Traducción de «rápido cambio climático del planeta » (Español → Inglés) :

First, the need for urgent action to curb the rapid environment changes, involving a paradigm shift in economic and social policy development and planning.

"The Fourth Assessment Report is a milestone in our scientific knowledge about climate change and the grave threats global warming poses to the planet," Commissioner Dimas said". The report’s findings amount to a stark warning that the world must act fast to slash greenhouse gas emissions if we are to prevent climate change from reaching devastating levels. The good news is that it also shows that deep emission cuts are both technologically feasible and economically affordable".

DEEPLY CONCERNED by the conclusion of the February 2005 Exeter Stabilisation Conference that there is strong evidence that global climate change due to human emissions of greenhouse gases is already occurring and that it will result in changes in frequency, intensity and duration of extreme events and by the droughts and fires in southern Europe, floods in Central and Eastern Europe and other extreme weather events this summer which have shown how economically damaging those events can be; RECALLS the European Union’s commitment to deal with the problem of climate change, most recently expressed by the 2005 Spring European Council and i ...[+++]n the European Parliament’s Resolution of 12 May 2005 on the Seminar of Governmental Experts, which underlines that climate change is likely to have major negative global environmental, economic and social implications, and that avoiding dangerous climate change will mean limiting global mean surface temperature increase to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels; and EMPHASISES the importance of fully operationalising the Kyoto Protocol and meeting its targets as an essential first step to achieving this.

These constantly increasing emissions are responsible for an increase in temperatures, which is expected to continue over the coming decades to reach +1.4° to +5.8° Celsius globally by the year 2100 (compared to 1990 temperatures) according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

12. UNDERLINES that addressing climate change has costs but also brings opportunities and incentives for innovation in support of the Lisbon Agenda goals of economic growth, full employment and sustainable development; NOTES that broader participation in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is necessary to achieve the environmental objective and will contribute to mitigate economic adjustment costs and avoid distortions in competition; EMPHASISES that when evaluating costs and benefits of future climate change policies it is vital to include monetary, non-monetary and non-tangible aspects of climate change policies into both the ...[+++]costs of action (taking into account such aspects as technological developments, reduction potentials and consumption patterns) and the costs of inaction (such as damage from more frequent severe weather events, risks of abrupt climate change, loss of biodiversity, irreversible impacts, social and safety aspects and implications for other regions, and positive effects such as ancillary benefits and the contribution of technology innovation to competitiveness and economic growth); LOOKS FORWARD to the Commission’s report on costs and benefits in view of the 2005 Spring European Council consideration of medium and longer term emission reduction strategies, including targets".

2. ACKNOWLEDGES that climate change is one of mankind's greatest challenges, which is likely to have significant negative global environmental, economic and social implications and is expected to impinge negatively on sustainable development and the livelihoods of millions of people all over the world; REAFFIRMS that, with a view to meeting the ultimate objective of the Convention to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, overall global annual mean surface temperature increase should not exceed 2ºC above pre-industrial levels; STRESSES that the Kyoto Protocol is an important first step in the global fight ...[+++] against climate change; EMPHASISES the findings of the IPCC TAR that significant further steps will be necessary to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and limit adverse effects of climate change.