Europe Needs to Double Renewable Power to Hit Climate Goal
- Investment in renewable power generation must rise, EEA says
- EU should tackle adverse environmental impacts of transition
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Europe needs to double the share of electricity produced from renewable sources by the end of the decade to be in with a chance of meeting a stricter emissions-reduction target that would put the region’s economy on track to climate-neutrality, according to a report published Monday.
Europe wants to become the world’s first continent to zero-out greenhouse gases by the middle of the century under the Green Deal. The European Union’s 27 member states and the European Parliament are negotiating the final shape of a law for tougher climate goals in the coming decades after EU leaders endorsed in December a plan to reduce emissions by at least 55% by 2030 from 1990 levels.