Germany Sees 'Intensive' EU Carbon Talks in September, October

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Germany plans talks with other European Union countries about the bloc's long-term climate goals and expects "intensive" discussions on the EU carbon-cut pathway in autumn, Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said. The EU debate on its post-2020 strategy to lower greenhouse-gas discharges stalled after Poland in March blocked for a second time a political declaration to back a strategy paper by the European Commission on the cheapest carbon- reduction trajectory. Germany was trying to raise the issue of the so-called Low-Carbon Roadmap in June to stress its importance, Altmaier said in an 8 July interview during an informal meeting of EU environment ministers in Nicosia, Cyprus.