The European Union failed to meet its target of devoting at least 20% of its budget to climate action for the 2014-2020 period, contrary to what the European Commission had indicated, according to a report published by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) on Monday 30 May.
On 8 June 2021, the European Commission announced that €216 billion, or 20.1% of the expenditure in its 2014-2020 budget, had been used to combat climate change.
However, the auditors found that the expenditure...