EU split on climate change measures
Aligning the competing interests of European countries remains a tough challenge
The European Union's drive to attain carbon neutrality by 2050 is routinely acknowledged by the continent's energy companies when discussing their long-term strategies. But the political process through which that goal needs to be achieved is being disrupted by factional fighting that has thus far blocked agreements on binding targets. In November 2018, the European Commission published A Clean Planet for All, a long-term strategy document, which said "immediate and decisive climate action" was essential. It reiterated that the EU would need to be carbon neutral by 2050, as part of efforts to meet the Paris climate change accord's objective of keeping global warming "well below" 2°C above pr
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