By Richard Lockhart in Edinburgh The EU’s efforts to reduce CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030 are woefully inadequate and unable to contain global warming to the 1.5°C target, with reductions of up to 77% needed instead to stand any chance of averting a climate catastrophe. Climate Analytics, a think-tank, warned in a recent report that to be 1.5°C compatible, all 27 members of the EU would collectively need to cut domestic emissions by up to 77% by 2030 compared to 1990 totals, and to bring forward the net-zero target date from 2050 to 2045. The 77% figure is far more than the target of 58% laid o…