#11: Montreal – The EU Position

Climate Confidential on November 23, 2005

“The Montreal talks will be the key to determining the future for all life on earth.” – Tony Juniper, Director, Friends of the Earth in The Guardian, 23/11/05

“It’s very important that pressure is maintained in the next few months so that the United States and all parties go to Montreal and are prepared to talk about long-term targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.” – Bob Ward, Royal Society spokesperson on Climate Confidential, 13/7/05

• What will the European Union’s negotiating position be in Montreal?
• Will Margaret Beckett be arguing for adequate and binding targets?
• How do we get the US back on board?

Catherine Pearce from Friends of the Earth International guides us through the fog.