Brussels, my love? Fossil fuel phase-out absent from EU 2040 climate targets
This week, we are joined by Heather Grabbe from Bruegel, Silvia Pastorelli from Greenpeace and Tomi Huhtanen from the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. Panelists discussed the European Commission's recommendation, presented this week in Strasbourg, to cut carbon emissions 90% by 2040. A proper legislative proposal will be penned by the next commission, after the European elections. For Greenpeace, the documents make no sense unless they address one of the main drivers of climate change. "The big elephant in the room still is the absence of a fossil fuel phase-out date", said Silvia...