Climate: Developing countries have to cut emissions by 15 to 30 percent

Studies from IPCC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency show that industrialised countries can achieve stabilisation at 450 ppm, if their emissions are reduced by 25 to 40% below 1990 levels, by 2020. Developing countries need to reduce their emissions by15 to 30% below ‘Business-as-usual’, by 2020. These numbers have been adopted as the EU position at the UN Climate Summit in Poznan (Poland).