The European Commission said on Friday it had postponed its plan to propose a new EU climate target for 2040 in the first quarter of this year, Reuters reports. The newswire continues: “Brussels said last month it would amend the EU’s climate law this quarter – a long-planned move that would set a 2040 target to keep countries on track between their 2030 emissions target and the bloc’s goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. But the proposal has faced political opposition, with some member states and lawmakers previously suggesting they should cut emissions by 90 %. as the 2040 target.” Like most countries, the EU missed the February deadline to submit a 2035 climate plan to the UN, the article said – a plan that the commission said should be derived from the EU’s 2040 target. The EU “has pledged not to back down on its climate change commitments,” the report said. (Carbonbrief, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Kate Abnett, Reuters)