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IPCC head: EU climate change measures "not up to expectations"
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 23 - 01 - 2008


The head of the United Nations'
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Wednesday
described the latest measures by the European Commission to cut
greenhouse gases as "not up to expectations," according to dpa.
Rajendra Pachauri said: "My view is that as far as the EU is
concerned, this is business that is as yet unfinished," Rajendra
Pachauri said during a press conference at the World Economic Forum's
annual meeting in Davos in eastern Switzerland.
He was commenting after the commission agreed a package of
measures aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Under pressure
from industrial groups it agreed to grant some of the European
Union's heaviest polluters free permits for their emissions amid
fears stringent restrictions would drive companies away from Europe.
"What may seem acceptable at this point in time may not seem
acceptable three or four years from now. I see no reason why these
targets may not become stronger, may not become more stringent over a
period of time," he added saying he saw the commission's move as a
"work in progress."
The IPCC shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 with Al Gore, the
former US vice president.
Pachauri told the gathering in Davos that climate change was going
to be present for a long time and urged business and industry to
invest in research and development to come up technologies and
processes to minimize the emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for
global warming.
"If the world is moving towards a low carbon future then those
companies that are going to be ahead of the others at arriving at
low-carbon solutions will really benefit most," he added.
He said industry needed to focus on what needs to be done not only
to adapt to climate change but also to mitigate its effects.


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