An overview of the policies and targets for increasing the EU’s renewable generation, the tracking systems to monitor progress and the principles and mechanisms behind renewable energy.
Executive Summary
Addressing climate change requires a well coordinated, global response. On 21 December
2015, the Paris Climate Accord was adopted by the United Nations, at COP21, where
delegates from 195 countries agreed to take action to limit global temperature rise to 2
degrees Celsius, a threshold which climate scientists agree would allow us to avoid the most
dangerous effects of climate change. Early in the process of creating frameworks to limit
global warming to 2 degrees, the European Union (EU) adopted ambitious climate change,
efficiency, and renewable energy targets.
This paper will give an overview of:
- The policies and targets for increasing the EU’s renewable generation The tracking system to monitor progress
- The tracking system to monitor progress
- The principles and mechanisms behind renewable energy certificates
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