BRUSSELS — Voting for a weaker climate target means weakening the EU’s economy, the European Commission’s second-in-command warned ministers ahead of a key summit.
Teresa Ribera, the EU executive’s vice president in charge of the green transition, told environment ministers to support an ambitious emissions-cutting goal on Tuesday.
“Delaying climate action or lowering our ambition below the required trajectory is an invitation to waste money and miss investment opportunities. It is a sign of weakness and incoherence — with enormous economic and human costs,” she said in a statement.
“I call on the environment ministers who will gather tomorrow … to back true European competitiveness: socially responsible and environmentally consistent,” she said.
