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Greenpeace reactive statement on outcome of EU finance ministers meeting

20 October 2009

Brussels/Luxembourg — Talks broke down today at a crucial meeting of EU finance ministers in Luxembourg, with ministers failing to reach any agreement on climate funding for developing countries, in preparation of the global meeting in Copenhagen in December. This means that the decision will once again be postponed until the European heads of state and government meet at the EU summit on 29 and 30 October in Brussels.

Greenpeace EU climate policy director Joris den Blanken said: “Today’s EU fiasco has made the chance of failure in Copenhagen very real. Climate funding for developing nations is a make-or-break issue for a global climate agreement. Instead of laying the foundations of a global climate agreement, finance ministers have only brought the catastrophic effects of climate change one step closer. Greenpeace calls on the EU heads of state and government meeting next week to step up to the plate and make binding commitments to cut emissions and contribute to climate action in the developing world.”

Contact information

  • Mark Breddy
    Communications manager
    mark.breddy@greenpeace.org
    Telephone: +32 2 274 19 03/ Mobile:+32 496 15 62 29
  • Joris den Blanken
    EU Climate & Energy Policy Director
    joris.den.blanken@greenpeace.org
    Telephone: +32 2 274 19 19/Mobile: +32 476 96 13 75
    Fax: 32 2 274 19 10

Press contact

Mark Breddy

Communications Manager

Rue Belliard 199
1040 Brussels
+32 (0)2 274 19 03
+32 (0)496 15 62 29 (mobile)

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