EU includes gas and nuclear in guidebook for ‘green’ investments

Commission's move widely criticised as undermining efforts to keep global heating below 1.5C

The European Commission has been accused of undermining its climate goals after it defied critics by pushing ahead with plans to include gas and nuclear in an EU guidebook for green" investments.

Gas and nuclear were deemed bridge technologies to meet the EU's target of net zero emissions by 2050, in long-awaited proposals on the EU's taxonomy for environmentally sustainable economic activities", which were published on Wednesday.