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COP30 President Urges Most Ambitious Emissions Targets Possible

Correa do Lago, the secretary in Brazil's foreign ministry for climate energy and the environment, said it did not matter if countries took their time to announce their new targets, but they needed to be 'as ambitious as possible' (Credit: AFP)

Countries must aim as high as possible when setting new goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Andre Correa do Lago, the president of the COP30 climate conference to be hosted by Brazil in November, told AFP in an interview.

With just days to go until the February 10 deadline for signatories of the Paris climate accord to unveil their new goals for 2035, major players such as the European Union and China have yet to announce their targets.

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