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Publish date: November 5, 2010
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The EU objective is to cut the CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020 and by 80-95% in 2050 (on 1990 levels) in order to mitigate climate change. This would be consistent with a global halving of emissions, as suggested by the IEA. Energy efficiency, renewable and CCS are the key solutions to reach this target but they are dependent on the CO2 price, which is currently only 15 euros per tonne, or one eighth of the required price in 2050. This is not high enough to drive investment and to discourage CO2 emissions from industry and electricity producers. More ambitious EU 2020 emission targets would be a first step towards higher prices.
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