EU sets out wish-list for Copenhagen climate talks

The European Union (EU) has set out proposals for this year’s UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, including plans for a global carbon market.

The EU proposals set out a number of key points that it says must be agreed if it is to meet its goal of reducing global emissions to 50% of 1990 levels by 2050, and limiting global warming to less than 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures.

The EU says the world should seek to build, by 2015, a robust carbon market across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) through the linking of the EU emissions trading system with comparable domestic cap-and-trade systems in the US, Australia and other developed nations.

“With global…

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