Briefing

1. Overall progress towards the European Union's '20-20-20' climate and energy targets

Briefing Published 01 Dec 2016 Last modified 04 Apr 2025

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This chapter presents a synthetic overview of the progress achieved by the EU and its Member States in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the use of energy from renewable sources and reducing energy consumption, in view of their 2020 targets.