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Merkel Urges EU Partners to Match More Ambitious Climate Goal

  • Germany targeting carbon neutrality by 2045 after court ruling
  • EU’s goal is for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
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Chancellor Angela Merkel urged European Union partners to match Germany’s more ambitious path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, and said wealthier nations must increase their contribution to funding global efforts to tackle climate change.

“As a long-term industrial nation, we are a role model and we cannot expect anything from other countries if we don’t find solutions ourselves,” Merkel said Saturday during a virtual discussion panel.