Climate change
In: 2014; (2014)
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Elektronische Ressource
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Zugriff:
‘Greenhouse’ gases emitted by human activities are warming the Earth and causing changes in the global climate. These changes are having increasingly severe human, economic and environmental impacts and will continue to do so over the coming decades. The Kyoto Protocol is a first step towards limiting greenhouse gas emissions, but to stop global warming from reaching dangerous levels Kyoto needs to be succeeded by a stronger United Nations agreement involving climate action by all countries. It has been agreed that this framework will be adopted by 2015 and take effect from 2020. Long in the forefront of international efforts to tackle climate change, the European Union is well on track to achieve its target to cut its emissions by 20% by 2020. As part of its 2030 policy framework for climate and energy, the EU has put forward a domestic 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target of at least 40% compared to 1990. It also aims to increase the share of renewable energy to at least 27% and increase energy efficiency by at least 27%. For the long term the EU has committed to reducing its emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050. The European Commission has published a ‘roadmap’ setting out how this can be achieved most cost-effectively. In parallel with cutting emissions, Europe and the rest of the world need to adapt to the current and future changes in the climate. Adaptation measures can increase society’s resilience to climate change and so reduce the associated impacts and costs
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Climate change
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Commission, European ; Directorate-General for Climate Action |
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Quelle: | 2014; (2014) |
Veröffentlichung: | 2014 |
Medientyp: | Elektronische Ressource |
ISBN: | 978-92-79-43977-3 (print) |
DOI: | 10.2834/51175 |
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