{"id":9041,"date":"2012-12-18T11:28:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T11:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rtcc.org\/?p=9041"},"modified":"2012-12-19T19:29:32","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T19:29:32","slug":"eu-president-barroso-demands-greater-climate-action-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2012\/12\/18\/eu-president-barroso-demands-greater-climate-action-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"EU President Barroso demands greater climate action in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rtcc_tierney\" target=\"_blank\">RTCC Staff<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The President of the EU Commission has called on the continent\u2019s \u2018partners\u2019 to show more climate action in 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso\u00a0said that its \u2018political goals\u2019 were not met at the UN climate talks in Doha this December, and that more was needed next year.<\/p>\n<p>Setting out the EU\u2019s New Year\u2019s Resolutions to a Sustainable Development Summit in Brussels, Barroso reaffirmed the EU\u2019s commitment to the 2015 climate pathway and said next year would see clear milestones for this set out.<\/p>\n<p>He also re-pledged the EU\u2019s promise of climate finance, stressing they would deliver on their \u20ac7.2 billion in fast-start finance and \u20ac7 billion more in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me frank: we did not meet [our] political goals as we would have wanted,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is difficult when your partners are less willing to commit. But still, the European Union pushed the agenda onwards in Doha&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9045\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9045\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9045\" title=\"Barroso_466\" src=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2012\/12\/Barroso_466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2012\/12\/Barroso_466.jpg 466w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2012\/12\/Barroso_466-290x168.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The EU currently has a 2020 target of cutting its emissions to 20% below 1990 levels, although many are calling for this to be raised to 30%<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe agreed to establish clear milestones for the next year\u2019s, in view of drafting a comprehensive global agreement by 2015, to be in force by 2020. And Europe demonstrated its leadership by agreeing to extend the Kyoto Protocol until then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also resolve to continue our work on the ground, since global warming will not wait until 2020. The EU will keep to supporting mitigation and climate resilient actions from our partners in developing countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also stressed the link between sustainable development, as discussed at this year\u2019s Rio+20 Earth Summit and climate change action, discussed in Doha, calling climate change the \u201crisk multiplier\u201d for food insecurity, poverty, migration and political instability.<\/p>\n<p>As said the EU would continue to support work on these two parallel issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClimate action is an integral part of our development agenda,\u201d he said. \u201cFor example sustainable energy will bring an important contribution to the fight against climate change. In this context, the EU is supporting the &#8220;Sustainable Energy for All&#8221; initiative to help developing countries to adopt cleaner and more efficient energy technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur ambitious goal is to help developing countries to provide 500 million people with access to sustainable energy services. 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