EU climate ministers struck a tentative deal on a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, a draft EU document showed, as they raced to clinch the deal before the UN COP30 summit in Brazil.

After more than 18 hours of negotiations, climate ministers from European Union countries gave their informal backing to a compromise to cut emissions 90% by 2040, from 1990 levels, but with flexibilities to weaken this aim, EU diplomats said.

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