European Commission Says Bloc to Beat Kyoto Targets for Cutting Carbon Emissions

摘要

The European Union expects to over-deliver on the greenhouse gas emissions-reduction targets allocated to it under the Kyoto Protocol, according to forecasts published Nov. 12 by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency.rnThe Commission said the EU-15 group of countries-members of the bloc before 2004-expect to reduce their emissions by an average of 13.1 percent over the, 2008-2012 period relative to 1990 levels, thus achieving "a broad safety margin" over its 8 percent emissions-reduction target.