Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-10-Speech-2-182"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Climate change2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050510.22.2-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-10-Speech-2-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Kartika Tamara Liotard2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I fully support the resolution on climate change. In February, four members of our group attended the IPCC’s Climate Conference in La Réunion where we were shocked by the conclusions of the scientists that had gathered there. Even if we resorted to all the measures listed in the resolution, we would not be able to resolve the problem of climate change entirely. Even if we make every possible effort in the framework of Kyoto until 2050, we will still not be able to stop the earth from warming up by two degrees and the sea level from rising by half a metre. I happen to come from the Netherlands, the Low Countries, so you can imagine that this causes me some considerable anxiety. If the sea level increases by half a metre, large parts of my country will flood if nothing is done about it. The coastline as we know it will disappear. The Hague will disappear into the sea and with it, the embassies of all the countries represented here today, our government buildings, the International Court of Justice, the Yugoslavia Tribunal and the Palace of our Queen. We may, as a party, be republican, but we do not want to achieve our goals by submerging the royal palace. Fortunately, the Netherlands has the technical capacity to prevent this from happening, but many other countries do not. The disappearance of whole swathes of coastline is inevitable. We should prepare for that eventuality, and I would therefore urge the Commission to form an opinion on this. It can make a start during the forthcoming seminar which will be attended by government experts. I would ask the Commission at least to stand by its own measures and directives, including those for air quality. Since these measures are now beginning to take shape in a concrete manner, opposition from some Member States or sectors will increase and there will be a call for moderation, something that we oppose, and we would ask you, Parliament and the Council, to stand firm. We would also urge you not to opt for a step forward, for more nuclear energy, but instead to choose for the development of all possible alternatives, and we would ask you to stick to the text of the resolution so that the EU can continue to play its pioneering role."@en1

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