'Uphill battle': BNEF warns UK and EU off track to meet 2030 emissions targets

James Murray
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'Uphill battle': BNEF warns UK and EU off track to meet 2030 emissions targets

Analysis of European clean energy transition confirms investment is booming, but further policy interventions are needed if near term emissions goals are to be met

Investment in Europe's clean energy sector is on track to increase by more than a fifth by the end of the decade, as renewables costs continue to fall and coal is pushed off the grid. But the clean energy...

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