Brussels-Belgium, November 23, 2009 -- Meeting of European Ministers / EU-Council on the Environment to prepare the Copenhagen Climate Conference; here, Norbert RÖTTGEN (ce)(Roettgen, Rottgen), Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany, at the beginning of his first EU-meeting as Federal Minister, with his team, i.a. Karsten SACH (2.le), Deputy Director General for International Cooperation at the ministry (BMU), and Ambassador Dr. Guido PERUZZO (ri), Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the EU -- Photo: Horst Wagner / eup-images