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February 2, 2021
Published by ibl at February 2, 2021
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The EU National Energy And Climate Plans

With the Clean Energy for All Europeans package, the European Union has committed to being carbon-neutral by 2050. In order to achieve this goal, the EU Commission and the Member States have agreed upon binding targets to be met by 2030: emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) shall be cut by at least 40 per cent below 1990 levels, renewable energies shall cover at least 32 per cent of final energy demand, and energy efficiency shall be improved by at least 32.5 per cent as compared to business-as-usual.
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December 11, 2019
Published by EPICENTER at December 11, 2019
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Achieving a Carbon Neutral Economy by 2050

The new European Green Deal plans to make the EU carbon neutral by 2050 while opening up new possibilities for development and employment. The European Commission wants to send a strong message to the world on dealing with climate change, but a number of thorny issues will need to be tackled.
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March 1, 2014
Published by ibl at March 1, 2014
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Ibl Memo: Policy Framework for Climate and Energy in the Period From 2020 to 2030

Current obligations by the EU to decrease GHG emissions by 20% by 2020 are the most ambitious among industrialised nations. Because of these obligations EU citizens and businesses are experiencing an increasing fnancial burden, EU businesses are losing competitiveness vis-à-vis other industrial or industrialising nations, and a huge bureaucracy has been created that shall perforce have an interest to perpetuate itself.
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December 1, 2013
Published by IEA at December 1, 2013
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From Nationalisation to State Control – the Return of Centralised Energy Planning

For a short period, around the turn of the millennium, the UK energy market was highly competitive, offering choice to consumers and keeping prices in check.
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November 1, 2013
Published by EPICENTER at November 1, 2013
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Liberal Voices. A Response to the EC Public Consultation on the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy Policies

The EU has a clear framework to steer its energy and climate policies up to 2020.The 2030 framework should build on the experience and lessons from the current framework.
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November 1, 2013
Published by EPICENTER at November 1, 2013
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Liberal Voices. A Response to the EC Public Consultation on Sustainable Buildings

The European Commission wants to gather views and additional information on the possible introduction of EU wide measures to achieve better environmental performance of buildings.
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November 1, 2013
Published by EPICENTER at November 1, 2013
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Liberal Voices. A Response to the EC Consultation on Sustainability of the Food System

A growing number of analyses question the long-term sustainability of the current trends in the production and consumption of food. Many of today´s food production systems compromise the capacity of Earth to produce food in the future.
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April 1, 2013
Published by TIMBRO at April 1, 2013
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On Our Way to 9 Billion: Can Europe Afford to Lose Out on the Potential of GMOs?

By 2050 the world will need to produce almost twice as much food and feed in the same agricultural area as today. Modern genetic engineering – with crops that use water, nutrients, energy, and land more efficiently – is one of the keys.
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March 1, 2012
Published by TIMBRO at March 1, 2012
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Peak Whale, Peak Oil: On Oil and the Role of Private Property in Natural-resource Conservation

There are no historical examples of a raw material running out. Even if the available amount of certain raw materials is very limited and the demand for many of them, such as gold, has been high over the millennia, they have not run out. The price mechanism has ensured that supply met demand.
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