‘Nature doesn’t bargain’: Greta Thunberg rips EU ‘surrender’ on 2050 climate goals

Published March 4, 2020 6:47pm ET



One of the world’s leading climate change activists is calling new environmental laws passed by the European Union a “surrender.”

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg was in attendance on Wednesday as the EU unveiled a proposed climate law, which would legally bind the 27-nation political body to achieve net-zero global emissions targets by 2050 if approved, in Brussels. But Thunberg, who has risen to international acclaim for her climate activism, said the measure didn’t go far enough.

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