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The European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) was launched in June 2000 by the European Union's European Commission.
The goal of the ECCP is to identify, develop and implement all the necessary elements of an EU strategy to implement the Kyoto Protocol. All EU countries' ratifications of the Kyoto Protocol were deposited simultaneously on 31 May 2002.
The European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is perhaps the most significant contribution of the ECCP, and the EU ETS is the largest greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme in the world.
In 1996 the EU adopted a target of a maximum 2°C rise in average global temperature.12
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Vehicles
- Further information: Transport in the European Union
Under the framework of the European Climate Change Programme, the European Commission was to present in mid-as of 2006[update] a Communication to the European Parliament and European Council on a revised Community strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles. This review will be based on a thorough impact assessment of the existing Community target of a new car fleet average emission of 120 CO2 g/km and of the possible measures that could form part of a revised strategy based on an integrated approach to CO2 emissions reductions.
On the 7th of February, 2007, the European Commission announced plans for new legislation requiring the average carbon dioxide emissions of the vehicles produced in 2012 to be no more than 130 g/km. This is a bit more than the goal of 120, which corresponds to 4.5 L/100 km for diesel and 5 L/100 km for gasoline engines.[1]
See also
- Energy policy of the European Union
- Proposed oil phase-out in Sweden
- Renewable energy in the European Union
References
- ^ Press release
- ^ R.S.J. Tol (2007), Europe's long-term climate target: A critical evaluation, Energy Policy, 35 (1), 424-432
External links
- European Climate Change Programme
- European Commission Climate Change website
- Climate Action proposal.
- Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
- FACTBOX-EU's Energy and Climate Plan, Sticking Points.
- Gas Chief Says EU Must Make Polluters Pay.
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