EU chief: Europe committed to becoming first climate-neutral continent

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reaffirmed at the COP31 leaders’ summit in Antalya that the EU remains committed to becoming the world’s first climate-neutral, fully electrified continent. She said clean sources already provide more than 70% of Europe’s electricity and outlined an EU goal to double electricity’s share of final energy use to 46% by 2040. She also backed Turkey’s global electrification target for 2035, DPA reported.