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Greenhouse gases: reducing emissions by 20 % or more by 2020
The wide-ranging economic crisis has impacted on the targets the EU set itself in 2008 of cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 % by 2020. This reduces the target as a force for modernising the European economy and making it more competitive. It also has implications for a possible EU move towards a 30 % target as part of a global effort.
ACT
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Analysis of options to move beyond 20 % greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage (COM(2010) 265 final of 26.5.2010).
SUMMARY
WHAT THIS COMMUNICATION DOES
It analyses the options for the EU of moving from its existing 20 % target to a more ambitious one of 30 %.
KEY POINTS
For more information, see the European Commission’s web page on greenhouse gas emissions.
last update 26.03.2015