Sustainability in practice
The Kyoto protocol from 1997 which entered into force in February 2005 was followed by the 6th Environment Action Programme, the European Commission’s environment priorities for 2002 to 2012. On 9 December 2008 the EU Parliament delegation, the EU Council and the European Commission agreed on the EU Directive on Renewable Energy. The directive sets ambitious standards to put renewable energy at top of energy mixes. One of the goals is to increase the market share of renewable energy from around 8.5 percent today to 20 percent by 2020 by means of binding national targets. That raises the question what can be done in practice to achieve those objectives.
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