Regulations restricting use of landfills as well as the carbon emission reductions under the Kyoto Protocol have spurred further innovation and investment in Europe, particularly in the U.K., which is one of the most mature markets for renewable energy.

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European rules restricting use of landfills and the carbon-emission reductions under the Kyoto Protocol have spurred further innovation and investment in Europe in green technologies.

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Extensions to such power stations' lives were originally agreed in order to meet anticipated power shortages and to reduce the use of fossil fuels to help meet different countries' carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reductions commitments.

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Another success of the global carbon markets has been to provide a financial incentive that will result in around 2.5 billion tonnes of emission reductions being created in developing countries during 2008-2012.

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