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BRUSSELS: European Union leaders want to enshrine in international law a goal to cut global emissions by 60 percent by 2050, according to a draft document that puts the bloc on a collision course with the biggest polluters.

The EU is keen to inject urgency into the climate change debate ahead of an international conference in Paris at the end of this year to seek a successor to the Kyoto Protocol on curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

On Wednesday the European Commission, the EU executive, will publish a blueprint for tackling climate change.

A draft seen by Reuters confirms that EU member states aim to declare their own pledges on emissions cuts by the end of March and says other leading nations, including China and the United States, should do the same.

"In aggregate these commitments - in line with science - should put the world on track to reduce global emissions by at least 60 percent in 2050 below 2010 levels," the document seen by Reuters says.

The EU is responsible for only around 9 percent of all emissions. The world's biggest emitters are China, which accounts for 24 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the United States with 12 percent.

The EU document also proposes that the 2015 deal "should preferably be in the form of a protocol", which is the toughest legal option. That could meet resistance from China and the United States, which are likely to prefer looser arrangements than internationally binding law.

Options in a draft negotiating text for the Paris talks range from calls by some developing nations for net zero global emissions by 2050, meaning all greenhouse gas emissions would have to be offset by projects such as planting trees, to only vague goals for limiting emissions.

U.N. leaders say early deadlines on meaningful cuts are crucial as they allow time to try to shame the nations that offer no action into promising to reduce their greenhouse gases.

The EU document also says the European Commission will organise by November an international conference to enhance understanding of the importance of pledges, known as intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs).

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Romanias Energy, SMEs and Business Environment Minister Andrei Gerea (photo) as Chairman of the group of pro-nuclear member states has sent to European Union Vice President Maros Sefcovic and EU Commissioner Arias Canete a letter in which he supports technological neutrality in the energy mix, including through the development of nuclear energy, as part of the process of creating the Energy Union. The document is endorsed by Romania, France, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. Likewise, Hungary has sent a letter to Vice President Maros Sefcovic, joining the group of pro-nuclear member states and expressing its support for the proposals presented in the Romanian ministers letter. From our point of view, the energy produced in nuclear power plants plays a serious role in ensuring energy security, not just for the states that support this technology but also for the European Union as a whole. This is the main message we want to send. Moreover, the energy produced in this manner has low impact on the environment compared to that produced through other technologies. Including nuclear energy in the nuclear mix allows us to set out on the right path in what concerns attaining the goals of limiting carbon emissions at European Union level, Andrei Gerea stated.

The document transmitted by Andrei Gerea points out, among others, the importance of promoting nuclear energy as a means of diversifying energy sources against the backdrop of pursuing the EUs climate change goals, namely the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Likewise, it emphasizes the role played by nuclear energy in consolidating a mix that would ensure the energy security of both the member states of the pro-nuclear group and of the European Union in general.

The document reiterates the intention to promote nuclear energy among member states that choose and support this source of energy. Nuclear projects should find EU support and financing, because they cannot be absent from the main sources of energy. We want to exploit this resource while simultaneously continuing efforts to enhance the degree of safety through research and innovation in the domain, Gerea opines.

Romanian Energy Minister Andrei Gereas initiative to propose to European bodies, on behalf of pro-nuclear member states, support measures for the development of the energy sector through the use of nuclear technologies has been welcomed by several political and economic circles within the EU.

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