Commission wants quick follow-up on Copenhagen

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Series Details 15.1.10
Publication Date 15/01/2010
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Reports from the Informal Council of EU Environment Ministers, Seville, 16 January 2010.

Subsequently, on the 28 January 2010 the European Union formalised its support for the Copenhagen Accord on climate change and presented its commitments for emission reduction targets.

In a joint letter with the Spanish Presidency of the Council, the European Commission formally notified the EU's willingness to be associated with the Accord and submitted for information the EU's established greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for 2020.

These consist of a unilateral commitment to reduce the EU's overall emissions by 20% of 1990 levels and a conditional offer to increase this cut to 30% provided that other major emitters agree to take on their fair share of a global reduction effort. Under the Accord, notifications are to be submitted by 31 January 2010.

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