Evaluation of EU ETS and burden-sharing agreements

Exploring European costs of 2007 EU reduction objectives

It is technically feasible for the EU to meet the 20% unilateral and 30% multilateral greenhouse gas emission reduction targets as adopted in 2007. The emission reductions and costs for the individual countries show a wide range, and are more dependent on the burden-sharing regime for internal EU allocation of reductions than the choice of the overall EU reduction target.

• Exploring European countries' emission reduction targets, abatement costs and measures needed under the 2007 EU reduction objectives