Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-16-Speech-2-104"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Climate change2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041116.10.2-104"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-16-Speech-2-1052
lpv:speaker	lp:Paul Vergès2
lpv:spokenAs	member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-10-04)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2007-10-04)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Parti communiste français (2004-07-20--2007-10-04)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, climate change presents the human race with a challenge to civilisation, because this is a question of maintaining the species and the major balances of nature. What is needed is a fresh perspective on our concept of progress and development. This problem will increasingly come to dominate people’s shared existence as this century progresses. The profusion of extreme climate phenomena confirms that the effects of global warming are already being felt. Profound changes are now inevitable. Whilst the EU appears determined to meet the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol, a great deal remains to be done, however, if we are to prepare our communities to face the changes that are already underway. A genuine adaptation policy must be drawn up and implemented, as a matter of the utmost priority. We must draw political conclusions from the work of scientists and, in particular, the European Environment Agency’s report, which sets out the various effects of global warming in Europe. Our continent, let us not forget, may be the smallest continent in the world, but it is also the continent with the most coastline. The 155 outlying coastal regions of Europe and the Mediterranean have already decided – on the initiative of the French National Observatory on the effects of global warming, of which I am the chairman – to meet in 2005, in Marseille, to debate this question of adaptation. We trust that we will have the Commission’s support on this measure, which can help to draw up a genuine European strategy for adapting to current climate change. This strand, which has become an integral part of the Community action programme on climate change, should now be extended."@en1

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