EU environment ministers will assess their progress on negotiating a raft of new climate change policies on Thursday, with countries divided over whether soaring energy prices should speed up or slow down their green agenda.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Europe's top gas supplier, has put the EU on a mission to quit Russian fossil fuels within a few years - by hiking gas imports from elsewhere, and doubling down on its plans to slash planet-warming emissions this decade.
Top of the list is a planned new carbon market to impose costs on CO2 emissions from transport and heating fuels. Ministers will consider ways to "improve the acceptability of such a scheme" or replace it with other CO2-cutting measures if agreement cannot be found, the document said. Sweden this week said it would temporarily cut fuel tax to help rein in soaring costs, while France offered motorists a rebate on petrol.
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