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The world is at risk of descending into a climate “doom loop”, a thinktank report has warned. It said simply coping with the escalating impacts of the climate crisis could draw resources and focus away from the efforts to slash carbon emissions, making the situation even worse.

Methane emissions in the UK could be cut by more than 40% by 2030 with a raft of inexpensive policies, according to an environmental thinktank. The government has pledged to cut emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that has more than 80 times the global heating power of CO2, by at least 30% by 2030. The move was trumpeted by Boris Johnson when he was prime minister after the UK joined more than 100 other countries to make the pledge at Cop26 in Glasgow.

Un groupe informel comprenant certaines des personnes les plus influentes de la politique climatique de l’UE a été discrètement établi en décembre à l’initiative d’un groupe de réflexion allemand influent. EURACTIV a les détails du forum dont l’objectif est de faire passer le paquet de législation climatique de l’UE « Fit for 55 ».