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EU reiterates call to cut emissions

The European Union on Wednesday reiterated its call for a global goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050.

Developed economies should cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told a press conference before the Group of Eight industrialised nations began a three-day meeting in L’aquil a, Italy. Barroso said, too, that the emerging economies must also bear their share of emsissions cuts.

Speaking alongside Barroso, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, said 1990 should be the base year for setting targets for the reduction of emissions. — Xinhua

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