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"Mr President, Commissioner, I also wish to congratulate you on your excellent contribution at the meeting in Durban. Of course, as has been said here, not until we have a global agreement will we be satisfied. That is something that we, as the European Union, will certainly have to strive for, as we encourage others to join us.
I wish to raise a single matter, which is one of concern. This new climate agreement now excludes the possibility of compensation for emissions from deforestation, and this is a very worrying development, especially for European countries dominated by forest. Previously, of course, it was possible for the carbon sink, which is truly massive in these forested countries, to compensate for emissions. An example is to be found in my own country, Finland, where 85% of the land surface is forest, which is well looked after. The tree growth is 10 million cubic metres a year greater than the loss. This is a real slap in the face for these countries, and I hope that we can somehow bring about changes to this situation."@en1
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