Sweden criticized the Copenhagen climate change summit as a "disaster" and a "great failure," leading to a meeting of European Union environment ministers to strategize on how to salvage the process. The European Union had hoped to secure a broad commitment to reducing carbon emissions by at least 20 percent below 1990 levels within a decade, but concrete goals were not achieved in the final agreement. Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren labeled the outcome of the summit as a "disaster" and emphasized the need to learn from the failure during the meeting in Brussels. Carlgren, who is chairing the talks as Sweden currently holds the EU presidency, anticipates discussions on how to move forward and explore alternative approaches. The two-week United Nations-led conference concluded on Saturday with an agreement to limit global warming to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but did not outline a plan to achieve this goal. Despite extensive preparation and international diplomacy, the talks ultimately failed due to the inability of the United States and China to agree on specific targets. The European Union, with a united position and a plan to finance emissions reductions in developing countries, committed to spending around 7 billion euros over the next three years. However, these efforts were overshadowed by the lack of a breakthrough agreement at the conference. Carlgren noted that Europe remained steadfast in its goals, but the unwillingness of other countries, particularly the United States and China, hindered progress. Britain accused China and a few other countries of obstructing a legally binding treaty at Copenhagen, escalating the blame game that has been ongoing since the conclusion of the talks. Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticized the summit as being flawed or chaotic, calling for a reformation of the process in order to achieve a legal treaty when negotiations resume in Germany in June. However, Danish Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard, who stepped down as president of the Copenhagen talks due to criticism from African nations, urged for optimism in addressing climate change. She emphasized the importance of building upon progress made at Copenhagen rather than dwelling on any perceived failures. We were able to accomplish a significant milestone - a first step. This marked the first instance where we conducted a process with the participation of all countries, including major polluters.