A growing 'greenlash' against Europe's environmental agenda has not so far derailed its decarbonisation plans, but looming elections could put future climate and nature measures at risk.
Poland's government, which faces October elections, is even"Does the EU want to make authoritarian decisions about what kind of vehicles Poles will drive?" its Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa asked last month.
"It's slightly ironic that Europe is having these problems when the United States has finally got its act together," said Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. "If Europe is wavering, it will allow other countries to take advantage in the international markets in electric vehicles and other technologies," Ward said.
Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy Rob Jetten told Reuters in June that the main challenge for the next few years was for politicians to show that the green transition was also a just one, with support available for those in need. "Otherwise citizens might start to feel that climate policy is always financially overwhelming and bad, and that sentiment is then exploited by populists."
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