Mexico agrees to carbon cap at Poznan

Mexico has agreed to cap greenhouse gas emissions and called on other developing nations to do the same. Mexican delegates at the Poznan climate change conference said they would cut emission levels from 2002 by 50 percent by 2050.

However, the reiterated that pledges by developing nations depended on the carbon trading system promised by wealthier nations.

"The economic crisis is serious; yet when it comes to climate change, the stakes are far higher," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the conference. "The climate crisis affects our potential prosperity and our people's lives, both now and far into the future."



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WWF urges new EU nations to adopt low carbon economy

New European Union members in Eastern Europe have been hesitant to adopt a low-carbon goals claiming that such a move would have a detrimental impact on their economies.

Ahead of a meeting between these nations at the Poznan forum on climate change in Poland, the World Wildlife Fund asked the new EU members to embrace new technologies and to retire the polluting economy of the past.

EU leaders have agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent in 2020 on 1990 levels; and to have 20 percent of renewables in EU's energy mix and a 20 percent increase in energy efficiency by 2020.

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