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Europe’s share of the climate challenge: Domestic actions and international obligations to protect the planet

AuthorSEI, FOE Europe, C.Heaps, P.Erickson
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DateNovember 2009
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                                      Europe’s Share of the Climate Challenge
                   Domestic Actions and International Obligations to Protect the Planet

                                  Charles Heaps, Peter Erickson, Sivan Kartha, Eric Kemp-Benedict
Europe’s Share of the Climate Challenge
Domestic Actions and International Obligations to Protect the Planet



Charles Heaps,(1) (2) Peter Erickson,(2) Sivan Kartha,(2) Eric Kemp-Benedict (2)




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List of tables and figures	                              iv

Abbreviations	                                            v

Conversion factors	                                       v

Acknowledgements	                                        vi

1	 Executive summary	                                     1

2	 Introduction: the climate challenge	                   3

3	 Domestic actions: a mitigation scenario for Europe	    7
    3.1	    Excluded options	                             9
    3.2	    The role of sufficiency and equity	          10
    3.3	    Life in a decarbonising world	               1