Tackling climate change has never been more urgent. Europe is warming faster than anywhere else, and the dangers of a hotter world are growing for all. And progress in tackling it remains too slow.
Effectively, this means that the world’s richest countries will need to invest in developing effective and cheap technologies to tackle climate change, which poorer countries can then afford to adopt. And because we share the one planet, all countries must act to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and the pace needs to step up.Joe Brolly and Sinn Féin are sick of experts.
This is surely the wrong response by an EU that wants to see the world decarbonise rapidly. Cheap green technology, wherever produced, is the key to mass adoption, and to scaling up the response to climate change. These are not strategic products. If China cut off supply of electric cars to the EU, European manufacturers would cheer China on and step up supply. Furthermore, China’s reputation as a reliable supplier would be destroyed. None of these green products, which are produced more cheaply in China, are key strategic items where we must protect domestic supply.