IPCC Report Confirms EU Call For Deep Cuts In Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report confirming that global greenhouse gas emissions must drop dramatically by 2050 to prevent irreversible and possibly catastrophic global changes, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has called on developed and advanced developing countries to substantially reduce emissions.

Commissioner Dimas said, "The technologies and policies to achieve these cuts exist today, so there is no excuse for waiting. [The report's] conclusions fully support the EU's view that developed countries must reduce emissions to 30% below 1990 levels by 2020 and global emissions must be halved by 2050 if we are to have a good chance of limiting global warming to no more than 2°C above the pre-industrial level…. "It is now time for the rest of the international community to follow our lead and commit to ambitious reduction targets. Negotiations on a new global climate change agreement must be launched at the next UN ministerial conference in December.”

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