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"I welcome the adoption of this motion for a resolution, which highlights the urgent need for the international community to make solid commitments at the climate change conference in Durban to tackle global warming. Indeed, a 2°C rise in temperature would have irreparable consequences for the environment and would compromise the well-being of future generations. This must be avoided at all costs by extending the Kyoto protocol beyond 2012, as this protocol is the only international legal instrument that obliges countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. In France, we have even surpassed the objectives set by the protocol in 2010, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 10% compared to 1990, thanks namely to nuclear energy. While we in the EU have set an example to follow, with the energy and climate package, we cannot keep tackling climate change alone forever. Emerging and developed countries, such as China and the US who are the biggest polluters, simply must contribute to this effort, which can only be global. The situation for our planet is already far too urgent for our partner countries to keep looking the other way."@en1
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