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Environment Council: EU negotiating mandate for COP31

12 October 2026 · institutional · confidence: confirmed · status: scheduled · impact 4/5 · EU relevance 5/5

Why it matters

This Council adopts the EU’s negotiating mandate for COP31 and carries the Irish presidency’s ETS-revision and 2040-target politics — where the decarbonisation-versus-competitiveness line for Antalya actually gets drawn.

What to watch

• Council conclusions setting the EU’s COP31 mandate, and how hard-fought they are.
• ETS revision and 2040 climate-target language versus member-state competitiveness pushback.
• CBAM and carbon-price signals relevant to industrial-policy debates.

Sources

• Council meeting page
• Agence Europe: Irish presidency climate priorities

Themes: Politics, Economy, Trade · Regions: EU · Actors: Council of the EU (ENVI), Irish presidency, European Commission, member-state climate ministers

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