EU lagging climate goal, action needed – scientists

The European Union is doing too little to achieve its goal of limiting global warming although it portrays itself as a world leader, some academics say.

They want upcoming studies of the environment to add new urgency to international action to axe use of fossil fuels.

“Everyone talks about 2 degrees as if we were on target,” said Kevin Anderson, climate scientist at Britain’s Tyndall Centre. “EU and UK rhetoric is relatively strong but the policy is completely inadequate, and they’re the best there is.”
Reuters