Sentences with phrase «union climate change targets»

Q: Under the European Union climate change targets, around a third of all the UK's electricity will have to come from renewable sources.

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Hansen, noted for his outspokenness on the topic of climate change and his willingness to venture into an advocacy role that many other climate scientists try to avoid, has previously voiced his concern about the 2 - degree warming benchmark, saying in 2011 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) that, «the target that has been talked about in international negotiations for 2 degrees of warming is actually a prescription for long - term disaster.»

As a part of the Push Europe campaign, our colleagues at Young Friends of the Earth Europe and other youth groups across Europe are encouraging the European Union to take a stronger stance at the climate negotiations by increasing EU greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to 30 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, a significant step towards the 40 percent reduction that would provide a real chance to avoid catastrophic climate change.

The European Union also has targeted 80 percent smart meter coverage by 2020 as part of its 20-20-20 climate change initiative.

Government leaders from Poland's conservative Law and Justice Party actively oppose the European Union's climate change targets, even as other countries are aggressively moving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.