International Initiative on Climate Technology Policy

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[Press Release] European Commission agreed on 23 January 2008 to a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council’s commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy. These measures will dramatically increase the use of renewable energy in each country and set legally enforceable targets for governments to achieve them. All major CO2 emitters will be given an incentive to develop clean production technologies through a thorough reform of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) that will impose an EU-wide cap on emissions. The package seeks to deliver the European Union to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 20% and increases to 20% the share of renewable energies in the energy consumption by 2020, as agreed by EU leaders in March 2007. The emissions reduction will be increased to 30% by 2020 when a new global climate change agreement is reached.

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Clean Energy Group will participate in the European Commission High Level Group on Competitiveness, Energy and the Environment Sherpa SubGroup; Meeting of the Ad Hoc Group 11: International Action on Climate Change. Daniel Dutcher, CEG Project Director, will attend this meeting to submit CEG’s Written Contribution

See accompanying Clean Energy Group Statement to the Gleneagles Dialogue. Download the document (PDF)

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Commission of the European Communities. January 2007. "Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions."