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Concept of “Environment”
Keep the East Asia clean and green.
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Category of Environment
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The EU’s contribution to shaping the future global climate change regime
The present commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are only the first step in addressing the climate change threat. The ultimate goal of the UNFCCC is to stabilise the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at a level that avoids dire consequences from human interference with the climate system.
The EU’s objective is to ensure that global average temperature does not increase more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. To avoid this, global emissions of greenhouse gases must peak before 2020 and then greatly decrease by 2050.
The necessary cuts in global emissions can be achieved only if all countries contribute their fair share according to their responsibility and capacity. And even if the temperature increase stays below 2°C there will still be a need for significant adaptation efforts by all countries.
International negotiations are under way to conclude a global agreement at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen (December 2009) for the period after 2012. The successful conclusion of these negotiations is a key priority for the EU.
This Communication ’Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen’ sets out concrete proposals to achieve this goal. It addresses three key challenges:
●Targets by developed countries and appropriate actions by developing countries;
●The need to address the financing of actions by developing countries (both to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change);
●The need to build an effective global carbon market.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/future_action.htm
February 10, 2009 10:53 AM by MARTIN(Other regions)
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