Samtidig har Fællesskabet underskrevet Kyoto-protokollen og forpligtet sig til at reducere emissionen af kuldioxid og en række andre gasser til 8% under 1990-niveauet for perioden 2008-2012, det vil sige 5, 2% for Kyoto-protokollens parter som helhed.
At the same time the Community has signed up to the Kyoto Protocol and has committed itself to a reduction in its emissions of carbon dioxide and a group of other gases of 8% below 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012, that is 5.2% in the case of Kyoto Protocol parties as a whole.