Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-10-Speech-1-068"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-01-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050110.12.1-068"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-10-Speech-1-0692
lpv:speaker	lp:Maciej Marian Giertych2
lpv:spokenAs	chair_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2005-12-14)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-11-18--2005-12-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2005-12-14)3 substitute; DROI (2004-09-14--2005-12-14)3 unknown; Liga Polskich Rodzin (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, climate change is a natural phenomenon. Warmer periods are followed by colder periods. Does human activity have any influence on this phenomenon? I very much doubt it. Experts disagree on the issue, and no convincing evidence has yet been found. Yet there can be no doubt that increased levels of CO2 in the air have a positive impact on plant production, and that any excess carbon in the atmosphere is absorbed effectively by the biosphere, the components of which include forests, humus and the seas. There can also be no doubt, however, that CO2 emitted during industrial combustion processes is always accompanied by emissions of other gases that are known to be damaging to the environment, namely to forests, agricultural production, architectural monuments, and above all to human health. All efforts to develop technology aimed at reducing combustion must therefore be duly recognised. In view of the fact that the negative effects of combustion are felt across borders, any costs involved must be shared on the basis of international agreements. The Kyoto Protocol works in a logical fashion in that it transfers the costs involved in reducing combustion from countries that have undertaken efforts to do so to countries that fail to do enough in this respect. There always has been climate change, there always will be, and we cannot do much about it. Nonetheless, anthropogenic emissions of gas into the atmosphere do pose a problem which humankind must overcome by working together. This approach deserves our full support, and the move towards renewable sources of energy and energy-saving technologies should be particularly welcome. These are costly endeavours, and without international solidarity no progress will be made in this regard. Yet we should not allow ourselves to be persuaded that greenhouse gas emissions are to blame for every natural disaster and every gale, flood, drought or tsunami. We should keep our feet on the ground and stick to the facts. I thank you."@en1

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