European Union member states are discussing the extent to which they are prepared to combat climate change, with the possibility of creating the most ambitious strategy in the world to reduce global warming. A draft statement, obtained by Reuters, suggests reducing EU greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, with the potential to increase this to 30 percent if other industrialized countries and economically advanced developing nations also contribute. This proposal is expected to guide the EU's stance in negotiations for a global emissions reduction agreement post-2012. However, Hungary and Poland are reportedly against making the 20 or 30 percent targets obligatory. Finland, Sweden, and Denmark have differing opinions on the EU's proposed emissions reduction target. Some states are also suggesting using a base year other than 1990 for the calculations. Germany, currently holding the EU presidency, is working to reconcile these differences in order to gain unanimous support for the climate change strategy before the leaders' summit in March. The draft proposal includes a 30 percent reduction target, contingent on commitments from other developed and economically advanced developing countries. The statement emphasizes the need for a differentiated approach to distributing responsibilities among the EU's 27 member states. It was requested that the Commission analyze the criteria for how to divide the targets, taking into consideration fairness, national circumstances, and the base years of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. The 15 original EU member states have a collective target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by eight percent by 2012 compared to 1990 levels, with each state having a different reduction amount based on a burden-sharing agreement.