EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra addressed the continent's energy crisis, exacerbated by the Middle East conflict, and discussed the EU's carbon emission reduction targets. The interview also touched upon the upcoming COP summit, amidst record heatwaves and droughts.

With Europeans sizzling in a record-breaking heatwave in May, and lands and rivers facing severe drought conditions in April, the effects of extreme climate-related events are becoming increasingly obvious. We sit down with the EU's Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Dutch politician Wopke Hoekstra, to talk about the EU's carbon emissions reduction targets, the next COP summit, and, of course, the energy crisis resulting from the war in the Middle East.