While policies to support the “race” to net zero global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 are likely to persist for a quite a while yet, signs that the race is in trouble continue to mount:

Germany's minister for energy and economy, Katherina Reiche said this week that the EU should allow itself some wiggle room and, rather than net zero, accept that there might be a gap of maybe a 5 or 10 percent by 2050.”

Germany's minister for energy and economy, Katherina Reiche said this week that the EU should allow itself some wiggle room and, rather than net zero, accept that there might be a gap of maybe a 5 or 10 percent by 2050.”

As Politico reports, Reiche explained:

"If you have strict and rigid goals, you bind yourself, it ends up that you lose industries that you need . . . and we

"If you have strict and rigid goals, you bind yourself, it ends up that you lose industries that you need . . . and we

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