EU member-states have voted to coerce non-European countries into accepting their view of the green agenda, Brussels has confirmed.<\/p>\n
The Council of the EU, a body comprising ministers from each member-state within the union, approved a document on Tuesday, insisting that the European climate plan was working despite the current energy crisis.<\/p>\n
As a result, ministers agreed that it was now time to pressure others into joining the cause.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Council further underlines the need to proactively use a broad range of EU instruments to support, encourage and reward climate action ambition and the effective implementation of climate and environmental commitments,\u201d the document continues, adding that all efforts to fight climate change must also take into account efforts to promote gender equality.<\/p>\n
Member-states have also vowed to fight \u201cmisinformation\u201d on the climate coming from abroad, calling for new campaigns to be launched designed to counter the alleged issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Council supports, and calls to enhance, all efforts to systematically address foreign information manipulation and interference along with disinformation on the clean transition, climate science, climate change impacts such as extreme weather events, environmental degradation, energy security and critical infrastructure,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
Regarding the conflict in the Middle East, the Council insisted that the EU\u2019s current failure to secure its energy needs was proof that its approach towards fossil fuels was the right one, and that it was now time for the continent and its partners to double down.<\/p>\n
\u201cAcknowledging the EU\u2019s geopolitical and economic exposure due to a significant reliance on imported fossil fuels, the Council confirms that the energy transition based on clean, abundant and homegrown energy remains the most effective strategy towards achieving Europe\u2019s strategic autonomy,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccelerating the deployment and integration of renewable and low-carbon energy sources and energy storage, strengthens
resilience, enhances security of supply and contributes to structurally lowering energy prices and reducing dependence on volatile fossil fuel markets.\u201d<\/p>\n
This claim comes despite a surge in energy prices across the bloc since the conflict began, with the spike compounding issues experienced by consumers since before Russia\u2019s renewed invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n
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