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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9446
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/climate

Inventory of greenhouse gas emissions reveals emissions were down in 2005 - Encouraging but insufficient to meet Kyoto targets, Commission warns

Brussels, 14/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - In 2005, EU27 greenhouse gas emissions were down 0.7% compared to the previous year, and those of the EU15 were down 2% compared to 1990. This relatively good news masks the very unequal performances of member states, showing that EU15 efforts must be stepped up to keep to the objective set for collectively reducing average emission levels by 8% by 2008-2012 compared to 1990, the Kyoto Protocol reference year.

The above results appeared in the annual...

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