In her State of the Union speech at the European Commission in Brussels this week, Ursula von der Leyen announced she wanted to increase the climate targets for the block: cutting greenhouse gas emissions 55 percent by 2030, up from 40%. The World’s environment correspondent, Carolyn Beeler, has the details for host Marco Werman.
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