Europe accepts its role as the green pioneer of the world

EU leaders meeting in Finland last month promised to step up the action on climate change and called on the European Commission to lead this policy process. The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook for 2006, (published on 7 November) shows that there is a credible alternative to ‘business as usual’. Germany, which takes over the presidency of the EU in January, has made it clear that it will put a high priority on this.

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