‘Cap and trade’ incentives may slow global warming

ON Jan 22 we learnt that, after heated debate between factions, the European Commission pledged that by 2030 it would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% compared with 1990 levels, and produce 27% of its energy from renewable sources by the same date.

EU aims are set higher than those of any other region on the planet.

It is now accepted by 95% of scientific authorities that human activity is the cause of global warming; despite lobbying by vested interests, only 5% of scientists now gainsay the evidence.