EU net-zero aim ‘in tatters’ as lawmakers fail to shift farm rules, critics charge (Trust – Reuters)

Trust – Reuters published an article on the failure to curb conversion of natural land to farmland, and lack of green restrictions on farm aid imperil EU climate aims. Some economists warned that as the grouping faces Britain’s exit from Europe and the coronavirus pandemic, its policies need to focus on a range of goals, not just green advances. Senior Research Fellow David Laborde states, “The Green Deal is not just about preserving nature and environment” but doing it “in a way that it compatible with the other objectives of the EU: economic growth and job creation.”  Republished in Glass Istre.