25 July 2008: At the conclusion of the first South Africa-EU Summit, held in Bordeaux, France,
participants adopted a Declaration on Climate Change in which they agreed on the
need to conclude
negotiations by the end of 2009 on a strengthened and effective global
agreement for the climate change regime post 2012.

The Declaration emphasizes the need for a ‘shared
vision’ of achieving equitable and sustainable development, which includes a
global long term goal for emissions to peak within the next 10-15 years and
decline by at least 50% by 2050, compared to 1990 levels. South Africa and the EU call upon the international
community to consider the most ambitious set of targets reflected in the Fourth
Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, which
indicates the need for: emissions reduction targets by all developed countries,
as a group, in the range of 25% to 40% by 2020, and in the range of 80% to 95%
by 2050; as well as emission reductions below “business-as-usual” emission
trajectories in some developing country regions by 2020, and substantial
emission reductions below “business-as-usual” emission trajectories in all
developing country regions by 2050. [Declaration
on Climate Change]