Speaking before Paris summit,expert says Europe must take urgent steps such as ending fossil fuel subsidies and encouraging electric carsEurope has to step up its effort to combat climate change and wake up to the urgency of the situation, the climate change expert Lord Stern has said before crunch UN talks in Paris later this month.
Europeans need to close subsidies for fossil fuels, or multiply energy efficiency efforts,improve mass public transport systems and accelerate the roll-out of electric cars in order to live up to their commitments, Stern told the Guardian in an interview.
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Source: theguardian.com