Strasbourg, 15/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - There is no point prevaricating about it. In order to reach the international target subscribed to by the EU - to reduce the average rise in global temperature to 2°C compared to the pre-industrial era - a minimum 30% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is needed in industrialised countries in the run-up to 2020 (compared to 1990 levels) to reach 80% reduction by 2050.
The European Parliament's essential message to the EU in its resolution on...