Position paper

Post-2020 EU climate and energy targets’ numbers (Nov 2013)

17/12/2013

Climate action| Energy transition

CAN Europe calls upon the European Union (EU) to recognise that its commitment to making a fair contribution to the effort to avoid dangerous climate change means that it should reduce its domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 95% by 2050 below 1990 levels. Only the upper end of the EU’s 2050 commitment to reduce emissions by 80% to 95% will allow the EU to make a fair and safe contribution to keeping global
average temperature rise below 2°C…

CAN position post-2020 targets’ numbers.pdf

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