Crisis knocking EU 2020 goals off track

The economic crisis has knocked the EU's longterm strategic targets off track with planned poverty-reduction and employment goals unlikely to be met by 2020, according to a Eurostat report published on the 29 October 2013.

However, EurActiv reported on the 31 October 2013 a contrary analysis developed by CDC Climat, which revealed that the massive uptake of renewable energies since 2005 has had a greater impact on the reduction of CO2 emissions than the economic slowdown.

ESO: Background information: Implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-implementation-of-the-europe-2020-strategy/

ESO: Background information: Trends and projections in Europe 2013: Tracking progress towards Europe's climate and energy targets until 2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/trends-and-projections-in-europe-2013-tracking-progress-towards-europes-climate-and-energy-targets-until-2020/

ESO: Background information: Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - The state of the European carbon market in 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-and-the-council-the-state-of-the-european-carbon-market-in-2012/

EurActiv, 31.10.13: Economic crisis not the main cause of the EU's CO2 drop, researchers say http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/factchecking-climate-growth-link-news-531401

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