European Union Fights Push To Delay Climate Science Reports

The European Union is fighting attempts by fossil-fuel nations to delay critical United Nations climate science reports.

Assessments by the world's top climate science body face delays as a dispute looms over the next review of global warming data. The European Union has taken the lead in opposing efforts by fossil-fuel nations to postpone the findings.

• The oppositionThe European Union leads the pushback against attempts by fossil-fuel producing countries to stall the release of critical environmental research.
• The backgroundThese scientific evaluations have shaped every major international climate agreement over the past 3 decades.