From the article:
Europe's most senior climate change official states:
"I think we have to realise that in the world of the 21st century for us to have the cheapest possible energy is not the answer."
This tells me all I need to know about how this “most senior” climate change official fails to comprehend the basics of energy consumption and pricing policies. Lordy!
However, EU and other policymakers are worried that the IPCC's forthcoming admission, expected on Sep 27, that previous forecasts are wrong will damage the legitimacy of climate change policies, such as levies and fuel taxes on consumers to fund renewable energy.
This tells you what these people are truly worried about. It’s not climate change or energy policies. Its lack of income from levies and fuel taxes that are actually placed into general funds that help prop up their failed EU economic policies.
"To the extent the EU climate policies have affected the world, it has made energy more costly, reduced growth and consigned more people to poverty."
I’m so shocked (NOT!)