EU wants legally-binding emission cuts

07 Dec 2009

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As the conference of parties COP15 under the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) started today in Copenhagen, the European Union is trying to take the lead in tackling climate change with the European Commission announcing that they are now fully committed to going beyond the EU 20 per cent reduction target for CO2 emissions.

The number of signatories to the Covenant of Mayors on sustainable energy in the EU also reached 1,000 today. The German city of Rostock became the 1,000th signatory and is now fully committed to going beyond the EU 20 per cent reduction target for CO2 emissions.

Commissioner Stavros Dimas gave an outline of EU greenhouse gas emissions trends and emissions reductions proposals by other parties while Norwegian minister Hanne Bjurstrøm talked about initiatives to reduce deforestation in developing countries. French minister Jean-Louis Borloo presented his "climate justice" plan.

Ministers confirmed the existing EU position for the Copenhagen talks and underlined the need to show EU leadership at the conference. The EU still aims for a legally binding agreement that will come into force in 2013 and will build on the Kyoto Protocol. Such an agreement would have to cover all elements of the Bali Action Plan and encompass all countries.

President of the Copenhagen meeting Danish minister Connie Hedegaard, Polish minister Maciej Nowicki and UNFCCC executive secretary Yvo de Boer spoke about the path to the international climate conference.

The EU still aims for a legally binding agreement that will come into force in 2013 and will build on the Kyoto Protocol. Such an agreement would have to cover all elements of the Bali Action Plan and encompass all countries.

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