OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has welcomed the call by ministers in France, Germany and the UK for Europe to adopt a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over 1990 levels by 2020.
“Securing an agreement on greenhouse gases that will engage a wide enough coalition of countries to make sufficient progress is one of the most important outstanding items on the international agenda. It is encouraging that these countries are prepared to advocate an ambitious way forward.”
Mr Gurría noted that if countries were to take on the ambitious targets needed to minimise the risks of a global temperature increase in excess of 2oC, a cost-effective policy mix would be essential. But contrary to claims from some quarters, he said that the 30% target need not imply heavy economic costs.
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