During a debate with the Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Nicolas Schmit, MEPs discussed, on Thursday 20 April, the recently published report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Urgency. The vast majority of MEPs agreed on the climate urgency facing the EU. For example, Tiemo Wölkken (S&D, German) said: “The consequences of climate change are not a problem for the next generation, but for the current generation”. This was echoed by...