Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-11-12-Speech-1-187"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-11-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Amendment of Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071112.21.1-187"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-11-12-Speech-1-1882
lpv:speaker	lp:Umberto Guidoni2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, climate change is one of the most serious problems we face. If we want to safeguard our future, we can no longer ignore the environmental question and we must be ready to change our lifestyles, particularly in terms of mobility. Transport is one of the sectors that contributes most to energy consumption and the one that relies most on the use of fossil fuels. Within this sector, aviation is playing an increasing role. In 2004, greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft in the EU rose by 87% compared with 1990. Europe is responsible for around half of CO emissions from aviation. This trend is no longer sustainable and it is essential that we take proper measures, for example by cancelling the tax benefits for this industry. I believe that the Commission’s proposal for a directive on emissions quotas for aviation is a vital tool for tackling head-on the problems relating to climate change and we welcome the report by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety that reinforces the original directive. However, and it is important to underline this, we need to maintain some qualifying points in the debate and vote that will be held tomorrow. Of these, I think the Community emissions trading system should apply to all flights, both to and from the EU. This cannot be put off until after 2010. It is also important that a significant proportion of quotas are allocated by auction and the proceeds of these must be used to subsidise the cleanest forms of transport, for example by abolishing taxes on environmentally-friendly transport, in order to create low-cost tourism that uses less polluting forms of transport such as trains. We also need to encourage research into more efficient aircraft engines and more effective air traffic management. I hope Parliament will not devalue the compromise put forward, which will allow Europe to become a leader in the fight against climate change."@en1
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