EU commits to tackle global warming
Independent On Line [South Africa]Posted: May 1st, 2007 by Thomas L. Knapp
“The European Union on Tuesday reiterated its commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions despite the lack of an agreement between the United States and the region over ways to tackle global warming. ‘We would like to limit climate change as it affects our economy and society,’ said Tom van Ierland, an EU expert on the environment, who was in Bangkok for a week-long session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN’s leading authority on global warming. ‘There is a mutual, long-term benefit to act’ to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, the expert said. The 27-country EU, responsible for 14 percent of global emissions, aims to slash emissions of carbon dioxide by 20 percent by 2020, compared to 1990 levels.” (05/01/07)
