EU parliament committee rubber-stamps climate change law

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Lawmakers on the European Parliament's environment committee on Monday voted to approve the EU's landmark climate change law, clearing one of the final hurdles before it enters into force.

Negotiators from parliament and the European Union's 27 member states last month struck a deal on the landmark law to make the bloc's climate change targets legally binding.