EU sends a "clear message" to the world, offering up to 95 percent emissions cut by 2050 if a deal is reached in Copenhagen.
The 27-nation EU has already agreed to reduce CO2 emissions by 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, but if a climate deal is sealed in December, the union will raise its offer and cut 30 percent by 2020 and between 80 and 95 percent by 2050, the Guardian reports.
"This should be seen as a clear message to the world," says Andreas Carlgren (photo above), the Swedish environment minister who chaired a meeting in Luxembourg, where environment ministers from the member countries finalized a common EU negotiating position.
"We expect to reach an agreement in Copenhagen," he added, according to the newspaper.
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