Europe’s Energy Transition Stalls as Heat Wave Exposes the Cost of Inaction

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London Climate Action Week took place during an intense heat wave last week, causing some of the planned events to be cancelled and calling extra attention to the urgency of the summit’s cause. One of the biggest takeaways of the event, underscored by the weather, is that Europe has missed critical opportunities to catalyze the clean energy transition and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. A number of bankers present at the London Climate Action Week were in agreement that “EU authorities risk curbing investments in the continent’s…