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Greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030 [1]

A greenhouse gas reduction target of 40% below 1990 levels for 2030 for the European Union, to be achieved within Europe, would not necessarily be sufficient for achieving the target of limiting global temperature increase to 2 °C, given a possible lack of comparable efforts by other countries. Based on equal costs as a share of Gross Domestic Product, the European Union should reduce emissions by 45% to 47%.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2012
Andries Hof [2], Corjan Brink [3], Angelica Mendoza Beltran [4], Michel den Elzen [5]
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency [6]
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Green House Gases [7], Emission Targets [8], Carbon Dioxide [9], European Union (EU) [10], India [11], Global [12], Carbon Tax [13], Climate Equity [14]
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[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-tax
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-equity