by Kennedy Graham
They are not perfect but they lead the world in climate policy.
If humanity rescues itself from dangerous – or worse, catastrophic – climate change, it will not be because of the US, or the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China) or CANZ (Canada, Australia, NZ). It will be because of the EU.
Before the defining 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the Europeans were active.
- It was Sweden that convened the first UN environment summit, back in ’72.