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on how to limit global warming to 2°C. demand of new or existing buildings.

Countries around the world have submitted their We are convinced that these measures will transmit a
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions proper signal to private, commercial and institutional
(INDC’s). While this is an important progress, recent investors and will align individual investment
evaluation shows that the level of ambition is too low decisions with the global CO2 reduction targets.
to achieve the target.
You cannot afford not to act and we have solutions
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action. At the same time, the amount of subsidies still More on heat pumps in Europe: cop21.ehpa.org and
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of those technologies that have low carbon
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employment and when connected to smart grids, they facilitate a large share of RES electricity by providing demand response capacity.
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