<div>Drastic steps needed to stop climate change, Germany's Scholz says</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Germany's finance minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday "drastic steps" were needed to counter climate change as European Union officials meet to discuss energy taxation.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=dCfbbrKtECY:-lhSSd5NfMg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=dCfbbrKtECY:-lhSSd5NfMg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=dCfbbrKtECY:-lhSSd5NfMg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=dCfbbrKtECY:-lhSSd5NfMg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=dCfbbrKtECY:-lhSSd5NfMg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/dCfbbrKtECY" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters