Governments are set to put in place the required plan to make the European Union's climate ambitions a reality, threatening efforts to eliminate the bloc's contributions to global warming by mid-century. Only four of the EU's 27 governments - the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland and Sweden - met Sunday's deadline to submit their so-called National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), a key document for officials that shows how they will intervene. its share of the bloc's 2030 emissions reduction target. Pätina, Italy, presented its plan on Monday. (ZIA WEISE, more at politico.eu)