John Kerry says Europe could do more to match US on green spending

US climate envoy John Kerry said Europe should boost its spending to expand clean energy options and deal with climate change, in a defence of Washington’s green subsidies delivered at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The $369bn of clean energy and climate provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act have drawn the ire of US trading partners and allies, who argue that the billions of dollars of tax credits aimed at scaling up and rolling out green technologies across the US discriminate against foreign companies.