President Barroso has written to EU Heads of State and Government informing them of the next steps in the Commission's work on climate action.  In his letter, President Barroso underlines that the international process needs to continue, building on what could be agreed in Copenhagen and finding new ways to instil trust back into the process. He states that an important element in the strategy is the implementation of the fast start financing for developing countries agreed in December.

President Barroso states that the core goal must be to bring all partners closer to the EU's ambitions and commitment to a multilateral agreement and has asked Commissioner Hedegaard to undertake a consultation of key international partners to find new ways to reinvigorate the international process.

President Barroso will feed this first assessment into the Spring European Council and then in full into the Ministerial level negotiations and the June European Council. President Barroso will discuss with President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy on how best to prepare the discussions in the European Council and how to ensure a powerful and unified EU voice on these critical issues for the future.

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