After almost 2 weeks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, leading the European Union’s negotiating team at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President responsible for theGreen Deal, Frans Timmermans, had some particularly harsh words to say about the text agreed upon by the 196 countries present.
The text, entitled ‘the Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan’, is not ambitious enough in Mr Timmermans’ view, despite the...