EU environment ministers start key climate talks in Prague

EU environment ministers start a two-day informal meeting in Prague on Tuesday. At the top of their agenda will be discussions over climate change and whether the EU 27 should be bound by common strategy or a more binding legal framework for action. The ministers will also be preparing for the EU’s negotiating stance at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December. The conference will attempt to set worldwide targets for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases after 2012. Particular attention will be focused on what offer will be made by the new US administration of President Barack Obama.

Author: Chris Johnstone