Europe champions bold new climate law
The European Commission has proposed a law to make the European Union carbon-neutral by 2050. The law would give the commission power to set binding short-term climate targets that don’t need unanimous approval from all 27 member states. Policy analysts say that some countries could strongly oppose these measures, so the current draft is unlikely to be approved without substantial amendments. But climate campaigners say the new law doesn’t go far enough. “We don’t just need goals for 2030 or 2050. We, above all, need them for 2020 and every following month and year to come,” says an open letter from a group of young activists, including school-climate-strike leader Greta Thunberg.
Nature | 3 min read
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