FM Venizelos addresses UN Climate Summit in New York
Government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos called the UN Climate Summit 2014 "a milestone on the road to Paris" and the meetings on climate there next year, during his address at the meeting.
"Today's meeting constitutes a milestone on the road to Paris," Venizelos said, "It provides us with the opportunity to sustain momentum and capitalise on the work already undertaken to reach an ambitious, legally binding agreement next year, in order to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius."
Speaking of the environmental challenges increasingly making themselves felt in Europe, Venizelos said Greece supports the European Commission's proposals for the 2030 Framework and added that "energy efficiency measures are effective policy tools aimed at easing the burden of consumers struggling with high energy prices."
The Greek FM noted Greek islands' "vast wind and solar potential" that he said could supply energy to many regions and thus contribute to the EU's overall renewables target.
Greece firmly supports the "Putting a Price on Carbon" initiative, he added, and endorses its launch as one of the collaborative actions of the current summit.
