3Promoting Energy Efficiency in Europe
A common ag for Energy Efciency –The Energy Efciency Watch
“Europe is at a crucial point to dene its energy future!
In today’s world, Europe is facing rising oil and gas prices,threats to the security of energy supply and energy povertyas well as the already noticeable consequences of climatechange.Energy efciency is the quickest, cheapest and most directway to turn these challenges into real opportunities. Withexisting technologies, energy savings of up to 30% are al-ready feasible. Improved application of energy efciencycould cut around 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in theEU. However, most EU Member States are still not mak-ing use of these enormous opportunities and are lackingclear implementation of energy efciency measures on theground. In 2006, we and other Members of the EuropeanParliament and National Parliaments, founded the Energy Ef-ciency Watch Initiative to call for the promotion of energyefciency and knowledge sharing of good policy in that eldwithin Europe. The Energy Efciency Watch project (EEW), co-ordinated by EUFORES, is the centrepiece of the initiative andwe are happy to present its results.We are convinced that the results of the EEW will contrib-ute signicantly to raising awareness of energy efciency,enhancing a mutual learning process among EU MemberStates and helping Europe to reach its 2020 targets (20%Energy saved, 20% Energy from Renewable Energy, 20%Greenhouse gas reduction) which were afrmed by the Eu-ropean Heads of State and of Governments at the March2007 Summit.”
Mechtild Rothe, MEP, Vice-President of the European Par-liament, President of EUFORES
Claude Turmes, MEP, Vice-President of EUFORESFiona Hall, MEP, Vice-Presi-dent of EUFORES
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