EU says 1.5C global warming target depends on ‘negative emissions’ technology

EU climate chief says that aspirational 1.5C target was put into Paris climate deal at insistence of 'most exposed countries' and will require new strategies

The EU has admitted it has not yet looked into the polices needed to hold global warming to 1.5C, as agreed at the landmark Paris agreement, and will instead ask a UN climate science panel for advice involving 'negative emissions' technology.

The bloc's negotiators had gone to Paris with a mandate for a 2C target but were forced to accommodate more ambitious demands from "the most exposed countries", the bloc's climate chief, Miguel Arias Canete, said.