"It is essential for the European side to engage in a real dialogue and not to say 'this is how we did it and this is how we think you should do it'," Environment Minister Connie Hedegaard told AFP.

She said it was "important in this kind of meeting to remain very open to them, to see how Asia sees the world and hear what they want to tell us, to hear about their problems and their ideas to resolve them."

The third meeting of Asian and European Union environment ministers will take place on April 24-26 in Copenhagen, gathering 36 ministers and representatives to talk about global warming, renewable energies, biodiversity and deforestation.

"Global deforestation represents 20 percent of all greenhouse gases," the minister said.

The European Union has agreed to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 20 percent by 2020, compared to 1990 levels, and to raise the amount of renewable energy used in energy consumption to 20 percent by 2020.

Many Asian countries are reluctant to agree to similar restrictions for fear it would hamper their economic development.