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"Mr President, Commissioner, let us be clear: there is no way to ‘sugar the pill’. The result of Durban is a Kyoto Protocol weakened even further, covering less than one fifth of world greenhouse gas emissions. Given the history we have, to conclude now – as the Durban Platform does – that important decisions will be made in the future does not even justify optimistic discourse.
Regrettably, only one thing seems to be containing an even greater increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere: the deepening crisis of capitalism, the recession and the consequent decline in economic activity. It is in this context that it would be even more important – that it is even more important – to change profoundly the approach we have been making to the problem of climate change. Specifically, we need to call into question the so-called flexibility instruments and carbon trading.
We shall leave you with a question, Commissioner: how can you guarantee that we will not have, in the place of investment in low-carbon technologies, a situation of business as usual, underwritten by the purchase of the emissions licences of those unable to make use of them."@en1
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