Climate Change

A global problem requiring a global solution

Kyoto commitments

The European Union is firmly focussed on securing a successful outcome at Copenhagen in December 2009. However, new and existing measures continue to drive emission down. The 15 countries which were member states at the time of the Kyoto agreement have a collective target (sometimes called the EU 'bubble') of reducing emissions 8% below 1990 over the period 2008 - 2012. Projections indicate that the EU 15 will exceed this level of reduction. Our analyses also indicate that the EU 12 (the newer member states) will also meet their individual targets. (Though Malta and Cyprus are not Annex 1 countries and do not have binding targets under Kyoto.)