France – Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change

Press conference given by Nicolas Sarkozy after the Copenhagen summit. “Europe will propose the creation of a European Environment Organization which will have two responsibilities: monitoring each country’s environmental commitments and the honouring of the financial commitments vis-à-vis the poorest countries.”

Copenhagen summit objectives – Joint statement by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, and Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “We agreed to work for an ambitious deal in Copenhagen, to which all parties contribute, and which enables the EU to reduce its emissions by 30% by 2020.”