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"Mr President, Commissioners you will be beginning to find our speeches repetitive. Great: in a multi-national and cross-party body, that means our message will get through. We all agree, for example, that energy is the largest contributor by far to the emission of greenhouse gases. Some of us think that nuclear energy is expensive, outdated, potentially dangerous and no solution at all to energy problems. But we all agree that transport is the key energy problem: fossil fuels must be replaced by alternatives, and very soon. How? We agree that renewable energy and energy efficiency are key solutions. This was recognised in Johannesburg, but unfortunately, only to a limited extent. However, we should act quickly on this through the EU. Remember that the key role of energy in poverty alleviation was recognised at Johannesburg, and that the new EU programme, COOPENER, on renewable energy and energy efficiency in the developing world, will help to access some of the funding which will be available, this programme is important.
There is, incidentally, a very strong gender implication to the provision of energy, because of the tasks of women throughout the developing world.
The failure to achieve targets for renewable energy – a failure for which the United States, to their shame, are largely responsible – can be overcome with goodwill and effort from the European Union. On the matter of implementation: Carrying suitcases from summit to summit does nothing. It is what happens in between the summits that matters, and I urge you, Commissioners, to use your legislative powers and your monitoring ability to ensure that what was said at Johannesburg, even if it is not enough, is carried through."@en1
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