EU risks green backlash with plan for deeper emissions cuts
The new EU emissions goal could give ammunition to less climate-friendly parties and lead to a green backlash.
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The new EU emissions goal could give ammunition to less climate-friendly parties and lead to a green backlash.
By Ewa Krukowska and Mark Burton Europe’s efforts to foster the investment needed to build a sustainable economy and fend off challenges from the US and China are still in the very early stages. While the European Union has made an initial push to respond to a massive US green subsidies program, it’s only starting to wake up to the challenges involved in turning its bold
Governments at all levels must support the electrification of heating, transport, and industry, in order to help us transition away from Russian fossil fuels.
On a freezing winter morning, Europe woke up to a shock. Russia had cut off gas to Ukraine. Companies started reporting drops in supplies via the transit country. Calls to reduce energy dependence on Moscow resonated across the continent. That was in January 2006. Sixteen years on, through another supply…
Despite experiencing similar issues with dependence on Russian energy in the past, the awkward reality is that the European Union is still much in the same place.