"If this was adopted it would be by far the most ambitious policy ever -- not only in Europe but the world -- against climate change," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told a news conference.

Det der betyder noget er om den gennemføres. Planer har nul impact på naturen.

"Scientific findings show that it simply won't be enough for the EU to only reduce CO2 emissions by 20 percent by 2020 if we want to avoid catastrophic climate change," said Jan Kowalzig, climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe.

Sikkert ikke. Men igen, hvis planen ikke gennemføres, er det ligegyldigt om målet er 20 procent eller 50 procent.

EU business lobby UNICE protested the target was too high and said European business would suffer if other countries around the world do not agree to cuts.

Ja, et godt eksempel på "Fælledens Tragedie."

EU challenges world with new climate change target - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission presented "the most ambitious policy ever" to fight climate change on Wednesday, challenging the world to follow Europe's lead in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. [Reuters Science]