Thursday, November 19, 2009

EU welcomes Russia's intention to cut greenhouse gas emissions

The Russian Federation has expressed its readiness to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 by 20%-25% from the level in 1990.

This has been announced by European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, who has welcomed this news given by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during Wednesday’s EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm, Sweden.

Barroso has welcomed “the signal” given by President Medvedev just two weeks before the world summit on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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