UN climate change deal must have legally binding targets, says EU

(guardian-, 27 Nov 2014) Time is running out for agreeing legal framework for emissions cuts, EU official warns.

An international deal on global warming must have legally binding targets, Europe will argue at a UN climate summit in Peru next week.

The Lima conference is intended to deliver the first draft of an accord to cut carbon emissions and stave off dangerous climate change, which is expected to be signed at a UN conference in Paris next year.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior EU official in Brussels said that the bloc had not abandoned its position that any agreement on emissions cuts needed to be mandatory.

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guardian-, 27 Nov 2014: UN climate change deal must have legally binding targets, says EU