Press Release: Climate change: Poznań conference must shift negotiations on a new global climate deal into higher gear

The European Commission and EU Member States aim to shift international negotiations on a new global climate treaty into higher gear and will be pressing for progress on a range of issues at the UN climate change conference in Poznań, Poland from 1-12 December. The Poznań conference represents an important staging-post in the international negotiations which were launched in Bali last December and are due to lead to the conclusion of the new agreement at the end of 2009 in Copenhagen. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas will participate in the high-level segment of the conference on 11-12 December.

European Commission: MEMO/08/747: Climate change and the EU’s response http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/747&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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