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Margot Wallstrom on Climate Change

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Channel: Euractiv · 2009 · News & Politics

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At the "Climate and Jobs - the EU's Global Agenda" High Level Conference organised by the Swedish Presidency in Brussels, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister, and Margot Wallstrom, EC Vice-President in charge of Institutional relations and communication strategy have spoken about the challenges of climate change and the business opportunities which these challenges bring to Europe. 
There were also present at the Conference the Princess Victoria of Sweden, the Prince Philippe of Belgium and the Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy.

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SOUNDBITE (English) by Margot Wallstrom, EC Vice-President in charge of Institutional relations and communication strategy: "Until you dig a hole, plant a tree, water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking." Those are the words of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. After working with environmental issues for more than two decades, I know this applies to climate change. We can't just talk about it. We also need to plan the necessary actions and policies to tackle it. And we need to start digging that hole 
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SOUNDBITE (English) by Margot Wallstrom: The poorest countries, those least responsible, will be the most vulnerable and exposed to climate change. This is our moral obligation. Copenhagen must deliver a global agreement based on social and development needs, burden sharing and the polluter pays principle. Developing countries will need substantial financial and technological assistance from the industrialised world. This is necessary to help them both to limit their emissions, not least those caused by deforestation in tropical countries, and to strengthen their resilience to climate change through adaptation. The European Union is committed to contributing our fair share to this financing. Tomorrow the Commission will put forward a blueprint for the financial dimension of a Copenhagen deal.

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