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Round two for EU climate policy

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A reformed carbon market is the only agreed priority among European policymakers for 2030, but the transport sector will need to change as well, explains Sonja van Renssen

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Figure 1: EU greenhouse-gas emissions should fall by 80% by 2050, relative to 1990 levels, according to the European Commission's low carbon 2050 roadmap8.

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