Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-10-20-Speech-2-997"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-10-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091020.5.2-997"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-10-20-Speech-2-1062
lpv:speaker	lp:Sirpa Pietikäinen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, new results from research into the progress of climate change are obtained daily, and they suggest that the change is advancing all the time, and faster than was previously predicted. If we are to preserve the earth in the state that life here has adapted to, we will have to establish a carbon-neutral economy by the year 2050. In the light of these studies, the EU’s climate targets cannot be called too ambitious. Everyone knows how serious the problem is. Nevertheless, time is still spent debating whether we are a hundred per cent certain that humans are causing climate change or not. This unwillingness to take the right action is incomprehensible, especially as, for a long time now, we have known how to implement change and we have been familiar with the technologies required to do so, at the same time improving the quality of life using new technology. There is a psychological explanation for this inertia. Some of our behavioural models are doggedly opposed to change, while the rest only change slowly. The only problem is that we have no time left. One of the biggest issues at the end of this year is the EU’s readiness to work with determination to ensure that the agreement reached at Copenhagen measures up to the climate challenge. The Union must clearly commit to a 30% cut in emissions by 2020 and an 80% cut by 2050. Part of the agreement will be a credible promise given by the EU to help the developing countries with information and technology transfers and adequate sums of money in assistance."@en1

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