In all countries, climate change will be on top of the political agenda for a long time to come. By choosing not to be part of the process the United States will miss this opportunity. It will not only lose influence over the process, it will not be able to participate in international emissions trading, said EU Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstr m. The evidence of climate change is based on a broad consensus among the world scientific community. We were happy to note that nobody on the US side questioned the science about climate change.
All countries have a responsibility to mitigate the effects of climate change.
This is particularly true for the industrialized countries which must take the lead. Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstr m will take part in the meetings in China and Japan on 8 th and 11 th April. Commissioner Wallstr m continued to Canada this evening for talks with the Canadian Environment Minister.