欧盟15个成员国开始行动以满足京都议定书目标

EU-15 mostly on track to meet Kyoto targets

欧盟观察报道，15个欧盟最“老”的成员国已经着手开始温室气体减排工作，以满足他们签署的1997年京都议定书设定的目标。这15个成员国作为一个整体，不包含2004年和2007年新加入的成员，应履行其集体的削减温室气体排放量的目标，即与1990年（基准年）相比在2008—2012年期间减少其温室气体排放量的8％。尽管丹麦、意大利和西班牙未能如期完成减排，但是其他15个成员国的表现足以完成集体目标。

The 15 ＇old＇ European Union member states are on track to meeting their targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions that they signed up to under the 1997 Kyoto Agreement, EUobserver reports. The EU-15 as a whole, excluding member states that joined in 2004 and 2007, should meet its collective target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by eight percent for the period 2008-2012 compared with 1990, the Kyoto agreement＇s baseline year. While Denmark, Italy and Spain are behind in reducing emissions, the performance of the other EU-15 nations is enough to pick up the slack.