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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The Green Paper on 'Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action' (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080410.4.4-017"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-10-Speech-4-0182
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, I believe that even if we were able to keep global warming to within two degrees, that would still mean a scenario of extreme climatic variations in Europe, with consequences for the local economy, the environment and the population. Such upheavals would lead to a further increase in regional and social inequalities and disparities within Europe. Hence we cannot adopt an approach based solely on cost-benefit analysis, because in Europe, as in the rest of the world, poor people will be those hardest hit: it is they who live in the areas most at risk, and generally they lack information and do not have the wherewithal to react to a rapidly changing environment. We must act immediately to counter the effects of climate change, beginning for example with new buildings and new infrastructure, ensuring that town planning takes environmental impact assessments into account; there should be no investment in infrastructure which is already obsolete in terms of the new requirements associated with climate change. We must at the same time invest in policies to guarantee access to common goods such as water, food and healthcare resources in the areas most at risk. Water is becoming an ever-scarcer resource, so it needs to be managed in a way that makes it available and accessible to all. Finally, I should like to conclude by saying that policies for adapting to climate change cannot be dissociated from measures geared to social equity. We need a new model of economic development which factors in environmental costs and makes sustainability a key means of encouraging employment and new social policies."@en1

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