EU Moves Close To U.S. Stance On Non-Binding GHG Targets In Climate Deal

PARIS -- The European Union's top climate official is signaling he may be willing to support the Obama administration's call that countries' greenhouse gas reduction commitments in a final deal here will not be “binding,” a move that could remove a major hurdle to an agreement just as Secretary of State John Kerry and other ministers begin high-level talks on a deal. EU Commissioner for Climate Action & Energy Miguel Arias Canete told reporters Dec. 7 that the bloc is...