EU will beat 2020 emissions target but won't raise it without backing at COP21
Thursday, October 22, 2015
The European Union is on track to beat its target reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 but any move to increase it from 20% to 30% will only be considered if matched by developed countries at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. Climate Commissioner Miguel Cañete Tuesday (20 October) in Brussels launched a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA). It predicted that if no additional measures were taken, the EU ...