AFP: The European Union and Asia will issue a joint call for a “binding” climate change deal at a summit of nearly 50 nations next week, according to a draft of the final statement obtained by AFP on Friday. The draft document said leaders of the 48-nation Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels “shared the goal of reaching urgently a fair, effective and comprehensive legally binding outcome” on climate change. “Deep cuts in global emissions are required” to ensure the increase in …