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Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Manon Aubry
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: FR

Pas étonnant qu’on en soit arrivé là quand on voit l’omniprésence des lobbies dans la COP. Imaginez le décor: des salles jonchées de logos, dont celui de la banque J.P. Morgan, qui a investi 317 milliards dans les énergies fossiles, ou d’Unilever, troisième plus gros pollueur plastique au monde. Et parmi les participants, c’est encore pire: 503 représentants des industries fossiles accrédités, soit plus que l’ensemble des huit pays les plus touchés par le dérèglement climatique. Rien que ça. Cette COP, en définitive, ce n’était plus une conférence des parties, mais bien une conférence des pollueurs. Mais vous le savez, les lobbies ne seraient rien sans leurs complices. En premier lieu, les États comme la France, qui agissent en sous-main pour faire passer le nucléaire et le gaz pour des énergies vertes. Il fallait le faire, quand même! Et quelques jours à peine après cette COP, vous ne trouvez rien de mieux qu’accepter une PAC de l’agrobusiness qui renie tous nos engagements en matière de climat. Alors, heureusement, tout le monde n’est pas dupe, ici, dans cet hémicycle, mais surtout en dehors. Dans les rues de Glasgow pendant la COP, mais aussi aux quatre coins de l’Europe, les jeunes se mobilisent. Et vous le savez, d’ailleurs, ils ne disent pas bravo la PAC, vive le marché carbone et vive la finance, mais bien  J’ai d’ailleurs envie de leur lancer ici un appel. Ne vous résignez pas, ne devenez pas cyniques, gardez la même force et, surtout, n’attendez pas que d’autres prennent les décisions à votre place. Envahissez le débat public, investissez les institutions politiques, prenez le pouvoir. Ne dénoncez plus seulement ceux qui brûlent la planète, remplacez-les.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Edina Tóth
Political group: NI
Country: Slovakia
Language: HU

Tisztelt Elnök Úr! Tisztelt Biztos Úr! Nagy célokkal indultak neki a világ országai a COP26-klímakonferenciának, amely végül egy törékeny megállapodással zárult. A legfontosabb eredmény talán az, hogy végre egyetértés van abban, hogy már nemcsak beszélni kell a klímaváltozásról, hanem cselekedni is! Láthatjuk, hogy csak közösen fellépve, együtt lehetséges felgyorsítani a klímavédelmi folyamatokat. Nem szabad azonban elfelejteni, hogy annak ellenére, hogy az EU a világ teljes károsanyag-kibocsátásának 9 százalékáért felel, mégis a Bizottság az, amelyik most a legdrasztikusabb lépést javasolja az Unió tagállamainak: a gépkocsi- és lakástulajdonosokat akarja megadóztatni klímavédelemnek álcázva a rezsiárak emelkedését.  Ez az aránytalanság már versenyképességünket is veszélyezteti. Nem hagyhatjuk, hogy a klímavédelem oltárán polgáraink teljes mértékben kiszolgáltatottá váljanak a magas áraknak, míg globális partnereink jóval kevesebbet tesznek környezetünk megóvásáért.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Antonio Tajani
Political group: PPE
Country: Estonia
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, la COP26 non è stata un grande bla bla bla come ha detto qualcuno e i risultati sono evidenti. Il riferimento alla riduzione dei combustibili fossili, per la prima volta inserito in un documento finale, la scelta di combattere la deforestazione e bloccarla entro il 2030 e la decisione di investire oltre 19 miliardi di dollari per ripiantare miliardi di alberi entro il 2050 sono un segnale importante che è arrivato. Chi contesta questi risultati sembra più preoccupato di contestare un modello di società di mercato, la società occidentale, piuttosto che impegnarsi nella lotta contro il cambiamento climatico. Non dice nulla contro la Cina, che è il grande inquinatore del mondo. Ecco, un messaggio forte deve arrivare anche da questo Parlamento alla Cina che, purtroppo, è la grande potenza che invade con le sue emissioni la nostra area. L'Europa, ricordiamolo, emette soltanto l'8 % di gas serra. È ovvio che la lotta contro il cambiamento climatico deve coinvolgere industria e agricoltura. Ci sono investimenti per 520 miliardi per la transizione e verde. Serve uno sforzo pubblico e privato, ma noi dobbiamo mettere l'industria e l'agricoltura nelle condizioni di cambiare. Fissare soltanto obiettivi non serve a granché. Serve mettere, attraverso importanti finanziamenti, questi due settori fondamentali dell'economia reale, fondamentali per l'Occidente, nelle condizioni di potersi veramente trasformare. Se noi pensiamo ai pericoli che corre anche nel mio paese, in Italia, il settore dell' Bene, tutto ciò deve spingerci ad andare avanti, perché noi abbiamo il dovere di difendere il pianeta, ma di farlo con intelligenza, senza politicizzazioni, puntando a quello che dobbiamo lasciare in eredità ai nostri figli.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Mohammed Chahim
Political group: S-D
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, I hear a lot of mixed reactions after the COP26 in Glasgow, but personally, I’m a half-glass full person, maybe even a little bit more than a half-full and I think I’m not the only one. Just after COP26, I read a very interesting interview with a prominent professor in climate science, also one of the lead authors of the IPCC reports, who said she was much impressed by the results of the COP26. To quote her, ‘I've been to many COPs, but what I’ve seen in Glasgow is unmatched.’ I believe she is right, because let’s look at the results – there’s an international alliance that commits to ending fossil fuels and the landmark words ‘we’re taking it to the final conclusion’ recognising the need for action on fossil fuels. There’s a methane pledge to significantly reduce methane emissions, essentially to slow down global warming. And there’s an international alliance to stop deforestation, even signed by Brazil. But the most important accomplishment maybe is that for the first time ever, the world is recognising the importance of 1.5°C or keeping 1.5°C within reach. Staying under 2°C is not enough. The Paris rulebook is finished. Article 6 is established. This sets up the much needed framework for an international carbon market. This creates an opportunity to collaborate on a global level and use the best available technologies, achieving the highest decrease in emissions in the most cost—effective way. All ingredients are on the table to keep 1.5°C within reach. However, we still need developed countries, banks and industry to take the responsibility and divert investments in the right direction.  Just a small anecdote, I was talking to the Minister of the Maldives and what she said really stuck with me – just imagine 85% of your neighbourhood, of your city or your village becoming uninhabitable. Because that’s what countries like the Maldives are facing if we don’t act. So we urgently need to update our nationally determined contributions. We have the momentum now. Let’s work hard the coming year and we are on the right track. We need to take a big step in Egypt. I think it will be a busy year and I wish us all the best.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Nils Torvalds
Political group: Renew
Country: Romania
Language: EN

Mr President, I would like to thank my dear friends for their efforts. We started to turn this table around after the 2015 Paris Agreement. We tweaked different parts and sectors of the issues. This led very easily to us choosing different issues according to the different priorities of different parties.  What we now are trying to do is to turn the whole system around. This is, of course, a much more complicated issue. When we tweak different parts of the whole, we do not need to bother about how they fit into a systemic whole. When you look into the challenges of COP26 and Fit for 57, we need to take into account how the different parts fit into each other, and that’s going to make it much more difficult. As Commissioner Timmermans said in his speech, this is the challenge we have in front of us. We are at the beginning of an enormous challenge because there will be frictions between the different parts of the different issues we are trying to change. But we have just one choice: we will and we must prevail.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Pär Holmgren
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Netherlands
Language: SV

Herr talman! EU fick en tydlig bakläxa från COP26: Vår politik är otillräcklig. Utsläppsgapet måste minska, och det snabbt. Alla länder blev uppmanade att höja sina ambitioner när det gäller 2030-målen till COP27 nästa år, även EU. Det här måste vi visa nu med konkreta minskade utsläpp. Inte bara något slags sifferfiffel när det gäller eventuella kolsänkor, utan konkreta utsläppsminskningar här och nu under detta årtionde.  Det pratas ofta om att EU har ledartröjan på sig i klimatfrågan, men då måste vi också konstatera att om resten av världen skulle bedriva ungefär vår klimatpolitik så skulle vi se en global uppvärmning snarare i storleksordningen 3 grader än 2 grader till 2100, enligt oberoende bedömare. Är det ledarskap? Ledarskap måste väl ändå vara att ha en klimatpolitik som tar ansvar för kommande utsläpp i linje med vetenskapen och tål en vetenskaplig granskning, och som också tar fullt ansvar för de utsläpp som vi redan har gjort?  Frans Timmermans, du nämnde i Glasgow vid några tillfällen och alldeles nyss också ditt barnbarn och dina barn. Jag har själv barnbarn i samma ålder och jag är övertygad om att vi verkligen vill kunna se dem i ögonen och säga att vi som vuxna har tagit vårt ansvar för att lösa de problem som vi vuxna har skapat. Men då måste vi alla härinne kliva upp ur sandlådan. Jag hör fortfarande en del av er som vill lägga skulden på andra. Om andra vill sitta kvar i sandlådan och lägga skulden på varandra, låt dem göra det, men vi måste kliva upp nu och ta fullt ansvar för vad vi har gjort och vad vi gör framåt.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Silvia Sardone
Political group: ID
Country: Austria
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, la conferenza di Glasgow ha portato risultati, diciamocelo, francamente deludenti. Sia chiaro: la tutela dell'ambiente è una priorità assoluta, ma la sfida ecologica va affrontata con pragmatismo e serietà, non certo con l'ideologia. La transizione verde, così come immaginata dalla Commissione europea, ha dei costi che spesso non vengono considerati. La corsa europea verso la neutralità climatica, non accompagnata da quella di giganti come Russia, Cina, India e in parte anche Stati Uniti, rischia di essere un peso solo per il nostro continente. Ricordiamo che l'Europa ha una quota solo del 7 % delle emissioni globali. A pagare il conto di scelte sbagliate rischiano di essere solo i contribuenti europei, e in particolare le classi meno abbienti, come abbiamo tra l'altro già visto in Francia per il caro benzina. Allo stesso tempo, il rincaro dell'energia con effetti drammatici sulle bollette è in parte collegato a certe decisioni  Non dimentichiamo inoltre che la Cina è già leader di molti dei prodotti delle materie prime del futuro. Penso al litio delle batterie dei veicoli elettrici, ai semimetalli fondamentali per turbine eoliche e anche per i pannelli solari. Insomma, le nostre produzioni rischiano di essere penalizzate da vincoli insostenibili e di diventare poi totalmente dipendenti dal gigante cinese. L'ambiente va preservato a tutti i costi, ma bisogna avere la lungimiranza di calcolare le conseguenze sociali ed economiche delle scelte che prenderemo. Il rischio è quello di assistere a ulteriori delocalizzazioni e a nuovi licenziamenti.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Antoni Comín i Oliveres
Political group: NI
Country: Romania
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, signor Commissario, la COP26 ha confermato che il ritmo della politica e il ritmo della natura sono drammaticamente disaccoppiati. Sappiamo che, prima della COP26, le previsioni del riscaldamento per il 2100 erano di 2,7 °C, ma queste previsioni sono ora di 1,8 °C, nel caso in cui tutti gli accordi siano attuati. Questo è ancora troppo lontano dall'1,5 °C che la scienza ci richiede per evitare il collasso. È vero che non sono tutti fallimenti. L'accordo per ridurre le emissioni di metano e l'inclusione esplicita del carbone negli impegni sono buone notizie, ma, come ha detto il Segretario generale delle Nazioni Unite, ciò non basta. È avventato aver posticipato al 2023 al finanziamento di 100 000 dollari annuali per la transizione verde dei paesi in via di sviluppo. Infatti, come ha spiegato il rapporto del  Non possiamo salvare il pianeta se non agiamo più velocemente, ma soprattutto non potremo salvare il pianeta se non lo rendiamo più giusto.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Petros Kokkalis
Political group: The Left
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

Mr President, politics is the art of the visible. It is still possible to arrest our race towards extinction. In Glasgow, the Paris Agreement rulebook was finalised, and now the framework for international cooperation for climate action is finally operational. In Glasgow, all nations finally submitted to the veracity and the ferocity of the IPCC science and committed to the 1.5-degree goal and not the inferno of well below two degrees. In Glasgow, the ambition ratchet mechanism brought in is leading to 2.2 degrees, well down from the three parties’ 5-degree tragic trajectory, but not nearly good enough to ensure global public health and very catastrophic socio-economic impacts. In Glasgow, the parties therefore committed to returning in 2022 with greater ambition and most importantly, credible policy pathways to 1.5 degrees. In this regard, the EU stood as a beacon. Finally and fundamentally, developed nations recognise their liability for adaptation and for loss and damage in the Global South. And this road to climate justice dictates that radical restructuring of the international financial is needed in order to unlock the trillions required and including the end of fossil fuel subsidies.  Optimism is the starting point of victory, but it can only be the result of unyielding struggle in every parliament, in every council, in every board, in every union, in every home, in the streets, every day.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Hildegard Bentele
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, sehr geehrter Herr Kommissar, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Ich habe diese COP mit drei Hüten besucht: als Mitglied des Industrieausschusses, als Mitglied des Entwicklungsausschusses und als Mitglied des Umweltausschusses.  Industriepolitisch hat mich vor allem das Gespräch mit der chinesischen Delegation beeindruckt. Natürlich ist das gesetzte Klimaneutralitätsziel von 2060 zu spät, aber sie haben sich mit durchaus konkreten Maßnahmen befasst. Sie haben den Emissionshandel als wirksames Instrument erkannt, und China hat in vielen Bereichen der Zukunftstechnologien die weltweite Führerschaft. Ich glaube also, dass sich die Zusammenarbeit mit China im Umweltschutz lohnt, dass wir weiterhin eng kooperieren sollten und unsere Arbeit intensivieren sollten.  Entwicklungspolitisch war es natürlich wichtig, dass es nun einen echten Fokus auf die Anpassung an den Klimawandel gibt. Herr Vizepräsident, Sie haben es ausgeführt: Wir müssen enger mit Afrika zusammenarbeiten. Bei einem Gespräch gestern mit Kommissar Lenarčič war klar: Es gibt mittlerweile auch humanitäre Notlagen. Wir müssen also jetzt unsere Entwicklungspolitik entsprechend ausrichten. Wir haben uns dazu bekannt, 30 % unserer Gelder in Umweltschutz- und Klimamaßnahmen zu stecken; das müssen wir jetzt umsetzen. Die umweltpolitischen Maßnahmen sind genannt: Methan-, Industrie- und Entwaldungsstrategie sind sehr wichtig. Ich glaube insgesamt, dass die EU eine positive Bilanz ziehen kann. Sie war sehr gut vorbereitet. Sie war glaubwürdig im Hinblick auf ihre Ziele und konkreten Maßnahmen und auf ihre Finanzierung. Ich glaube, somit können wir wirklich zu einem Vorbild für die anderen werden.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: ES

Señor presidente, la Cumbre de Glasgow nos ha deparado imágenes muy reveladoras, como el atasco de la terminal del aeropuerto con los aviones privados de los más reputados gurús climáticos, que dicen que los tractores y furgonetas del trabajador contaminan mucho; o de la adolescente Greta, con argumentos tan científicos propios de una sacerdotisa de la ciencia que no va al colegio, gritando a las autoridades que se metan el clima por el culo, literalmente.  Más allá de lo anecdótico, lo sustancial es que no se ha hablado de lo importante, es decir, las preocupaciones de los ciudadanos y pequeñas empresas ante la pobreza energética, la subida de costes o el éxodo rural. Eso no ha estado en la agenda. En España se están volando las centrales térmicas y ahora están importando carbón de Indonesia, y las insolvencias en España van a ser las más altas del mundo.  La declaración final de la Cumbre y los diferentes acuerdos alcanzados dejan de manifiesto la enorme distancia entre las fantasías verdes de la UE y la realidad productiva y económica de nuestros principales socios y competidores comerciales.  La Unión Europea es un líder ficticio. Su pretensión de ser ejemplo a seguir por países como China o la India en la hoja de la ruta verde ha fracasado estrepitosamente. Un poco de freno, por favor, a las ambiciones ideológicas que causan mucho daño al europeo común y poco o ningún beneficio a nadie.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Ich weiß nicht, ob alles in alle Sprachen wortgetreu übersetzt worden ist, ich weiß aber, dass die Benutzung von Kraft- und Fäkalausdrücken in der Regel den Gehalt einer Rede nicht wesentlich verbessert.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Jytte Guteland
Political group: S-D
Language: EN

Mr President, my experience from being with the European Parliament delegation in Glasgow was that significant achievements were made, yet the world missed the opportunity to respect the Paris Agreement. The EU is leading the transition in the world with the climate law, with the Green Deal, but Biden and Kerry – the US – also want to share that leadership and it is back in the Paris Agreement with a new 2050 net zero target. That is, of course, very welcome. We also saw China and India commit to net zero ahead of the conference, but it is really deeply worrying that we are still aiming towards at least 2.4 degrees of heating. We met with the Climate Minister of the Maldives, a country with a highest point of 2.4 metres. They will literally disappear if this continues. It was really touching to hear how climate change is really a matter of life and death. COP26 was also about trust. We are about to fail on COVID vaccine deliveries and we failed to reach the climate financing goals. We have got another chance at COP27 to raise the short ambition. We cannot spoil it by not reaching the climate financing goals. The EU must also step up and overachieve on the climate law. Only strong action can rebuild trust. Only immediate action can save countries like the Maldives.
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Morten Petersen
Political group: Renew
Country: Portugal
Language: DA

Hr. formand! Dagen efter at klimatopmødet i Glasgow sluttede, bragte BBC en historie om, at luften i Indiens hovedstad Delhi er så forurenet, at skolebørnene må blive hjemme på ubestemt tid. Tænk sig, at børn ikke kan gå i skole, fordi luften omkring dem er så sundhedsfarlig. Det viser noget om den udfordring, vi står overfor. Og det gør det ærlig talt nærmest ubegribeligt, at lande som Kina og Indien i slutfasen af topmødet modsætter sig en egentlig udfasning af kul og i stedet taler om at nedfase.  Derfor efterlader Glasgow også på mange måder et blandet indtryk. Det er fint, at man færdiggør den såkaldte "rule book" fra Paris, der giver os en chance for at kunne begrænse opvarmningen til halvanden grader celsius – en chance! Og det er fint, at der for første gang tales om, at vi skal væk fra kul. Men at vi ikke kan blive enige om at udfase det, og i stedet kalder det nedfase, det er altså trist. Så ja, der var vigtige fremskridt i Glasgow.  Det er godt, at landene allerede næste år skal fremlægge nye og forhåbentlig mere ambitiøse planer for, hvordan de vil levere på klimamålet. Jeg synes, der er al mulig grund til at rose Europas rolle i det, der skete i Glasgow. Jeg synes, det var en flot indsats, der viser, at Europa er klar til at tage ansvar, for det går ikke, at der bliver et større og større gab mellem ambition og realitet, mellem løfter, og hvad der leveres på. Det går ikke. Og det stiller krav til os selv her i huset. Vi skal levere, også på "fit for 55".
Debate: Outcome of the COP in Glasgow
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Bas Eickhout
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, I think it’s quite obvious in this discussion that it matters very much on your angle as to whether you call Glasgow a success or not. I think, from an international negotiations perspective, Glasgow was certainly a step forward, but I think we all acknowledge that not enough has been done yet to reach and avoid the climate crisis. For that, the coming year will be a crucial year again, and there I very much subscribe to what Executive Vice-President Timmermans said on the coalition with the African Union, which is going to be crucial.  But I want to point out one success that was in the Accord as well, and that’s on fossil subsidies, and the ending of fossil subsidies. In the Paris Agreement, there are three clear targets in Article 2.1. It’s on mitigation, it’s on adaptation and it’s on making the financial flows consistent with our climate targets. That’s the third pillar of Article 2.1 on the targets of the Paris Agreement, and that’s why it’s so important we are talking about fossil fuel subsidies.  But let’s be honest. Here, Europe still has some homework to do. Looking at the European countries, for example in the G7 in Cornwall, Germany, Italy and France, part of the G7, commit to achieving an overwhelmingly decarbonised power system in the 2030s. We’ve seen quite a few countries stopping fossil fuel subsidies abroad, also including Slovenia, and maybe this afternoon we will also see the German coalition putting an end to gas, because gas is the next fossil frontier that we need to address. And here really one big call to the European Commission: if we are looking at the end of fossil fuel subsidies, you can never call gas a green investment in the taxonomy.