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"Mr President, Mr Potočnik, ladies and gentlemen, the Rio Summit was indeed a huge disappointment. Many observers, perhaps the majority in fact, said that the money for this major summit could have been saved because the results were already a foregone conclusion and were not very far-reaching.
To this extent at least, it could be claimed that we did everything by the book. In view of the high costs facing us, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety decided to withdraw its delegation and not to travel. I believe, however, that we cannot just sit back and relax. We need to learn lessons and to make sure that things are handled differently the next time around. First, this means, in practical terms, that we need to investigate how we can participate in events like this without placing an excessive burden on the taxpayer. Secondly, and much more importantly, we need to organise the process more efficiently, so that we do not have another disappointment like this time. Thirdly, we will have to do our homework. It is true that the European Union has already achieved a great deal in terms of sustainable development, which is something we should also be proud of. However, problems also exist.
I would like to take this opportunity to discuss the problems in relation to emissions trading. We currently have a much lower price than envisaged in 2008, when we accepted reformed emissions trading. As a result, investors do not have sufficient incentives to invest in low carbon technology. The Member States also have less revenue to pay for the changeover to a green economy, because the income from the emissions trade was to be used for this purpose. We will also have less income to pay for international environmental policies if emissions trading does not work. That is why we need a solution.
Parliament adopted the Davis report with a large majority and, during the negotiations in relation to the Energy Efficiency Directive, we also pressed for a reform in emissions trading. The Commission issued us with a declaration. I would ask the Commissioner to pass this declaration on to all the other commissioners, as it must be upheld. It states that we urgently need a solution – a revised approach to the auctioning of allowances. I hear that the lobbyists are currently working very hard against this, looking for a postponement. Commissioner, I am a doctor by profession, and I can tell you it would be a pretty terrible doctor who first told his patient that he is an emergency case and then blithely took off on holiday. Accordingly, we need to address this problem before the summer recess."@en1
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