Climate change is progressing faster and has brought economic losses of 162 billion euros to the EU in the last three years. Globally, only seven percent of resources are recycled, and biodiversity is threatened, according to the statement from the umbrella organization of European Academies of Science, EASAC, whose secretariat is located in Vienna and which includes the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).

Climate Change: European Researchers Criticize Misinformation and Greenwashing

However, the political will is significantly lagging behind the crisis. "Despite international attention, legal hurdles, deeply rooted corporate agendas, and fleeting political priorities remain the main obstacles," the researchers state. Misinformation and greenwashing also stand in the way of "real action." Meanwhile, the wealthiest 0.1 percent of the world's population are increasingly exerting political power to pursue their own goals. What is needed is the end of fossil fuel subsidies, the protection of biodiversity, a higher recycling rate, fact-based policy, and a rethinking of economic growth models, it continues.

(APA/Red)

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