EU officials: If other parties are positive, Europe would like to cut emissions by 30%

Feng Difan may be feeling the slow progress of climate change negotiations, the European Union sent a "troika" to China to seek a coordinated stance with China ahead of the UN climate Change conference in Copenhagen at the end of the year. Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Karglin, state secretary for climate change in Spain, Trissa Rie and policy coordinator of the European Commission for Environment Administration, Burgundy Lievervijo arrived in Beijing yesterday for a two-day visit.　　Despite the meagre results, the EU is trying to embed climate change issues in most of the major meetings between China and the EU before December.　　Karglin to CBN yesterday at a press conference in Beijing that the EU believes that developing countries should cut emissions of 15%~30% greenhouse gases 2020 years ago, compared with current emissions. "The EU does want to speed up the process of climate change negotiations, and we believe that the current negotiation process is too slow."　　"Karglin's comments show Sweden's ambition to raise its voice on climate change issues after July 1, when it became the EU's rotating presidency. "We don't have a plan B," Karglin said, "which is why the EU has made it clear that we [the EU itself] will reduce emissions by 20% in 2020."　　He told reporters that in a meeting with Chinese peers, the Chinese side demanded that the EU's emissions should be raised to 30%. "We have made a first promise that the EU will be able to announce plans to cut emissions by 30% if other parties are actively involved in the negotiations," he said.　　Said Rachel.　　Kalgrinzer said the EU urged developed countries to have medium-term targets consistent with their long-term goals, and that the medium-term target needs to be upgraded-by 2020, with 1990 emissions as the benchmark for 40%. He said he hoped the two sides could reach an agreement on reducing emissions at the summit in China this fall.