Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-11-16-Speech-3-278-500"
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"With around 10 days to go before the Durban Climate Change Conference, and at a time when international climate negotiations have reached a critical juncture – between stagnation and progress – the EU must play a leadership role and reaffirm its commitment to implementing the Kyoto Protocol after 2012, and it must do so with one voice. It has finally been acknowledged that if the objective of a 20% reduction in greenhouse gases were achieved, the EU economy would benefit from an increased number of green jobs. This in turn would boost growth. As a result, the economic crisis cannot be used as an excuse for inaction. I voted to support the creation of a road map allowing for the implementation of a global climate treaty by 2015 at the latest, and the inclusion of air transport in the EU emission quota exchange system from 1 January 2012. I would draw attention, however, to the concerns surrounding the huge gap between the international commitments made and the UN objective to limit global warming to 2°C. In view of this, there is little doubt that we must take further action if we are to restrict the rise to 2°C."@en1
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