European Parliament:
Show responsibility
It
would be a bad signal for humanity, if leaders of the world
fail to reach an agreement on climate change in Copenhagen,
says the official delegation from the European Parliament.
Rie Jerichow - 17/12/2009 - Leaders of the world must take
the necessary responsibility in the upcoming 48 hours, urge
members of the official delegation of 15 MEPs, who are closely
following the negotiations for a climate change agreement
in Copenhagen
"Some
states still refuse to put forward ambitious proposals for
global climate protection. China has to take its responsibility
as the largest polluter in the world. Similarly, India,
Brazil and South Africa must emerge from the G77 group and
take a clear position. An agreement without the major emerging
economies would not be enough to halt climate change,"
says Jo Leinen, head of the official European Parliament
delegation at the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen.
Regardless
of a deadlock in negotiations, the EU must keep the flag
flying. Lowering the EU's targets for 2020 would encourage
other states to move their own climate protection targets,
warns the delegation.
"The
European Union must stand firm on its climate change objectives
and must not lose sight of its offer of a 30 percent reduction
in EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2020... A weakening of
the 30 percent target would put Europe's leadership in the
climate negotiations in question," Leinen says in a
press release.
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