The European Union is meeting today to decide on its emission proposals for the next negotiating round of the Kyoto accords. The EU says it would agree to reduce emissions to 30 percent of 1990 levels if other countries join in. Former Vice President Al Gore was in Brussels Wednesday to urge the EU to take the lead.

Al Gore: “The European Union has such an important and critical leadership role to play and I am trying to get my country to change its policies, but in the meantime the European Union is absolutely key to helping the world make the change it must.”