Written answers
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
Department of Foreign Affairs
European Council Meetings
11:00 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the recent EU conference on climate change in Brussels; the results that were arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10510/07]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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At the meeting of the European Council in Brussels on 8-9 March 2007, EU Governments decided on a series of ambitious measures in relation to energy and climate change. The Governments agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020. They also agreed to aim for a 30% cut under a global and comprehensive agreement for the post-2012 period. This 30% cut will be contingent on other developed countries committing themselves to comparable emissions reductions and on advanced developing countries also contributing adequately.
The EU is giving a lead to the international community in addressing the challenge of global warming. These recent decisions will provide a significant impetus to the future elaboration of an international solution to the threat posed by climate change.
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