Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-15-Speech-3-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Climate change2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991215.3.3-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-15-Speech-3-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Moreira Da Silva2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-11--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-10-13--2000-02-16)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, seven years after Rio, two years after Kyoto, the issue of climate change is today at a critical juncture. It is true that the hypocrisy of the United States has greatly contributed to this situation as that country emits the most greenhouse gases and thus is least willing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol by 2002. It is also true, however, that Europe itself has done little or nothing to achieve the targets that were set. It is unacceptable that in principle, the European Union is fighting for a reduction in emissions and then, in practice, reaches the conclusion that, because the necessary policies have not been implemented, many Member States are already slipping alarmingly in relation to the limit values set in Kyoto for 2010. We can even state that two years after Kyoto, although there were more than enough good intentions and fine speeches, there was a lack of political will to act. This is exactly the time to act, and to act by coming up with new solutions; firstly by creating a European programme for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions that supports and finances actions in the area of energy efficiency and renewable energies, a programme that proves that, contrary to what many would have us believe, nuclear energy may be the easiest path to take but it is not necessarily the best. Secondly, we must establish financial instruments which will enable us to introduce CO2/energy taxes in all European countries. Thirdly, we must launch a large European public information campaign, especially for economic operators, to achieve urgent change in our daily practices and behaviour in terms of the consumption and production of energy. In order to do this, we do not have to wait for the United States of America, particularly because it is more and more likely that we will have to move ahead without that country for the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in 2002."@en1

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