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Published on: 21/01/2025 | 00:00:00
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A global agreement to limit global temperature rise remains “the best hope for all humanity”, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. „All continents will have to speed up the transition towards net zero and deal with the growing burden of climate change,” von der leyen told world leaders and the business elite who had flown into the exclusive Swiss mountain resort. Trump wants the US out of any environmental deals that “steer American taxpayer dollars to countries that do not require, or merit, financial assistance” in one of dozens of executive orders signed on the day of his inauguration. “We’ve been here before,” was UNFCCC executive secretary Simon Stiell’s reaction during a separate panel discussion. Europe needs a determined industrial strategy that promotes innovation, accelerates transformation and brings Europe back onto the global stage as a single entity, Bloss said. There was also concern within the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) – usually seen by the Greens as the strongest opponent of EU environmental policy.
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