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Europe’s Climate Roadmap / Daniel Firger. Climate Law Blog, 16/03/2011http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2011/03/16/europes-climate-roadmap/Europe is doubling down on decarbonization.On March 8, 2011, the European Commission (EC) released its widely  anticipated “roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in  2050.”  The roadmap  calls for both short- and longer-term cuts in EU-wide GHG emissions:  20% below 1990 levels by 2020, and reductions of 80% against the same  baseline by 2050.  These ambitious targets mark Europe as the world’s  most aggressive player on climate change (with the important exception  of a handful of Small Island Developing States, who stand to lose everything from sea level rise)...