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.”

Interview given by Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Marine Affairs, to the “La Tribune” newspaper on Nov. 27, 2009: “Copenhagen can and must succeed. We can achieve a specific political agreement, which commits, which contains figures country by country.”

“For a global deal in Copenhagen that is ambitious and fair.” Joint article by Bernard Kouchner, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, and six other European Foreign Ministers. Published in the French newspaper Liberation on November 16.

Jean-Louis Borloo, French Minister for Ecology, wants to build “a road to social and ecological justice.” Mr. Borloo gave the following interview to the Journal du Dimanche. Published in the October 31 edition.