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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech during the Green Deal Summit 2023 on September 26, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. The European Green Deal, approved in 2020, is "the European Union’s response to the climate and environmental-related challenges" and includes a "growth strategy that aims to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050, where the environment and health of citizens are protected, and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use", according to the European Commission. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP)