Oliver Rapf: Energy efficiency at the heart of Europe’s stability

Only a few weeks remain before the European Council meeting which is set to decide a new set of targets to guide Europe’s climate and energy policy up to 2030. After the Commission initially proposed a 40 percent greenhouse gas reduction target and a 27 percent increase for renewable energy, a more recent communication suggested a parallel 30 percent increase in energy efficiency, considered to be the right "cost-effective" target.