In a speech to the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) on Thursday 19 November, António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations called on the European Union to raise its 2030 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to at least 55%.
“I urge you to continue to lead with concrete and ambitious near-term commitments”, he said to the EU, referring in particular to the international climate summit on 12 December to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris...