Berlin: The Copenhagen climate conference could come up with a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally by 2030 and Germany may cut CO2 emissions by up to 40 per cent, Chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested.
In the face of a mounting challenge to produce a
universally acceptable climate deal, "an option in Copenhagen
could be to decide on the next phases to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions for 2025 and 2030," she said.
Merkel recalled that the European Union could achieve
a cut of up to 30 per cent if other countries participated
more actively in arresting global warming.
"Germany could even achieve a cut of 40 per cent," she
said in an interview with the Bild am Sonntag weekly due to
appear tomorrow.
The chancellor said "active climate protection will be
beneficial for Germany's economic future."
The 194-nation talks in the Danish capital kicked off
on Monday and were due to wrap up on December 18. Merkel is
among more than 110 heads of state and government expected for
the climax of the summit.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 21:00