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"Mr President, I have listened to the debate so far and it is quite obvious that there is a divergence of opinion.
On the one hand, you have most of the people here, the more sensible people, who realise, in fact, that we are the custodians of the current environment and that the next generation will actually indict us unless we do something about the problem.
I listened to Ms de Lange and she was absolutely right in relation to Mr Helmer from the UKIP Party. He is part of a growing minority who say that there is no such thing as climate change; that nothing has changed and that there is no need to take any steps in order to rectify the situation. What world does he live in?
We have floods where we never had floods before. We have tornadoes where we never had tornadoes before. We have storms where we never had storms before. We have earthquakes. The ice caps are melting and, at the same time, Mr Helmer and his UKIP colleagues – as always – are running from reality and are whistling past the graveyard; and the graveyard is there to see. We have a problem.
Ten years ago, we had the 1992 Earth summit. If you look at the statistics in the meantime, global emissions have risen by 48%, 300 million hectares of forests have been cleared and the population of the world has increased by 1.6 billion people. Despite a reduction in poverty, one in six people are malnourished.
I agree with the Commissioner, he has a very difficult job. There are conflicting commercial interests. Countries are looking to themselves and their own selfish independent interests rather than looking at the bigger question: that is, the global question.
So I wish you well, Commissioner. I know there has been much criticism but I think this is a step forward and I know that you have then necessary ability, the will, the commitment and the determination to ensure that you will be the Commissioner that will get universal agreement in relation to how we go forward."@en1
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