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Teresa Ribera: Europe’s Green Strategy Is Also About Competitiveness

By  |  September 23, 2025

The European Union is preparing to finalize its revised climate target within the coming weeks, according to Reuters. The move comes as EU leaders reaffirm their commitment to long-term decarbonization goals despite wavering momentum on climate action elsewhere, particularly in the United States.

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    Teresa Ribera, the European Commission’s Executive Vice President responsible for green policy, said during New York Climate Week that the bloc aimed to present its new plan ahead of global climate negotiations in Brazil this November. “I think that it will be solved in the coming weeks,” she told Reuters while speaking on the “Climate Frontlines” program broadcast live from Times Square.

    Ribera emphasized that Europe intends to stick firmly to its climate roadmap, describing it as both economically and socially rational. Per Reuters, she noted that while some governments are reconsidering their approaches, the EU is committed to balancing competitiveness with its broader plan to fully decarbonize by 2050. “We intend to fulfil our commitments and our pathways and the discussion is how to combine the competitiveness measures so as to come up with a consistent pathway to the full decarbonization that is targeted by 2050,” she said.

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    Highlighting the risks of delaying climate action, Ribera warned that postponement would be disastrous. According to Reuters, she argued that ignoring the urgency of the crisis was “madness” and equivalent to “committing suicide,” pointing out that the stakes are not just environmental but also social and economic.

    Source: Reuters