"President Sarkozy greatly welcomes President Obama’s announcement that he will be coming to the Copenhagen summit on 18 December. He is delighted by this decision which demonstrates the importance the United States attaches to the success of this conference on the climate."
"President Sarkozy had a meeting today at the Elysée to discuss the Copenhagen conference with the main French non-governmental organizations and leading figures engaged in the fight against climate change."
To work for an ambitious deal in Copenhagen, consistent with a maximum global warming of two degrees, to which all parties contribute, and which enables the EU to reduce its emissions by 30% by 2020."
THE PRESIDENT - "France and Britain are calling for an agreement on a 30% emissions reduction by 2020. We are the two countries pushing Europe on this ambitious 30% goal and we’ve got high hopes of the whole of Europe rallying round this 30% goal."
"We have taken note of the participation of Dmitri Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, in the final segment of the Copenhagen summit, and of Russia’s proposal to reduce her greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 compared to the base year of 1990."
For an ambitious Copenhagen accord.
France and Ethiopia, representing Africa, launch today an appeal to all Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to adopt an ambitious agreement on 18 December limiting the increase of temperatures to 2°C above preindustrial levels, as recommended by the IPCC, and ensuring that vulnerable countries will receive adequate financing to face the challenge.