Leaders need to agree a coherent EU position on climate targets
After Europe's emergency economic measures in the last few months, it is longer-term challenges that look set to dominate a two-day EU summit opening in Brussels on Thursday.
The Swedish EU presidency says the first working session will be devoted to climate change and preparations for the global conference in Copenhagen, now just weeks away.
A coherent EU position on new targets for tackling global warming is seen as vital to get developing countries on board and spread the green initiatives already taken by the EU.
The 27-nation bloc is committed to cutting CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020 and by up to 30% if other countries join in.
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