19 76. The Government considers that a certain lack of precision in forecasts is inevitable in exercises such as the presentation of reports to the UNFCCC secretariat and that for various reasons every country adjusts its forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from one year to the next. At all events, it notes that, as the UNFCCC itself acknowledges in its Report on individual review of the GHG inventory of Greece submitted in 2005 (12 April 2006), the target volume of greenhouse gas emissions in the first national action plan for climate change (15%±3%) has been achieved, since the actual increase between 1990 and 2000 was 18%. 77. Turning to the second dimension of its Kyoto policies, the Government states that its Convention commitments have to be viewed from a global rather than a local perspective. As such, the use of flexible mechanisms such as the purchase of emission quotas forms part of a global strategy and is the equivalent, in terms of environmental protection, to local reductions in emissions. Similarly, it argues that greenhouse gas emissions cannot be assessed in terms of their health effects, particularly at local level, but only in terms of their effects on the climate. 78. Finally, the Government states that under the first national action plan natural gas will play a significant part in the country's future energy mix, accounting for 28% of total electricity production in 2010 and 36% in 2020. This should result in a decline in lignite's contribution from 67% in 2005 to 38% in 2020. The alleged violation of Articles 11§§2 and 3: A - The complainant organisation 79. According to the MFHR, the state has failed, in breach of Article 11§2 of the Charter, to “provide advisory and educational facilities for the promotion of health and the encouragement of individual responsibility in matters of health”. 80. Firstly, it argues that the state has failed to involve the affected populations in environmental impact assessment. Indeed, on a number of occasions, it has shown evidence of its determination not to involve them. For example, in the case of the inhabitants of Mavropigi (see above, §32), the Government approved the environmental criteria for the DEH mine in "Dytiko Pedio" to operate, despite a study demonstrating the negative impact of mining activity on the village, and did not listen to the inhabitants who wished to be moved. These were among the factors that persuaded the Supreme Administrative Court to set aside joint ministerial decree 10594/20031 approving the environmental conditions. Another example concerned the public consultation process on the preparation of NAP1, which despite its complexity was published on the internet for a total of just four days between 20 and 24 December 2004, which did not leave time even for specialist non-governmental organisations to offer a useful opinion. 1 Supreme Administrative Court Decision 998/2005 of 1 April 2005

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