The air transport industry can also make significant contribution to the European Union's policy on climate change, energy and environment by using rewenable fuels and reducing the emissions of green house gases and other pollutants. This requires joint efforts by the aeronautics industry and its energy suppliers. It is imperative to have secure, environmentally friendly and affordable supplies of energy that can be used in a sustainable way.
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The Community is committed to the development and use of all types of renewable/alternative energies which can simultaneously contribute to security of supply, sustainability and competitiveness. A binding target of a 20% share of renewable energies in overall EU energy consumption by 2020 was agreed by the European Council on 9 March 2007 with a 10% binding minimum target to be achieved by all Member States for the share of biofuels, to be introduced in a cost-efficient way, in overall EU transport petrol and diesel consumption by 2020.