The Green Paper, published today, is the first step ingauging the opinions of member states, the European Parliament, industry groupsand non-governmental organisations on EU objectives for 2030.
The document raises a set of questions, including:
- what type, nature andlevel of climate and energy targets should be set for 2030;
- how to attain coherence between different policyinstruments;
- how the energy system can best contribute to EUcompetitiveness; and
- how member states' different capacities to act can betaken into account.
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