EU climate goals 'just a collection of buzzwords', say critics
Written by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
Document setting out agenda for next five years denounced by environmental campaigners for skimping on detail
A leaked document on the European Union’s priorities has been criticised as offering little more than “a collection of buzzwords” to tackle the climate crisis and accelerating the destruction of the natural world.
EU leaders are due to adopt a “strategic agenda” for 2019-24 at a Brussels summit starting on 20 June, but a draft has encountered a volley of criticism from some green groups, who accuse officials of lacking urgency.
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