Developing renewable energy is of greater importance given the price of crude oil on the international market has doubled since last year, |
Europe draws important economic advantages from its good track record on energy efficiency and is hence less vulnerable to oil shocks than other parts of the world, |
Extending emissions trading to the aviation sector will limit these emissions and ensure that aviation, like all other sectors, contribute to reducing the harmful greenhouse gases. Through emission trading, airlines will be able to do so at the least possible costs. |
I am looking forward to hear from our American partners how they intend to translate this pledge into action. |
I would like to have an agreement (on future cuts) in Montreal but that's unrealistic, |
I would like to stress that the Chinese Government has been aware of the significance of climate change and has collaborated with the EU and others to solve the issue that the globe is facing, |
I'm sure the atmosphere will be cleaner and the environment will become better in Beijing and even the whole country as the Chinese Government is working out measures to protect the environment, including by developing renewable energy, |
In Montreal of course we do no expect to have any specific agreement on reductions or targets, |
It (Katrina) was a great shock for the Americans, I think, for everybody, for us, |
It is an important first step because most F-gases have a global warming effect thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide. |
It will make people think ... not for climate change only, but about environment for sure. They should be more careful about the environment, about policies connected to the environment. |
Negotiations of this kind are always very difficult. Our objective is to get an agreement to start negotiations, |
The best we can realistically aim at is agreeing to start negotiations for the (period) after 2012, |
The boom in flying is bringing with it a rapid rise in greenhouse gas emissions, |
The boom in flying is bringing with it a rapid rise in greenhouse gas emissions, ... Extending emissions trading to the aviation sector will limit these emissions and ensure that aviation, like all other sectors, contribute to reducing the harmful greenhouse gases. |