Sweden criticized the Copenhagen climate change summit as a "disaster" and a "great failure" on Tuesday, prior to a meeting of European Union environment ministers to determine how to salvage the process. The European Union had hoped for a commitment to a 20-percent reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels within a decade, but no concrete goals were achieved in the end. Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren expressed disappointment with the outcome and stated that ministers would discuss how to move forward after the failed summit. Carlgren, who is leading the talks as Sweden holds the EU presidency, emphasized the need to learn from the mistakes and explore new approaches. The U.N.-led conference concluded with a non-binding agreement to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, but failed to outline a plan for achieving this goal. Despite extensive preparation and international diplomacy, the talks ultimately stalled due to disagreements between the United States and China, the world's top emitters. The EU had a unified stance and a financing plan for emissions cuts in developing countries, but these efforts were overshadowed by the lack of a significant breakthrough in the negotiations. Carlgren noted that Europe remained steadfast in its goals, while the main obstacles came from other countries, particularly the United States and China. Britain accused China and a few other countries of blocking a legally binding treaty at Copenhagen, increasing the blame game that has been ongoing since the talks ended. Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticized the summit as being flawed or chaotic and called for urgent reform to reach a legal treaty when talks resume in Germany next June. Danish Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard, who left her role as president of the Copenhagen talks amid criticism from African countries, emphasized the need to stay positive and turn the progress made into tangible results. She stated that Copenhagen would have been a failure if no agreements were reached. We accomplished a milestone by taking a first step in holding a process where all countries, including major emitters, were present.