With the EU-15 comprising around 80% of all EU GHG emissions, these countries should be the ones taking a leading role in EU climate change policy. It is past time that they step up their efforts.
By 2050 global GHG emissions need to be half of 1990's level to avoid surpassing this. With the failure of the EU-15 to honor its Kyoto commitment and the EU-15 switching to less ambitious emission reduction targets currently this seems out of reach.