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dcterms:Date	"2012-03-15"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120315.7.4-080-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-15-Speech-4-081-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; ENVI (2012-01-23--2014-06-30)3 member; CONT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, when we discuss water and the major international significance of it, people often fall back on a famous quotation from a director of the World Bank in the 1990s, who said .’ That is a very scary prediction indeed. We are going to batter each other’s brains out due to water shortages. The quotation does not stop there, however, a fact which is often forgotten. The official went on to say, ‘ ’ The thinking here is that, in contrast to oil, water is a renewable resource that we can use over and over as many times as we want. It is just that we have to handle it very wisely. That is what the World Water Forum in Marseille is all about, as well as the Rio+20 conference in June. This week, the UN’s World water development report came out. That report, too, is alarming, but it, too, is not defeatist. It contains some absolutely critical elements, and the exhaustion of groundwater, in particular, is a problem that is completely underestimated. This is the case in China, the Middle East, in California and in many other parts of the world. We need to give an awful lot of consideration to this, and in particular to the role played by agriculture. The paramount thing, however, is collaboration. Yesterday, the Danish Presidency reached an agreement with China to export more European technology to China. China will be investing EUR 500 billion in water management over the next decade. That is perhaps also a handy comparison between water and oil. The water shortage is not just a threat. It will also, of course, represent a major economic opportunity before long. Let us reach agreements about that at Rio+20, and let us ensure there that we really do provide for much better water management at the international level."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"unless we change our approach to managing this precious and vital resource."1
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