The European Commission’s Directorate-General Environment presents a video report on the concrete measures proposed by the European Commission. It includes interviews with key voices.
With the active involvement of the EU, the Bali Conference, last December, demonstrated that a global agreement on climate change is feasible. Today, the European Commission's new energy and climate package aims to slash the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20% by 2020, and by 30% if other industrialised countries agree to do the same.
Various sectors like agriculture, transport and construction and all Member States will have to play their role and contribute to Europe's targets according to their respective financial capacities. For energy-intensive sectors, such as steel and chemicals, the Commission proposes to strengthen the EU's Emissions Trading System to help reach the 20% objective.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will require an increased use of renewable energies, which also implies a more diversified energy supply for Europe.
Interviews: Mattias Klum, National Geographic photographer
Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
José Ángel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD
Janez Podobnik, Minister of the Environment, Slovenia
Philippe de Buck, Secretary General of Business Europe
Fatih Birol, Chief Economist and Head of the Economic Analysis Division of the International Energy Agency [see B-Roll of the video].
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