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In 2018, energy consumption actually increased in 15 member states (Photo: Andreas Gücklhorn)

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Why is EU off track for 2020 energy efficiency target?

While the EU is on track to achieve its 2020 targets on greenhouse-gas emissions and renewable energy, the energy efficiency objective remains very much a 'pending' task for the bloc - leading concerned activists to call it the "biggest miss" of all EU climate targets due to be delivered this year.

Energy consumption had been gradually decreasing since the beginning of the century - but this trend changed in 2014.

As a resul...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

In 2018, energy consumption actually increased in 15 member states (Photo: Andreas Gücklhorn)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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