New European targets to tackle climate change are welcome but lack ambition, says Tearfund.
The European Commission has announced plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent by 2020.
This target will be shared between the 27 member states according to GDP, but will include credits bought in from international carbon trading schemes.
Tearfund broadly welcomes the EU’s new climate and energy package but is particularly concerned by the lack of ambition in setting only a 20 per cent target for 2020.
Sara Shaw, Tearfund’s climate change policy officer, said, ‘A 20 per cent target ignores the science, and the EU’s own position on keeping global temperature rise below two degrees. Tearfund considers that the cuts should be based on a 30 per cent overall target from the outset.’
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