EU Welcomes Russia’s Intention to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Bulgaria in EU | November 18, 2009, Wednesday // 20:22| viewsRussian President Dmitry Medvedev and EU Commission President Jos? Manuel Barroso pose for media at the summit between the European Union and Russia at Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, 18 November 2009. Photo by EPA/BGNES
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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