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Mr President, Commissioner Potočnik, I have absolutely no doubt about your good intentions, but I think we can all agree that Rio+20 has produced a very disappointing result.
The purpose of the Rio Summit was to make specific agreements and guidelines on sustainable and social development and poverty reduction. Despite the high cost and the fuss, the summit has clearly not worked. Prior to the summit, Parliament emphasised the necessary measures to increase the use of renewable energies and improve energy efficiency worldwide, highlighting that this did not mean nuclear power, because that is not a sustainable source.
Prior to the conference, I also called for much less deforestation, especially in Latin America. The equivalent of 36 football pitches are being cleared of trees every minute worldwide, with much of this activity taking place in Brazil. It is therefore strange than virtually nothing has been agreed on this issue in Rio de Janeiro of all places. If we fail to do that now, then when are we going to do it? The same goes for Europe. The rainforests in Latin America are being cut down in order to grow GMOs for the European market. Europe is thus partly responsible for this importation of soya and ought to curb it. If it did, we could at least then save a couple of football pitches per minute.
Just briefly on gender equality. The UN’s outcome document is completely meaningless. When are we finally going to address gender equality in the context of sustainable development? Millions of women are waiting for an answer. I hope that, in the EU policy, we will simply stick to the ambitious plans we had before and not descend to the level of Rio."@en1
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