 Targets adopted by the UK Government to
address climate change:
1997 Kyoto Protocol - 5.2% reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions below 1990 levels. This legally binding
agreement came into force in February 2005.
2001 EU Parliament - Renewable Energy Directive adopts
a target for the whole of the European Union to generate
12% of electricity from renewable sources by 2010.
Domestic targets - to reduce CO2 emissions by 20%
below 1990 levels and to increase electricity generation
from renewables to 10% by 2010.
2003 Energy White Paper – to reduce CO2 emissions by
2050 to 60% of current levels.
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