European CommissionJun 5

The planet doesn’t negotiate. It sends signals: rising seas, wildfires, heatwaves.

The EU responds with commitments like:

🔸Water Resilience Strategy
🔹Chemical Regulation
🔸EU Climate Law (net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050)
🔹Restoring nature and repairing damaged ecosystems

Change is accelerating: solar and wind infrastructure is expanding, cities are being redesigned around nature.

This World Environment Day, the debate isn't if climate change is real, but how fast we can act.

LexiJun 6
Show threadjan Ki | 奇  

@EUCommission

> net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

it used to be "by 2030"

Jun 5 at 8:34amWeb
Show threadNumerfoltJun 5
@ki @EUCommission Probably something we can thank the german government for...
Show threadwildfireJun 5
@ki @EUCommission the spice must flow
Show threadMartin KosteraJun 5
@jan Ki | 奇  :nonbinary_flag: Never will be zero. That's physically impossible.
Show threadGrassroots JoeJun 5

@martin

Really? Net-zero has that word "net" in it for a reason.
It won't be easy to get there by any means, but it's certainly physically possible.
Is it politically and practically possible?
Those are very different questions.

Show threadMartin KosteraJun 5
@Grassroots Joe Big % of renew in energy mix means we will need 100% fossil backup and still huge amount of burned fossil, that's why I'm strong sceptic about the "net zero".
Show threadGrassroots JoeJun 5

@martin

No we won't. Battery, other storage and non-fossil firm generation options will handle what is needed.

With the cost of batteries dropping ~40% year after year, batteries will be integrated into HVAC systems and every major appliance in addition to EVs.

We'll need more transmission lines to buffer the risk of extended regional storms or windless periods, or maybe just deploy huge amounts of solar to make a ton of hydrogen or ammonia to be the buffer.

Show threadJ$Jun 5
@ki Yup. 2050 being post-collapse/extinction, that makes it an excellent and very achievable net-zero goal.
Show threadThe_UniversalityJun 5
@ki @EUCommission Corrections needs to be made if you see it is impossible.
Show threadjan Ki | 奇  Jun 5
@The_Universality @EUCommission
skill issue
Show threadInvoxJun 6
@ki it was always net zero in 2050