Effective action on energy by 2030 and 2050 is essential to tackle climate change and, if the EU does not want to pay a heavy price for the climate changes that will take place by 2100, it will have not only to make far greater reductions in its greenhouse gas emissions but also do more in terms of adaptation, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) warned on Tuesday 19 September.
The ECA’s 104 page “Landscape review: EU action on energy and climate change”, which it published on the same...