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Mitigating climate change - SOER 2010 thematic assessment: The EU emitted close to 5 billion tonnes (Gt) of CO2-equivalent emissions in 2008. It contributes today around 12 % of annual global anthropogenic direct greenhouse gas emissions. The EU is making good progress towards achieving its emission reduction targets. A rapid, sustained and effective transition to a low carbon economy is necessary to mitigate climate change and to meet global greenhouse gas emission targets.
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Understanding climate change — SOER 2010 thematic assessment: Average global air and ocean temperatures are rising, leading to the melting of snow and ice and rising global mean sea level. Ocean acidification results from higher CO2 concentrations. With unabated greenhouse gas emissions, climate change could lead to an increasing risk of irreversible shifts in the climate system with potentially serious consequences. Temperature rises of more than 1.5–2 °C above pre-industrial levels are likely to cause major societal and environmental disruptions in many regions. The atmospheric CO2 concentration needs to be stabilised at 350–400 parts per million (ppm) in order to have a 50 % chance of limiting global mean temperature increase to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels (according to the IPCC in 2007, and confirmed by later scientific insights).
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Waste - Drivers and pressures (Poland): SOER Common environmental theme from Poland
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Climate change mitigation - Outlook 2020 (Poland): SOER Common environmental theme from Poland
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Climate change mitigation - Drivers and pressures (Germany): SOER Common environmental theme from Germany
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Climate change mitigation - Drivers and pressures (Finland): Climate change mitigation - Drivers and Pressures
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Climate change mitigation - Outlook 2020 (Belgium): Direct GHG emissions in the Brussels-Capital Region (1990-2007) and projections until 2020
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Climate change mitigation - Outlook 2020 (Belgium): Three policy scenario’s with increasing levels of ambition and their effect until 2030 in the Flemish Region.
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Climate change mitigation - Outlook 2020 (Belgium): Projected emissions of greenhouse gases in Belgium over Kyoto-period 2020, 2050, etc.
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Climate change mitigation - Drivers and pressures (Belgium): Greenhouse gas emission trends in the Walloon Region.
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