The EU does not clarify its spending on climate change

The EU prefers to keep his letters to Copenhagen and refuses to put figures on how much help finance the fight against climate change or how to apportion the costs among its members. After intensive talks at the summit of heads of State and Government of the Twenty-seven of Sweden, which holds the EU presidency this semester and is a strong advocate of cutting emissions, had to close the discussion without any progress.

The Europeans are committed to helping developing countries, but most want to have more available by the third world and considered a failure to disclose the Community's position in negotiations in the UN summit in Denmark in December. The leaders are resisting any agreement on the figures, which do not appear until they know where the other partners.

"I want to Copenhagen a success. The EU must make clear their views. But it is also crucial to clarify what the U.S. and China are willing to contribute," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "For tactical reasons, some of my colleagues think we should keep the wallet in your pocket for now ... I do not agree," complained the Danish premier, Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
Developing Countries

The European Commission believes that developing countries will need up to 100,000 million annually at the end of the next decade to match the green economy.

The Twenty-seven have no problems with this amount, but the Commission estimate that they will need public support of between 22,000 and 50,000 million. The EU could pay between 2,000 and 15,000 million. United Kingdom, for example, argues that the European sum reaches at least the 10,000 million. However, the Union has not even decided how to apportion the costs among its partners, especially between West and East Europe. The poorest want the relief to others are, in principle, voluntary.

In addition, Poland and eight other former communist countries argue that the burden-sharing is done based on the wealth of the member states, while England and Germany also want to consider emission levels. The Commission insisted that the EU should not recoil before Copenhagen. "Of course there are costs as well as many benefits," he repeated President Barroso.