EU Ministers Divided Over Climate Targets Ahead of COP30

Imagine the grown-ups in Europe, who are in charge of different countries, need to agree on how much pollution they will stop making by certain future dates, like 2035 and 2040.

This is important because they have to tell other countries around the world what they plan to do to help the planet.

But, some countries want to promise to stop making a lot of pollution very quickly, while others are worried that doing so might make things too expensive for their factories and people.

They are trying hard to agree before a big meeting in Brazil called COP30, where world leaders talk about climate change.

So far, they haven't been able to agree because they have different ideas about how fast they can make these changes without hurting their economies.

It’s like trying to decide on a big group project when everyone has different ideas about how much work they can do and how quickly they can do it.