The Commission s Europe 2020 initiative sets specific targets for raising school completion rates and employment levels for all EU citizens.

Targets for 14 of the 15 areas are set for 2020 (for climate, the target is 2050).

Consider the European Union s 20 20 policy, which targets a 20 reduction in CO2 emissions below 1990 levels by 2020.

The Aichi targets call for cutting by half the rate of loss of the planet s natural habitats, including forests, by 2020.

Taking account of the forecast expressed by the EU that by 2020, the volume of traffic between the EU and its current neighbours is expected to double

Countries are being pressed to cut emissions by 2020 by certain percentage targets, without much serious discussion about how the cuts can be achieved.

The most cost efficient way to achieve the 20 target would be to operate a single, EU wide carbon market, which would cost the EU about 96 billion annually by 2020.

Third, member states should not cut the EU budget indiscriminately during negotiations on the Union's long term spending plan for 2014 2020.

Rather, it has shifted in a more urgent, complex, and inherently unforeseeable way, as spelled out in the EU 2020 strategy s vision of an Innovation Union.

EU countries subsidized bio fuels production with 3.7 billion in 2006, and intend to cover 8 of their motor fuels from biological sources by 2015 and 20 by 2020.

However, the EU doesn t just want to cut emissions in the smartest possible way, but also to increase the share of renewable energy in the Union by 20 by 2020.

The 2009 EU Renewable Energy Directive, which requires 10 percent of transportation energy from renewable energy by 2020, is the most comprehensive mandatory sustainability standard in place as of 2010.

For example, the EU demanded that renewables like wind and solar account for 20 of energy supplies by 2020, though this is by no means the cheapest way to cut emissions.

This change will prove difficult for the EU, because its companies will face a tighter set of targets than competitors in the US or elsewhere.

The EU promised to cut its CO2 emissions by 20 by 2020, at a cost that the Commission s own estimates put at about 0.5 of GDP, or roughly 60 billion per year.

The Europe 2020 strategy, approved two years ago in part to improve economic governance, is a good starting point, offering the basis for the growth compact that some EU governments have sought.

If the EU is successful in reducing CO2 emissions by 20 by 2020, Böhringer and Keller find that its reliance on imported fossil fuel would be reduced by just two percentage points.

That seduction should begin this year, with an agenda that sets the process and timeframe for accession, to be followed by an EU Turkey Treaty that confirms the country s accession by 2020.

Most new members have met or are approaching their Kyoto targets, and they need rapid economic growth to catch up with the rest of the EU.

New and emerging donors from our part of the world are keen to meet the high targets for official development assistance (ODA) set by the EU.

If they are to convince developing countries that the 2050 goal is credible, they must be both ambitious and realistic about the domestic political challenges they face in adopting and implementing demanding targets for 2020, 2030, and 2040.

Furthermore, the loss of legislative continuity beyond 2020 would create considerable insecurity for businesses in the EU, leading to diminished investment and interrupting if not terminating Europe s advance toward a low carbon economy.

Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says that the slowdown in economic activity will make it easier for the EU to achieve its 2020 goal of ensuring that greenhouse gas emissions are 20 below their 1990 level.

Relatively speaking, 2020 is an eternity away.

Likewise, in order to lay the foundations for future economic growth, the EU should nurture new, sustainable industries and innovative small and medium size enterprises not cut funding for important research programs like Horizon 2020.

The Americans should not leave Afghanistan until 2020.

Targets

Global meat consumption is predicted to double by 2020.

My main goal, though, is the 2020 Olympic Games.

Some participants identified the following potential targets (or elements for targets)

Nuclear Targets

Funding targets

Dealing with deforestation and forest degradation cannot wait until 2020.

According to the blog, the novel will last until 2020.

I am determined to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

An important driver behind the proposed EuP Directive is the commitment of the EU to the Kyoto Protocol targets for greenhouse gas reduction by 2012 and the Community Sixth Environmental Action Programme.

Meanwhile, negotiations over the 2014 2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the central planning instrument for the use of EU funds, have broken down, owing to disagreement over key issues, including the size of the budget and the composition of expenditure.

Beyond Inflation Targets

Smart Development Targets

International development targets

Objective and targets

The EU will therefore work to ensure that sexual and reproductive health and rights issues are properly reflected within the outcome of the 2005 High Level Event, including its targets and monitoring indicators

Setting targets and establishing a conducive environment in which these targets can be reached

By 2020, it is likely to rank second, behind heart disease.

Indeed, the decade ahead will make or break our vision 2020.