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Wherever she works, Lenora Chu, the Monitorâs special correspondent for Europe, is as attentive to the sweep of history as to the nuance and detail of day-to-day life. A keen observer of culture and politics, she exhibits in her writing a sensitivity to human emotion and deeper meanings underlying the news.
Thatâs unsurprising, given Lenoraâs own background as the U.S.-born grandchild of migrants who fled China during the 1949 Communist revolution. After growing up in the United States, Lenora launched into journalism and retraced her roots to China, finding during a decade of living in Shanghai that her personal connections there amplified her reactions to unfolding events.
The European Union has grand plans to address climate change – and to set new environmental standards for the world – through its Green New Deal. But it produces only 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. As such, it cannot act alone to fix the environment.
To realize its green ambitions, the EU intends to reach beyond its borders, to bring along countries including the United States and China. That is likely to require using its unmatched regulatory capability, say experts.
Why We Wrote This
The global effort to become carbon neutral may depend upon the adoption of uniform standards across borders. Europe is looking to set those standards, by using a carbon tax to export its vision to other nations.