Part 1: Fighting Climate Change and Global Growth Needs an Equitable Approach
The European Union is looking at taking a hardline towards reducing the environmental impact of its citizen as the ecological footprint of European countries is much larger than those of some other countries. As reported by the European Environment Agency this year: “The total ecological footprint of the EU-27 Member States plus the United Kingdom is high and is now more than twice the biocapacity available in the region (i.e. the capacity of ecosystems to produce useful biological materials and to act as sinks of carbon emissions). The picture is similar for the EEA-39 countries. The region’s high ecological footprint… Read More