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Doubt cast on EU climate-change goals
Greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions decreased by 0.8% in 2005, according to an annual report by the European Environment Agency (EEA). While the Commission welcomed the decrease and called for more action, environmental groups saw the modest figure as a sign that the EU is not likely to achieve the emission-reduction targets agreed in Kyoto in 1992.
June 18, 2007
in EurActiv
Greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions decreased by 0.8% in 2005, according to an annual report by the European Environment Agency (EEA). While the Commission welcomed the decrease and called for more action, environmental groups saw the modest figure as a sign that the EU is not likely to achieve the emission-reduction targets agreed in Kyoto in 1992.
Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas called the 0.8% reduction "very encouraging", since the EU's GDP grew by 1.8% during the same period as the emission cuts were achieved. But Dimas added: "It is clear that many member states need to accelerate their efforts to limit emissions significantly... [continue via Web link]
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