EU must be ambitious on climate targets, chairman says

BRUSSELS: The European Union has the chance to lead the world in fighting climate change but must do more, and at a faster pace, the bloc's chairman told reporters on Friday at an EU summit.


European Council president Charles Michel, who is chairing the two-day summit in Brussels said, there was a need for more political will to cut greenhouse gases.


"We need more political will in order to be ambitious and to play a leadership role at the European level," Michel said, saying the bloc needed to take a "clear decision" by end-2020.