The rise in global average temperature and the increase in large-scale natural disasters suggest that climate change is already in evidence. Furthermore, increased scientific understanding, including reports published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2013 and 2014, reveals that climate change has been induced by human activity.
It’s clear that cooperating within Europe gives us a stronger voice in negotiations with other countries, as we saw for example during the Paris climate talks a few years ago.