Juncker warns of difficulties implementing activists’ climate demands

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday that no matter how hard climate activists fight, implementing their demands is not necessarily feasible.

In an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel, Juncker spoke of his admiration for the youth and their determination to seek change. “But I’m not naive. Much of what is sentimentally recounted is in reality not that easy to achieve,” the outgoing president said.

He said he was satisfied with the climate policy assessment of his own commission, whose term is coming to an end.

“I do not really like complacency, but as the European Union, we have made a massive contribution to the Paris Climate Agreement.”

The EU wants to cut emissions by 40% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and some EU nations are even demanding a reduction of 55%.

Via DW/Der Spiegel

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