EU leaders launched a final sprint Thursday to agree on a 10-year target to cut carbon emissions ahead of a key UN climate conference, laying out conditions including leaving the door open to future revisions.

The heads of the European Union's 27 states held talks in Brussels to chart a way forward between competing goals: to support the bloc's ailing businesses including its cherished car industry, and to play a lead role in the climate fight.

The gathering came with the EU under pressure to agree on their next big emissions target ahead of the United Nations COP30 climate summit which starts in Brazil on November 10.

No final decision was reached -- and none was expected -- but the discussions should provide fodder for a deal within two weeks.

"We reaffirmed our commitment to the Par

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