A carbon-free Europe planned in 30 years

As Britain’s electorate endorsed just one Green Party candidate to sit in one of the House of Commons’ 650 seats, EU leaders promised to deliver a major economic plan to confront the climate emergency by making Europe the first carbon-neural continent within three decades.

The scale of change — and resources — needed to deliver this can hardly be underestimated but then, neither can the consequences of not embracing radical reform.