cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 40 per cent from...

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