BERLIN – Dozens of European lawmakers, business executives and union leaders on Tuesday urged the United States to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% in the coming decade compared with 2005 levels.
Ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden's climate summit with world leaders next week, European officials and industry representatives called in an open letter for a trans-Atlantic alliance to tackle climate change and achieve a “just and sustainable transition” toward a low-carbon economy.
The suggested goal would almost double the target set by the Obama administration after it signed the Paris climate accord in 2015.
The European Union last year agreed to cut its emissions of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases by at least 55% by 2030