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"The protection of the natural environment should undoubtedly be a priority for each Member State and for the Community as a whole. As regards the initiative to establish a Global Climate Change Alliance, however, the best that can be said about is that it is pointless. Spending taxpayers’ money on yet another expensive political body will most certainly not help to improve the state of the natural environment. It will merely provide additional lucrative posts to be filled by Brussels bureaucrats. Developing countries produce far less pollution, and their carbon dioxide emissions are insignificant in comparison to those of the economic giants.
I should like to point out that for many years now the United States of America has been near the top of the list of countries producing toxic substances. It has still not ratified the Kyoto Protocol. I am convinced that establishing an alliance involving the EU and developing countries will not contribute in the least to reducing the level of pollution. On the other hand, action such as conversations with the political leaders of the aforementioned countries, for example, could be crucial. That is because they are the ones doing most to degrade the natural environment."@en1
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