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EU climate chief tells parliament: 'We need to

act now!' on energy transition

Stepping up Europe's climate ambitions has never that we're paralysed by the fear of change."
been more urgent for the European Commission. Timmermans was in Strasbourg to defend

Floods in Belgium and Germany. Fires in Greece the Commission's Fit for 55 package. To
and Spain. A sign for scientists that the climate make Europe climate neutral, Brussels wants
crisis is fuelling more devastating natural disasters. to slash emissions by 55 percent by 2030.

"There is a huge responsibility on our shoulders But getting EU countries to kick their carbon habit is
because if we fail to act now, and I mean easier said than done. The bloc is divided over who
immediately, then our children will never forgive us," should foot the bill. For some, the burden should
Frans Timmermans, the European Commission be on polluting industries, not the average citizen.

Executive Vice-President for the European
Green Deal, told the European Parliament. "We need to end public subsidies for fossil fuels,

get rid of free pollution certificates, complement
"That is the essence of the IPCC report that the renovation wave with a solar wave, and
if we don't act now tipping points will be
reached quite soon. We have no choice, we accelerate the switch to renewables,"
have to act. And one thing I hope to avoid is Ska Keller, a Greens MEP from Germany

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