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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9383
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) european council/climate

EU27 agree binding targets for both greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy by 2020 - Victory for EU credibility

Brussels, 09/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - Mission accomplished for the German presidency of the European Council and the G8, after it made an integrated energy and climate strategy an absolute priority in the fight against climate change - a global phenomenon which requires an urgent and determined response if we wish to avoid catastrophic consequences. In Brussels on 9 March, the heads of state and government of the 27 EU member states backed a policy, unanimously described as ambitious, to...

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