FILE PHOTO: A coal-fired power station scheduled to shut down is seen from a cemetery in As Pontes, Spain, February 8, 2022. Picture taken February 8, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal//File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union plans to raise its target to tackle global warming under the Paris climate agreement, although the upgrade is unlikely to happen in time for this year's U.N. climate summit, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.
A draft of the EU's negotiating mandate for the COP27 summit in November, seen by Reuters, said the 27-country bloc intends to update its "nationally determined contribution" (NDC) - the contribution each country makes towards the 2015 Paris accord to prevent disastrous climate change.
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