Veille 2.1

Le secrétaire d’État à la Relance, Thomas Dermine, plaide mardi dans L’Echo et De Tijd pour un plan de l’Union européenne à 5.000 milliards d’euros sur dix ans pour le climat, un niveau indispensable à ses yeux si l’Europe veut rester crédible dans ses objectifs climatiques.

Lucrative pay and share options have created an incentive for oil company executives to resist climate action, according to a study that casts doubt on recent net-zero commitments by BP and Shell. Compensation packages for CEOs, often in excess of $10m (£7.2m), are linked to continued extraction of fossil fuels, exploration of new fields and the promotion of strong market demand through advertising, lobbying and government subsidies, the report says.