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''- “Reducing greenhouse gases by at least 20% compared to 1990 levels
- 20% of energy from renewable sources
- 20% energy efficiency improvement”'' <ref name="strategies" />
* '''Targets for 2030'''
''- “40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
- At least 27% EU energy from renewables
- Increase energy efficiency by 27-30%
- 15% electricity interconnection (i.e. 15% of electricity generated in the EU can be transported to other EU countries)”'' <ref name="strategies" />
* '''Targets for 2050'''''- “An 80-95% cut in greenhouse gases compared with 1990 levels.”'' <ref name="strategies" />
To complete these strategies, the EU implemented the Clean air Package 2013, which also sets concrete objectives concerning air pollution and its consequences. These objectives are:
* save 123 000km2 of ecosystems from nitrogen pollution
* save 56 000km2 of protected Natura 2000 areas
* save 19 000km2 of forest ecosystems from acidification”''<ref>[http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/clean-air/], The Clean Air package : Improving Europe’s air quality, European Council/Council of the European Union http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/clean-air/ .</ref>
Keeping in mind that air pollution has no borders and is moving all around the planet, and being aware of the fact that this is not an issue that will resolve itself, the EU has decided to implement its policy in cooperation with the rest of the world. That is why the EU has decided to follow in its objectives the request of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in terms of air pollutants emissions, but also to be present in the global negotiations about climate change. That is the case each year during the Conference of the Parties (COP) <ref>[http://www.cop21paris.org/], Paris Conference of Parties, 2015.</ref> of the United Nations. The EU was also very active in the negotiations of the 2015 Paris Accord during the COP 21.
===The measures taken by the EU===
