OLD 15 MEMBER EU WILL HIT KYOTO TARGETS SAYS EEA
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OLD 15 member European Union (EU) will hit its Kyoto Protocol collective target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 8% for the period 2008-2012 from 1990 levels, but only by financing pollution cuts in poor countries abroad. A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) has concluded that together, these mainly western European countries could cut their emissions by 11% compared to 1990, but this was basically a reduction on paper. "This could be achieved by a combination of domestic policies and measures (in force and ...
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