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"We are all beginning to feel climate change, no matter which continent or country we live in. We are facing floods, desertification, water shortages, forest fires, glacial meltdown, and changes in the flora. The UN has declared 2008 the International Year of Planet Earth. The Bali conference is extremely important for a post-Kyoto agreement on the fight against climate change.
The European Union should remain in the vanguard of action to reduce climate change and adapt to its effects. Existing European legislation and the new package recently presented by the Commission for the promotion of renewable energy sources are cases in point.
I’m glad that we are having this debate during the European sustainable energy week. Transport accounts for 30% of the global energy consumption, and urban transport accounts for 70% of emissions. Including air transport in the emission quota exchange system is a major step. Other Community objectives should be more effective urban transport and promoting railway and waterborne transport, as they cause less pollution.
We call on the Commission and the Council to include climate change among its priorities, both in EU affairs and in its international relations."@en1
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