By Kate Abnett

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will set emissions-cutting targets for 2035 and 2040 in time for the COP30 climate summit in November, the European Commission president said on Tuesday, after the bloc missed a U.N. deadline to approve the goals this month.

Other major economies, including China, met the U.N. deadline.

“Ahead of COP30 in Belem, we will set NDC targets for 2035 and 2040,” Ursula von der Leyen told an EU event in Brussels via video message. The U.N. refers to countries’ climate targets as “nationally determined contributions”.

SHIFTING TACTICS TO REACH CONSENSUS

While seeking to pressure EU countries to make a decision, von der Leyen acknowledged the need for pragmatism given divisions between member countries over the goals.

“How we reach these ta

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