Scientists – and Greta Thunberg – are demanding action to address the ecological emergency with the immediacy of the Covid-19 response. Plus, how Trump argued for police abolition, by mistake
Good morning. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that most world leaders are capable of acting swiftly and decisively in response to a global crisis. So now a group of scientists and activists, including Greta Thunberg, has written to European heads of government demanding they take the same approach to the unfolding climate emergency.
Their letter, published ahead of a European council meeting starting on Friday, says the EU’s recent “Green New Deal” proposals, and its target of net zero emissions by 2050, are dangerously unambitious:
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