EU emissions targets weaker than Japan, US and Canada says analyst

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Reductions proposed by the EU represents a 16 per cent decrease on 2007 levels, lower than most developed countries

Even if the EU were to increase its emissions reduction target to 30 per cent of 1990 levels by 2020, Japan and Australia the USA and Canada are still pledging larger cuts from current emission levels,...

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