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Delivering Climate Action - The Challenge Facing Europe
04/08/2009
Author : Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP - Belgium)
 
Europe’s nations have led the world in setting ambitious, binding targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and for an increase in the use of renewable energy. December’s agreement of the Climate Action and Renewable Energy (CARE) package of policy measures represented an unprecedented achievement for European diplomacy. Following the initial euphoria around the successful negotiation of CARE, there are significant political and practical challenges to be overcome. Not least of these is the political stagnation on climate issues in some countries, partly a consequence of an uncertain economic future and a lack of sufficient political will or interest at the national level.

On 29 June IEEP launched the first report offering a snapshot of efforts in all 27 Member States to implement the CARE package requirements, and in particular the 20:20:20 targets (a 20 per cent cut in GHG emissions; a 20 per cent increase in the share of renewables in the energy mix; and a 20 per cent cut in energy consumption – all by 2020). The report identifies some of the key challenges that European countries must overcome to deliver on the new climate and energy agenda.

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