Tick tock goes Denmark’s climate clock

By Zia Weise | 07/01/2025 06:43 AM EDT

The Danish presidency has less than three months to reach a deal on the EU’s next emissions-cutting targets.

An illustration of a man rolling the planet Earth up a slope.

Photo-Illustration by Matthieu Bourel for POLITICO

This article is part of the Danish Presidency of the EU special report.

It’s the climate countdown.

The European Union has less than three months to agree to a decade-defining climate law — and it’s Denmark’s job to make it happen.

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On July 2, the second day of Copenhagen’s presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Commission will unveil its proposal for the bloc’s next climate milestone: a target to cut planet-warming emissions 90 percent by 2040.

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