EU Parliament Votes To Maintain Lead In Facing Climate Breakdown - ENS

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STRASBOURG, France, November 17, 2004 (ENS) - Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) want the European Union to maintain its leading role in the upcoming climate negotiations. In a vote this morning, Parliament reminded EU negotiators that the latest report of the European Environment Agency warned that Europe is warming faster than the global average.

By adopting a resolution on climate change today, by 640 votes in favor, 22 against with 21 abstentions, the European lawmakers sent a strong message to the EU delegation attending the next round of climate talks that opens on December 6 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

At the 10th Conference of Parties (COP-10) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, they want Europe to lead the world away from a carbon intensive future.

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Biomass from wood, agricultural residues and organic waste are the only renewable energy sources able to provide liquid fuels for transport on a large scale, reporters were told. Europe has vast resources of wood, agricultural residues and organic waste, which can be transformed in ethanol or produce hydrogen for fuel cells. Two projects on bio-energy technology were presented at the briefing. The first, called Project TIME, has a research team from Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands working on converting biomass into ethanol using the cellulose of plants and trees as a replacement for gasoline."

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