EU hopes agreement at Climate Summit

SWEDEN: Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren said Saturday that the European Union (EU) is hoping for a legally binding agreement at the upcoming UN climate summit in Copenhagen, but expects successes and setbacks during the talks.

“It must be an agreement that brings all countries on board, must be an agreement that keep the 2-degree targets, and it must have a review clause to make sure that the ambitions can be upgraded as new science and technology is presented,” said Carlgren, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency.

He said an effective way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions is to reduce deforestation, which needs large funding and partnership between developed and developing countries.

Stockholm, Sunday, Xinhua