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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Kate Abnett

EU tells COP27 it will increase climate ambition

FILE PHOTO: Smoke and steam billow from Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest coal-fired power plant, operated by PGE Group, at night near Belchatow, Poland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel//File Photo

The European Union plans to update its emissions-cutting target under the Paris climate accord, the EU climate policy chief told the COP27 summit on Tuesday, with the upgrade expected before next year's United Nations summit.

The announcement by the world's third biggest polluter - after China and the United States - attempts to convince others that the 27-country EU is sticking to its commitments to fight climate change, even as it battles an energy crisis.

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