From Russia With Love

Since Australia and the United States quit the club of climate delayers over the past year, Canada and Russia have stood increasingly isolated as the two “bad boys” of international action. But now Russia has agreed to raise its goals in line with the European Union.

The Russian proposal came during a summit between the EU and Russia according to reports from Interfax and AFP:

Russia is ready to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 to 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, raising its target from 15 percent just weeks ahead of a UN climate summit, the EU said Wednesday.

“With the Copenhagen conference starting in just over two weeks, we have made very important progress today and I very much welcome the signal from President Medvedev today of their proposed emissions reduction target of 20 to 25 percent,” Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, said.

…and then there was one…