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Wealthy Oligarch to EU: Don't Put Off Today What Climate Might Be in 100 Years

Written by Paul Taylor, Reuters UK

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Jose Manuel Barroso

The head of the European Commission appealed to EU leaders on Tuesday not to sacrifice the fight against climate change to the urgent economic problems thrown up by the global financial crisis.

Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the credit crunch was no reason to go back on ambitious EU plans to combat global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, cutting energy consumption and promoting alternative energy sources.

"This is not a luxury we now have to forego. Saving the planet is not an after-dinner drink, a 'digestif' that you take or leave. Climate change does not disappear because of the financial crisis," Barroso told a news conference.

He was speaking on the eve of a two-day European Union summit whose agenda has been hijacked by measures to overcome the financial crisis, rescue banks and protect savers.

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