EU environment ministers unite on climate change action

25 Jul 09

EU environment ministers met to discuss a common stance on tackling climate change, committing to a 30 percent reduction of carbon dioxide and financial support for developing nations. Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren says the European Union will use all its influence to get the international community to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent during talks on a new climate deal at the end of the year. The EU will hold a summit in October to set down its policy for global negotiations on a new pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Carlgren said at a press conference on 25 July in the Swedish town of Are, where EU environment ministers were holding a summit. "The EU will give its full and final mandate for the talks in Copenhagen," he said in reference to the UN climate summit taking place in the Danish capital in December. Calgren also stressed the need for developed nations to be prepared to financially support developing nations, so that the latter will be better able to deal with the impacts of climate change.
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