The European Union on Wednesday urged Government, businesses, citizens and regions to join it in an ambitious plan to cut emissions and make the bloc carbon neutral by 2050.
“True, there are many challenges on the road,” warned EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said.
According to Canete, if Europe retains its current targets it will only reduce net carbon emissions by 60 per cent by mid-century, not enough to meet the bloc’s pledges under the 2015 Paris climate accord.
Delegations from more than 200 countries are due in Poland next week for the latest COP24 climate summit, aimed at renewing and building on the Paris deal and limiting global warming.
