Featured in Green leap forward – 02-2012

Roadmap to clean energy

EU Energy Roadmap: The European Union is planning to vigorously increase the proportion of renewable energy by the middle of the century – which is the only way to reach the EU’s CO2 targets. But fearing high prices, it does not want to relinquish nuclear power and coal.
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The European Union (EU) is more committed to climate protection than any other actor in international climate change policy. Under an accord with its member states from 2009, CO2 emissions are to be cut 80 to 95 percent compared to 1990 levels. But publication of the Energy Roadmap 2050 by the European Commission in mid-December …

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