摘要
＂The EU wants to speed up the negotiations and will take firm actions to reduce its emissions by 20 percent regardless of what other countries do. Because the EU had no ＇plan B＇ beyond Copenhagen＂, Sweden＇s Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren stressed the goal during his visit to Beijing in July. He led the European Union delegation and accompanied by EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas and environment minister from Spain that will hold the EU presidency during the next term, to visit China. This is the first visit made by the EU Troika for bilateral climate negotiations during the Swedish Presidency. The purpose of the visit is to reach an agreement on climate change for the preparation of Copenhagen Conference to be held this December, in which, it is supposed to agree on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, and to reinforce the message that emerging economies were also expected to reduce emissions by 15-30% from current levels by 2020. Carlgren called his visit was ＂laying the right foundation for a successful Copenhagen conference＂.
'The EU wants to speed up the negotiations and will take firm actions to reduce its emissions by 20 percent regardless of what other countries do.Because the EU had no‘plan B' beyond Copenhagen',Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren stressed the goal during his visit to Beijing in July.He led the European Union delegation and accompanied by EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas and
