Estudo EUROSTAT sobre Mudanças Climáticas (Climate Change): http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_372_en.pdf
«Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the modern age. The European Commission established its Directorate-General for Climate Action in February 2010 to strengthen Europe's response to this issue (previously climate change was under the overall remit of DG Environment). The fight against climate change, focused on the EU's target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, is at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy for sustainable growth. For the longer term, the European Council has endorsed the objective of cutting EU emissions by 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050 as part of the climate action that the developed world as a whole needs to take. In March 2011 the European Commission set out a cost-effective pathway to achieving this goal with its Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050. As Europe takes action to meet these objectives, it is important to understand the attitudes and behaviour of EU citizens towards climate change and their expectations for the future. This Eurobarometer survey measures these and compares them with the last poll on this issue carried out in 2009.»
