You seem uninformed about multiple EU initiatives, we've been deploying reneables, cleaning up the grid, etc. Our car emissions standards are much stricter than US/China/Russia. Unlike in the US, exporting plastic to the third world is actually illegal. And plastic is a distinct and separate problem to CO2.

Here is an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gacGuWjqKco&t=579s

You could still argue they are not doing enough, but at least some credit is due.