Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-03-10-Speech-3-328"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU policy on Arctic issues (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100310.22.3-328"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-03-10-Speech-3-3292
lpv:speaker	lp:Kriton Arsenis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2013-09-10)3 unknown; Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2009-07-14--2013-05-29)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"May I extend a welcome to the High Representative for Foreign Affairs. The Arctic is the place on the planet where climate change is most obvious. Global warming has caused the ice to recede significantly. The landmark year was 2007, when the ice receded by 34% compared with the period from 1970-2000. However, the melting of the Arctic ice cap has numerous, drastic consequences. It speeds up climate change. To date, the white surface of the Arctic ice reflected 80% of sunlight falling in the area, thereby affecting global and local temperatures. This reflection is reducing constantly, causing a rise in the temperature of the planet and of the polar area as a whole across a 1500-metre zone within Canada, Russia and Alaska. In 2007, the temperature rose by 2° between August and October. At the same time, the melting of the ice has caused unforeseen changes in sea currents. It is having an adverse effect on marine ecosystems and fisheries and reducing the ability of the sea to absorb carbon dioxide, as it affects plankton and other organisms and raises sea levels. That is why European citizens are saddened by frequent talk of the European Union’s participation in escalating competition to reap geopolitical benefits from this environmental catastrophe in the Arctic. The role of the European Union should not be to win an international geopolitical competition for oil and shipping lanes in the Arctic. Our role should be to safeguard respect for our principles, respect for the environmental integrity of the area, the prevalence of principles such as international competition and respect for UN institutions under whatever new regime arises in the Arctic from the huge environmental catastrophe under way."@en1
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