Environment

Tackling climate change a priority for Swedish EU presidency

World leaders meeting in Copenhagen in December must secure a follow-up agreement to the Kyoto protocol if they are to tackle climate change, according to Sweden's environment minister

Commission president José Manuel Barroso has called for the EU to take coordinated action on environmental and economic challenges

MEPs risk jeopardising Europe's climate change strategy in the run-up to Copenhagen if they fail to approve José Manuel Barroso as commission president, according to EPP member Peter Liese

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