Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-10-Speech-4-054"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The Green Paper on 'Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action' (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080410.4.4-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-10-Speech-4-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:András Gyürk2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; IMCO (2007-02-13--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-06-05--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"The fact that the European Commission’s green paper summarises all the tools we have at our disposal for mitigating the adverse consequences of climate change is to be welcomed. However forward-looking the European Union’s proposals driven by the desire to combat climate change may be, we are already having to live with the impact of climate change. The available data show that some countries are affected to a greater extent than others by the gathering pace of global warming. One of these countries is Hungary, where the extent of the change over recent decades has far outstripped the average. The fact that this is not simply an abstract phenomenon has been felt by the population of Hungary themselves: the number of droughts has increased, while the amount of rainfall has decreased, with a major impact on agricultural production. The most spectacular manifestation of extreme climatic events is probably the record-level floods that have occurred in the Carpathian Basin over the past decade. We firmly believe that flood protection is one of the areas where prompt and vigorous action is needed. The European Union and the Member States need to pay more attention to ensuring that the increasingly infrequent but all the more torrential rains do not place a strain on our rivers all at once. With this in mind, possibilities for natural water storage must be explored in areas of flat, open countryside, while at the same time reducing flood risk by planting forests in hilly areas. Let us hope that the decision-makers do not wait until the next time we hear appalling news of floods before opting to take action."@en1

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