Seven EU countries call for stronger climate action in Europe
As reported by euractiv, the ecology and environment ministers of seven European countries met in Paris on 25 April and called for a more ambitious climate strategy for the EU.
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Brune Poirson, the secretary of state to the French minister for ecological transition, and her counterparts from Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Portugal and Luxembourg met in Paris and came to a similar conclusion: we must take more action and we must take it faster.
At the COP21 in Paris in 2015, member states had agreed to limit global warming to ‘well below 2°C’, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. However, with the EU’s current climate policy these goals will not be achieved.
“The current policy is not enough, we are now heading to a 3°C or 3.5°C rise,” said Eva Svedling, Swedish Secretary of State for Climate Action. “Climate should be at the centre of politics
In a report published by two consulting firms specialising on climate, Climact and the New Climate Institute, findings suggest that political will, rather than technical issues, is to blame for blocking progress towards ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals. ”It will be easy to put together a policy based on best practices for implementation by the EU member states,” the authors of the report said.
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