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| Euro MPs seal major climate deal | Euro MPs seal major climate deal |
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| The European Parliament has backed a package of measures to combat global warming - seen as a key EU initiative. | The European Parliament has backed a package of measures to combat global warming - seen as a key EU initiative. |
| The plan, agreed by EU leaders last week, sets out how the 27 member states will cut carbon emissions by 20% by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. | The plan, agreed by EU leaders last week, sets out how the 27 member states will cut carbon emissions by 20% by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. |
| With the backing of MEPs, the package - hailed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as "historic" - becomes law. | With the backing of MEPs, the package - hailed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as "historic" - becomes law. |
| But critics say concessions made to some industrial sectors will lessen the package's long-term impact. | But critics say concessions made to some industrial sectors will lessen the package's long-term impact. |
| Scientists say carbon dioxide emissions need to be cut by 25-40% by 2020 for there to be a reasonable chance of avoiding dangerous climate change. | |
| 'Most ambitious proposals' | |
| "We have sealed the climate package," European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering said after Wednesday's vote in Strasbourg. | "We have sealed the climate package," European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering said after Wednesday's vote in Strasbourg. |
| EU 20/20/20 TARGETS 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, compared with 1990 levels20% increase in use of renewable energy by 202020% cut in energy consumption through improved energy efficiency by 2020 EU climate package explainedClimate deal struck at a price | |
| It followed a year of tough talks between EU member states to secure the agreement. | It followed a year of tough talks between EU member states to secure the agreement. |
| At last week's summit in Brussels, EU leaders approved the so-called "20/20/20" package to tackle climate change, including concessions to limit its impact on struggling industries. | |
| The measures commit the bloc to cutting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20% by 2020. | |
| The EU must also raise renewable sources to 20% of total energy use and achieve a 20% cut in energy use. | |
| EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Brussels that the plans were "the most ambitious proposals anywhere in the world" to tackle global warming. |