Economist slams EU climate policy as ineffective

Europe is failing its own climate change rhetoric, Professor Dieter Helm says in the first discussion paper on global environmental problems published by Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

The 'plethora of initiatives, directives and interventions has not been matched with outcomes,' while the EU’s 2020 emissions reduction target is unsound and ignores the increasing use of coal.

European Commission: DG Environment: Climate change: Climate action http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/climate_action.htm

University of Oxford: Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment: News, 3.9.09: Bad targets and excess profits tar climate change policies http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/?a=10582

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