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"I warmly welcome my colleague Anneli Hulthén's recommendation for tighter controls on substances depleting the ozone layer. This will introduce new controls to the agreement reached at Montreal in 1987 and will provide a higher degree of control of trade in ozone-depleting substances.
When thousands of people from Britain hit the beaches and slap on their suntan lotion to sunbathe this summer, there will be something different in the air. There will be a measure to prevent the hole in the ozone from becoming any larger. People will therefore be better protected from getting scorched or going blind from glaring sunlight through an ever-depleting ozone layer.
Tighter controls on substances destroying the ozone layer is just one element of a broader environmental strategy that is needed to save our planet. Britain's Labour Government has been leading the fight to protect our citizens and to clean up our planet. At Kyoto, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott managed to secure an agreement to cut global emissions. Britain is already well on the way to achieving its target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2010. This target has now been raised to 60-70% by 2050.
Strong, coherent action is urgently required at local, national and European levels to clean up our air, land and sea. Our citizens want to see concrete action, not just hot air from politicians. This is our chance to continue our battle for a safer, cleaner world."@en1
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