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Legislating for energy efficiency

Nature Climate Change volume 2, pages 568–569 (2012)Cite this article

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Full implementation of the European Union's new energy-efficiency law faces many hurdles, explains Sonja van Renssen.

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Figure 1: Policy contributions to reach the EU's 20% energy savings target.

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  1. Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (in the press); available at http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/eed/eed_en.htm

  2. European Commission Executive Summary of the Impact Assessment for an EU Directive on Energy Efficiency (EC, 2011); available via http://go.nature.com/xnHnFZ

  3. European Commission Public Consultation on Financial Support for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EC, 2012); available via http://go.nature.com/3jWuWp

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