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"Mr President, the Commissioner’s achievement of a deal on an agreement with legal force by 2015 is a significant step in the development of responsible stewardship for our planet. To me, the significance of Durban lies not just in an agreement between governments, but in a consensus among the peoples of the world in that great tented city outside the conference hall, speaking many tongues, but with one global language of common concern. Their sense of urgency needs to be matched by government action.
Our greatest ally may yet be the world’s largest emitter of CO
China’s recent second national assessment report on climate change warns its government that action is urgently needed. The Union must work with China to build a coalition of the willing to hand down a healthy planet to future generations.
The recent IPCC report on extreme weather events ought to convince the USA and Canada. What can the Commission do to counter the detestable and irresponsible behaviour on their part that imperils humankind and bring them into the new alliance?
Among all the praise for the Durban Platform, please remember that a halo is only ever 25 centimetres from being a noose. We must change our action in the European Union. Commissioner, we know what we need to do. We have the technology to do it. Our Union will be judged by how fast it can muster the political will."@en1
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