Varadkar: Fining countries for missing climate change targets creates sense of 'doom'

Slapping countries with fines for missing climate change targets does not work and only creates a sense of "doom" the Taoiseach says.

Speaking in Brussels after EU leaders failed to agree on new carbon targets, Leo Varadkar said we now need to change the way we talk about climate measures: "Too often we talk about climate action in the context of meeting European or international targets and if we don't meet those targets we will face fines and I don't think that's the right way to think about it."