Business Green: The EU will this week launch a campaign to treble public and private-sector funding for energy research to EUR8bn (£7.35bn), as part of its wider efforts to cut carbon emissions 80 per cent by 2050. According to reports from the Reuters news agency, European Commission officials will tomorrow release a major new study detailing the level of additional funding required to ensure the EU meets its goal of cutting emissions 20 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050. The study, a …