In a resolution, adopted by the committee on 26 October, to be voted in plenary in November, the EP says the EU should give " public and unequivocal" support to the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol, which sets out legally binding measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in order to avoid any gap after the current phase expires at the end of 2012.
Karls Haincs Florencs (Eiropas Tautas partijas grupa, Vācija) atzina, ka nodomi līdz šim bijuši labi, taču pauda nožēlu, ka ES nav gājusi pietiekami tālu.