By Grace O’Sullivan MEP (Green Party, Ireland South) I CAME into the political arena very reluctantly. It all started with a phone call from Eamon Ryan.
After months of negotiations, the European institutions agreed the 8th Environment Action Programme Wednesday, setting the objectives for EU environmental policy up to 2030, and conditions to achieve them.
After months of negotiations, the European institutions last night agreed to strengthen the EU’s next Environment Action Programme. However, they missed a critical opportunity to set an end date for public finance for fossil fuels and environmentally harmful activities, despite EU leaders having repeatedly stated their intention to phase such finance out.