European Commission
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 12:04
By developing three sets of new product lifestyle indicators, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) intends to improve the assessment and monitoring of the EU’s progress towards achieving a greener economy, which is an important objective of the EU2020 strategy. Life-cycle thinking is essential if we are to successfully achieve this shift…
Other news
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 12:08
On 8 July, Greenpeace and EREC (European Renewable Energy Council) launched the third edition of the
EU Energy [R]evolution roadmap, which demonstrates that 97% of Europe’s electricity and 92% of its total energy use could come from renewables in 2050, cutting CO2 by 95% compared to 1990 with no need for nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS). The UK Government also published a study on how to decarbonise the UK over the 40 coming years…