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"Mr President, may I join previous speakers in expressing sympathy for all those who have suffered in recent floods, including today here in France.
Such natural disasters have become all too frequent in recent years. In September 2008, heavy flooding hit north-east England, with the towns of Morpeth and Rothbury particularly badly hit. The floodwaters receded after a few hours, but the damage took many months to repair and cost millions of pounds.
Surely these floods are a wake-up call, a reminder that the cost of dealing with the consequences of climate change is far higher than the cost of getting global warming under control, as Nicholas Stern and others have pointed out.
I am very concerned that this basic fact is being overlooked. We hear some industry voices complaining about the cost of cutting CO
emissions, so it is very important to publicise the message of this debate: that flooding is hugely damaging to communities and to the economy.
There is only one way to stop a costly increase in natural disasters, and that is to follow the road map to our emission reduction targets for 2020 and 2050."@en1
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