Annual Report 2010 - Verein der Kohlenimporteure eV

abate or reduce emissions become more transparent,
so that the whole procedure can be completed more
effectively.
of providing funds amounting to US$ 100 billion
annually to developing countries for climate
protection measures by 2020 and to set up a Green
order to strengthen the appropriate measures.
measures to reduce emissions from deforestation and
forest degradation in developing countries.
CO 2 market mechanism, going beyond the projectoriented
concept.
Technology Executive Committee and a Climate
Technology Centre and Network to promote the
development and transfer of technologies.
whether the objective of a 2°C limit is adequate. In
connection with this, it will also be examined by 2015
if the objective should not be stepped up to 1.5°C.
extended by a year, while the legal form of potential
negotiation results remained open.
We need to wait for the next meetings, however, to see
if the community of nations actually commits itself to
a binding follow-up agreement.
EUROPEAN UNION
Recovery of Economic Growth Progresses in
2010
The economic situation is gradually recovering;
decisive factors being an end to stock piling and
national economic recovery programmes. GDP growth
consequently followed an upward trend in the EU.
However, the speed of recovery in individual EU
Member States varied, depending on the situation in the
respective countries and on their domestic policies.
Economic Growth in the EU-27 (%)
Member States 2008 2009 2010 2011 (F)
Euro zone (EU-17) 0.4 - 4.1 1.8 1.6
EU-15 0.2 - 4.3 1.8 1.7
EU-27 0.5 - 4.2 1.8 1.8
HT-EU1 Source: Eurostat on 13.05.2011 F = Forecast
changes compared with 2009, were Sweden with 5.5%,
Slovakia with 4.0%, Poland with 3.8% and Germany
with 3.6%. In contrast, growth was more limited in
with 1.8% and the United Kingdom with 1.3%.
According to the European Commission’s latest
estimate, GDP in the EU will increase by approximately
with increasing investments and stronger demand from
private households.
The job market situation should therefore improve
slightly. The unemployment rate in 2010 was
approximately 9.5% and should gradually drop to 9%
by 2012.
Exports remained stable over a longer period, to the
benefit of exporting countries in particular.
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