Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-14-Speech-3-054"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council meeting (8-9 March 2007) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070314.4.3-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-14-Speech-3-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	chair_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2007-02-13--2008-01-29)3,3 vice-chair; ENVI (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the fact that the European Council organised a spring summit in the winter demonstrates that climate change is something that the Council acknowledges, and I am delighted that the Council is taking on board the Commission proposals concerning the fight against it. It does mean, though, that the Council is prepared to reduce by 30% only if the other developed countries pull their weight in achieving this goal, yet a 30% reduction in greenhouse gases worldwide by 2020 is necessary in order to be able to ensure that the increase in temperature does not exceed 2°C. This is why, a few weeks ago, it was for this 30% that Parliament opted, and that is a first step. I am acutely aware of the fact that a 30% reduction is not straightforward. In the Netherlands, the Environmental and Nature Plan Bureau has indicated that this is impossible unless major changes take place in technology and in the way members of the public and companies behave. Despite this, the Dutch Government has taken on this ambition, and rightly so. In order to achieve these ambitious goals, the many available opportunities will need to be seized all at once, for we cannot be fixated on one single solution. The Council conclusions are not clear about which sources of energy are to be used to guarantee certainty of supply. There is therefore the risk that people will still only consider the energy needs in terms of gas, oil and coal. Holding onto fossil energy sources will stand in the way of the development of renewable ones."@en1

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