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Sustainable Energy Policies for Europe
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Sustainable Energy Policies for Europe

by Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes
September 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
200 pages
10h 49m
English
CRC Press
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CHAPTER 3
The European climate and energy package for 2020
Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes
3.1 INTRODUCTION
In the international policy arena, particularly in climate conferences and negotiations about targets
and policy frameworks for climate protection, the European Union (EU) had long since been
considered to be a global leader. The delegations of the European Union and of the EU’s Member
States had been strong supporters and advocates of the Kyoto Protocol. And it can be reasonably
assumed that without the proactive role of EU negotiators and governments, based on broad civil
society support, the protocol would never have been agreed on and eventually
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ISBN: 9780415620994