Climate Change: Parliament prepares for COP17

On 16 November 2011 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the climate change conference in Durban (COP17). In its resolution, the Parliament stresses that it is in the EU’s own interest to aim for a climate protection target of over 20%, regardless of the outcome of the international negotiations, and that “the EU’s effort to transform its economy must not falter”. The Parliament also believes that the EU must convince other countries, including China and the US, that “emission reductions are feasible without losing competitiveness and jobs”.

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