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Copenhagen conference: Commissioner Dimas quizzed on EU strategy

The challenges awaiting the EU at the forthcoming UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen were presented by Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas to MEPs of the Environment Committee on Wednesday. Members then quizzed the Commissioner on the financing and efficiency of new measures to combat climate change.
Commissioner Dimas, who told MEPs that he was probably speaking to them as Environment Commissioner for the last time, praised the key role of Parliament in shaping EU environmental policies, in particular in the field of climate change. On the issue of ongoing negotiations in preparation for the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change (COP 15), Mr Dimas identified three major challenges:

- how to guarantee that developing countries accept ambitious goals for emissions reductions,
- how to lower emissions in industrialised economies, and
- where to find the necessary funding to help developing countries meet the targets.

"We are calling upon developing countries to follow the European example in reducing emissions by pledging to cut them by 30% by 2020," said the Commissioner, adding that a formula for evaluating CO2 cuts in developing countries should take in account the different local conditions specific to each country. Mr Dimas was also critical of the United States, Russia, Ukraine and Canada for not setting more ambitious targets for emissions reductions: "If industrialised countries don't do their bit, we can't expect others to do theirs", he said.

Datum: 05 November 2009
Bron: Press releases Europian Parlement

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