Greta Thunberg tells EU: your climate targets need doubling

Swede, 16, says EU cannot just ‘wait for us to grow up and become the ones in charge’The EU should double its climate change reduction targets to do its fair share in keeping the planet below a dangerous level of global warming, the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has told political and business leaders in Brussels.Flanked by students from the Belgian and Germanschool strike movements, the Swedish teenager said it was not enough to hope that young people were going to save the world.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Climate change Greta Thunberg Jean-Claude Juncker European Union Environment Science World news Paris climate agreement Greenhouse gas emissions COP 21: UN climate change conference Paris Global climate talks Source Type: news