Europe to miss 2030 climate goal by 21 years at current pace - study

FILE PHOTO: Steam and other emissions rise from a power station in Berlin on February 2, 2012. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) - Europe will miss a key climate target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by more than 20 years unless it picks up the pace on energy transition measures and improves governance, a study involving Europe’s biggest utility Enel said.

At the current pace, Europe will only reach its 2030 target for a 55% reduction in greenhouse gases in 2051, a study by Enel Foundation and the European House-Ambrosetti said.