EUROPE
Europe is the region with the highest installed capacity of wind energy, and can therefore rely on wind power to substantially reduce CO2 emissions and to reach both its 2012 Kyoto target and its pledge to reduce emissions by 20-30% by 2020.
In the European Union, wind power in 2008 avoided 91 tons of CO2, or 20% of the EU’s target for that year. In 2012, wind energy is forecast to save 146 tons of CO2, which represents 32% of the EU’s Kyoto target. In 2020, 29% of the EU’s promised emissions reduction of 20% could be achieved by wind power