EU Commissioner Hoekstra defends hitting climate goals with help from abroad

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EU Commissioner Hoekstra defends hitting climate goals with help from abroad  The European Commissioner for Climate defends the strategy of paying other countries to cut Europe carbon emissions. In an interview with Euronews, Wopke Hoekstra, explains it as an opportunity to "build bridges" with Africa and Latin America.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/02/eu-commissioner-for-climate-wopke-hoekstra-defends-carbon-credits  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The European Commissioner for Climate defends the strategy presented to reach a 90% reduction of CO2 emission by 2040.

00:09In an interview with Euronews, Webka Hoekstra explains his stance on giving carbon credit

00:14in which the EU countries pay other countries to cut their carbon emissions.

00:20However, critics question how reliable and fair the plan is,

00:23particularly as member states are farming out their carbon emission responsibilities to developing countries.

00:31In this hugely complicated geopolitical world, there is a lot of value also for us

00:36in building more bridges with our friends in Africa and Latin America.

00:40They like, they have, they often lack the capital, they often lack the opportunity.

00:45Hoekstra also justifies the measure by the need to reduce carbon emissions while balancing it with competitiveness.

00:52Critics say the Commission is chipping away at the EU's Green Deal provisions.

00:57Hoekstra says he can do both.

00:59There is some sort of a discrepancy between, on the one hand, economic growth and, on the other hand, climate action.

01:07And our job is to make sure that we continue with climate action,

01:12but do so in a way that works for our people, works for our companies and works for our economy.

01:17The 2040 target is just a step along the way before reaching the carbon neutrality goal in 2050.

01:24You can catch the full interview next week on the Europe Conversation.

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