The European Parliament "intends to play a key role in terms of sensitization" in relation to climate change, putting such challenge "among the most important items in the international agenda". For this reason, the current plenary session in Strasbourg (23-26 April) appointed a new temporary specific commission, including 60 members. Following parliamentary regulations, this body will remain in office for one year, and in May 2008, it will have to submit a report to the Assembly, which will probably include recommendations for actions and initiatives to be undertaken on a community level. Several tasks were entrusted to that commission: "formulating proposals on the future integrated policy of the EU relating to climate change", after 2012, too (Protocol of Kyoto); "evaluating the situation and proposing adequate measures, on every level, at the same time with the appraisal of their financial impact, as well as the cost of missed action"; "drawing up an inventory of the recent progress and the perspectives concerning the struggle against climate change"; "evaluating the environmental, juridical, economical, social, geopolitical and public health impact" of such advancements. To carry out the entrusted tasks, the body will be able to take advantage of the collaboration of the Member States, and of experts of the scientific community.
