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Policies put the EU on track to meet its 2020 climate and energy targets but bigger push needed for 2030

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Press Release Published 24 Oct 2014 Last modified 03 Jun 2016

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Photo: © Andreas Klinke Johannsen

European Union (EU) greenhouse gas emissions fell almost 2 % between 2012 and 2013, putting the EU very close to its 2020 reduction target, according to new analysis from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU is also on track to meet two other targets to boost renewable energy and energy efficiency by 2020.