Focusing on the different arguments that can be mobilised to answer this question, the project looked at the following inputs:

• CIRED Center for International Research on Environment and Development on the time consistency of the EU emissions reduction pathway, and
  the competitiveness and leakage impact of moving to 30% by 2020

• E3G on the global race towards low carbon technology competitiveness

• ECN on the low carbon technology innovation and diffusion implications of moving to 30%

• ECOFYS on the consistency on the EU emission reduction, renewable energy and energy efficiency target, and
  on the energy security impacts of moving to 30%

• ICE International Consulting on Energy on the employment impact of climate policies

• IDDRI on the investment dynamics in the electricity sector

FIIA Finish institute of International Affairs on the energy security impacts of moving to 30% for Poland, Czech Republic and Latvia (available for download: Linking an EU emission reduction target by 20% to Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe) and on the use of the EU budget to support the transition towards a low carbon economy in Central and eastern European (CEE) countries (available for download: Can the EU budget support climate policy in Central and Eastern Europe?)

Led by the Paris-based Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI).