8 EU states push to raise 2030 climate goal, but Germany absent
23 November 2019 |
11:51 am
The European Union member states have signed a letter urging the bloc to get tougher on climate action. Germany, however, was not among them, with one EU climate expert calling the absence "conspicuous."
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