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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Kate Abnett

Speed up EU climate policies to wrest free from Russia, 11 countries say

FILE PHOTO: Denmark's climate minister, Dan Jorgensen, speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 11, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

European Union nations should speed up negotiations on new climate change policies and also increase the ambition of those proposals to quit Russian fossil fuels as soon as possible, 11 countries said on Thursday.

EU countries and European Parliament are negotiating a raft of green measures this year, including a revamp of the EU's carbon market, a 2035 ban on new combustion engine cars, and higher targets to expand renewable energy.

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