Finland is gearing up to meet the European Union's climate change goals for 2020 by trying to reduce power consumption and by increasing the percentage of renewable energy they produce. They have stated that their priority in the years to come would be to build a zero or low emission energy economy. They would also focus on increasing the efficiency of energy consumption in the areas of housing, construction and transport.
EU countries agreed last year to cut emissions that contribute to global warming by 2020 since greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2020 were projected t be 20 percent more than what it was in 1990. Apart from this EU countries are also committed to use 20 percent of renewable energy sources in power production and 10 percent biofuels from crops in transport by the same date.
It will be an uphill task to achieve this aim. Government officials admitted as much by saying that, on paper, their goals could be met only if growth in their energy consumption could be reversed. To supplement energy production from renewable sources the Finnish government is planning on building more nuclear power plants.
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