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Climate policy confronts competitiveness

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Europe must come up with effective climate, environment and energy policies that do not jeopardize economic competitiveness. Sonja van Renssen explores worries voiced within industry.

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Figure 1: Electricity prices for industrial consumers in the EU-27 compared with the carbon cost of electricity production.

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  1. Sonja van Renssen is a freelance climate, energy and environment journalist based in Brussels,

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van Renssen, S. Climate policy confronts competitiveness. Nature Clim Change 4, 8–9 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2083

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