65 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2019/2824(RSP)
Amendment 1 #
Citation 4 a (new)
- Having regard to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (Directive 2008/56/EC);
Amendment 2 #
Citation 4 b (new)
- Having regard to the Framework Directive for water (Directive 2000/60/EC);
Amendment 4 #
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the IPCC special report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate of 25 September 2019,
Amendment 5 #
Citation 7
— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as to the Commission Reflection Paper of 30 January 2019 entitled “Towards A Sustainable Europe by 2030”,
Amendment 7 #
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 23 July 2019 entitled “Protecting and restoring the world´s forests: stepping up EU action to halt deforestation and forest degradation";
Amendment 8 #
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the 2019 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations report entitled “The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”;
Amendment 10 #
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Beijing Call for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change of 6 November 2019;
Amendment 25 #
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas forest are indispensable to worldwide subsistence and while covering 30% of the Earth´s land area, they host 80% of its biodiversity;
Amendment 27 #
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with grave concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern afterbout the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, onadditional stresses for biodiversity by climate change on land as laid out in the IPCC special report of 8 August 2019; as well as about the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as ond the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs as documented in the IPCC special report of 24 September 2019;
Amendment 36 #
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses its concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and reiterates its calls on all Parties to step up their efforts; urges the Commission and Member States to adopt a new approach for ecosystems preservation and restoration to commit to immediate, substantial and additional mandatory efforts on biodiversity conservation and restoration so as to meet the EU targets; considers that in this new strategy, special attention should be paid to the restoration of ecosystems, habitats and species, notably through research and innovation to foster the deployment of nature-based economies in all sectors, which is a key tool to reach biodiversity targets;
Amendment 41 #
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses its concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and reiterates its calls on all Parties to urgently step up their efforts; urges the Commission and Member States to commit to immediate, substantial and additional efforts on biodiversity conservation and restoration so as to meet the EU targets; and contribute to meeting the Aichi targets;
Amendment 43 #
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience and adaptive capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity anddeveloping and implementing nature based solutions for preserving biodiversity while mitigating and adapting to climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence and integration between the UN CBD and UNFCCC under the Agenda 2030; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies andbut also to mainstream biodiversity into other sectorial policies; also calls on the Commission to ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving co-benefits between biodiversity and climate mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 44 #
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, including the oceans, which absorb more than 25% of CO2 emissions and are the main supplier of oxygen, are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving terrestrial, coastal and marine biodiversity and nature based solutions for climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence between the CBD and UNFCCC; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies and ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving climate mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 53 #
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the Beijing Call for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change of 6 November 2019;
Amendment 55 #
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes, in this regard, the commitments, made by Ursula von der Leyen in the political guidelines for the next European Commission 2019-2024 and in the mission letter to the Commissioner for Environment and Oceans, to present a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 as part of the European Green Deal, and her intention for the EU to lead the world at the 2020 Conference of the Parties to the CBD, as it did at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference; calls on the Commission to propose an ambitious and inclusive Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 that sets legally binding targets for the EU and its Member States, including specific targets to restore degraded habitats by 2030;
Amendment 62 #
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external instruments such as the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral agreements;
Amendment 64 #
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral agreements; as a consequence, calls on the Commission to include binding and enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters in all future trade agreements;
Amendment 67 #
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the protection and conservation of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external action instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity protection, conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral and trade agreements;
Amendment 71 #
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for a comprehensive multi-level governance regimeapproach addressing the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services; calls on the EU and the Member States to remain strongly committed to further strengthening the CBD and to take a leading role in the preparation for the post- 2020 framework, in particular in the run up to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to commit ton a biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5 ºC target of the Paris Climate Agreement and to transparently set out their visions and priorities for the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework;
Amendment 73 #
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that biodiversity and ecosystem preservation is inherently synergistic and fundamental to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; stresses the need and calls on the Commission and Member States to implement effective nature and biodiversity mainstreaming and improved environmental policy coherence in all internal and external policies of the EUwith biodiversity targets across sectors, to change the economic model towards more sustainability taking into account the EU footprint, and improved environmental policy coherence in all internal and external policies of the EU, including in agriculture, fishery, renewable energy, transport, trade and the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021 - 2027; considers that an increased collaboration across all sectors is needed to better integrate biodiversity conservation and restoration; stresses that special attention should be paid to the lifecycle of traded goods from conception to consumption, to protect natural resources and biodiversity, and to take into account the cumulated impacts including transport;
Amendment 75 #
Paragraph 8
8. Believes it to be critical to address key drivers of biodiversity loss with a long- term strategic approach and to urgently identify and safeguard the most critical and strategic areabiodiversity and ecosystem services hotspots and high integrity ecosystems based on the sensitivity of an area, the presence of endangered species, knowledge gaps and/or effective management, and the presence of common species that are fundamental to ecological processes, and to limit losses of biodiversity and negative impacts on indigenous and local communities’ territories and livelihoods;
Amendment 76 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that the climate emergency and the consequences of mass biodiversity loss constitute a grave threat to human rights; recalls that fundamental human rights to life, health, food and safe water are at risk without a healthy environment; calls on the Commission and the External Action Service to work towards an EU strategy to protect the right to a healthy environment, by working closely with third countries and international organisations such as UNHCR that has recently launched a joint strategy with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP);
Amendment 79 #
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the decision taken at the COP14 in Egypt, which urges parties to, inter alia, significantly accelerate their efforts to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and to consider undertaking national assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services; considers of the utmost importance to step up the efforts on the implementation of the current Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, focus on the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity targets and to work on an ambitious post 2020 strategic plan and implementation mechanism that formally includes the sub- national level - local and regional authorities - , with regards to a 2050 scenario which takes into account new challenges in the field of biodiversity in line with the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 83 #
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to increase ambition, inclusiveness and functioning for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively pursue the development of clear performance indicators, tracking instruments and peer review/reporting mechanisms - ideally in cooperation with sub-national governments - to improve the transparency and accountability for Parties and the overall effectiveness of the next Biodiversity Strategy Plan;
Amendment 90 #
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that an international framework in the form of a binding agreement is needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; is of the opinion that a clear global conservation objective of at least 30% for natural areas should be enshrined in the post-2020 framework and that the EU should set a similar objective domestically; believes that such a framework should be based on specific, measurable including quantifiable, ambitious, realistic, sectorial and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributions and other appropriate instruments, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; highlights the need for a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;
Amendment 96 #
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that an international framework in the form of a binding agreement is needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; believes that such a framework should be based on specific, measurable including quantifiable, ambitious, realistic and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributions and other appropriate instruments such as sub-national action plans, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; highlights the need for a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;
Amendment 97 #
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Underlines that international efforts and agreements will be met only if there is a strong involvement of all stakeholders; calls for the creation of a coalition of stakeholders, both from private and public sectors, to deliver the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; points out the usefulness of the “Agenda of Solutions” developed under the Paris Agreement to develop a positive agenda for all stakeholders relevant to the UNFCCC and calls for similar actions to be included in the post-2020 framework;
Amendment 99 #
Paragraph 14
Amendment 101 #
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the agreement reached at COP14 by 196 governments to scale up investments in nature and people towards 2020 and beyond; underlines that economic growth can facilitate sustainable development only if it is decoupled entirely from the degradation of biodiversity and nature’s capacity to contribute to people's well-being;
Amendment 102 #
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the agreement reached at COP14 by 196 governments to scale up investments in nature and people towards 2020 and beyond; underlines that economic growth can facilitate sustainable development in all sectors only if it is decoupled from the degradation of biodiversity and nature’s capacity to contribute to people;
Amendment 103 #
Subheading 4 a (new)
EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
Amendment 104 #
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Welcomes the commitments of President Ursula von der Leyen to present a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 as part of the Green Deal; calls for the Commission to present this strategy before COP15 as it will be a key component of the EU’s capacity to raise ambition at the COP15;
Amendment 105 #
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Urges the Commission to design a strategy that will address the main drivers of biodiversity loss, domestically and worldwide, and which will include legally binding targets for biodiversity protection and restoration;
Amendment 106 #
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Amendment 107 #
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15 d. Calls on the Commission and the EIB to include biodiversity-proofing components in their financial instruments in order to avoid adverse effects on biodiversity; invites the EIB to update its Environmental and Social Standards accordingly with the provisions of the future Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;
Amendment 108 #
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15 e. Calls for an EU-wide legally binding target to restore degraded habitats by 2030, through restoration of natural forests, peatlands, floodplains, wetlands, biodiversity rich grasslands, coastal zones and marine areas; regrets that the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy failed to deliver on the target to restore 15% of degraded ecosystems;
Amendment 109 #
Paragraph 15 f (new)
15 f. Urges the Commission and the EIB to include biodiversity-proofing in its external action, particularly in its external financial instrument, in order to ensure that no EU funds or financing scheme contribute to net biodiversity loss;
Amendment 110 #
Paragraph 15 g (new)
15 g. Recalls its position on the next MFF’s external action instrument stating that 45% of the funds in the new instrument should support climate and environmental objectives related to climate, environmental management and protection, biodiversity and combating desertification;
Amendment 111 #
Paragraph 15 i (new)
15 i. Welcomes the Commission's commitment, included in the Commissioner-designate for the Environment and Oceans' mission letter, stating that Europe should lead the way to an ambitious agreement at the 2020 Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and lead global efforts to curtail biodiversity loss; is of the opinion that the EU's global ambition will have to be consistent with its domestic action, in the framework of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030;
Amendment 112 #
Paragraph 15 j (new)
15 j. Invites the Commission to include the reduction of the EU's global footprint as an important focus of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 in order to avoid inconsistency between its domestic and international actions;
Amendment 120 #
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate financing for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity and climate proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies;
Amendment 125 #
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new international financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBD; calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform; calls therefore on the Commission, Member States and the EIB to develop tangible standards on data set on finance flows for biodiversity;
Amendment 127 #
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new international financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBD while making all efforts for mainstreaming biodiversity into existing funds; calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform;
Amendment 131 #
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of increasing investments to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments in order to, including in nature-based solutions and corresponding initiatives, that result in co-benefits for biodiversity and climate action that in turn will reduce impacts of climate change on biodiversity;
Amendment 132 #
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of increasing investments to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments in order to reduce impacts of climate change on biodiversity, and to take advantage of the potential of nature-based solutions for climate mitigation;
Amendment 135 #
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the decision of the EIB Group to align all its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to delivering at least 50% of EIB finance for climate action; calls on the EIB to continue expanding biodiversity protection and conservation within its financial envelope; calls on the Commission to engage with Member States and the financial sector to align their activities with the Paris Agreement and consider the protection of biodiversity in financial transactions and investments at EU level and beyond;
Amendment 136 #
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the decision of the EIB Group to align all its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to delivering at least 50% of EIB finance for climate action; calls on the Commission to engage with Member States and the financial sector to align their activities with the Paris Agreement and consider the protection ofto ensure climate and biodiversity in financialproofing of transactions and investments at EU level and beyond;
Amendment 138 #
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Notes with concern that only 8,3 % of total financial commitments are related to reversing the decline in biodiversity, which is the lowest ratio since 2015, despite the unprecedented and accelerating species extinction rate observed; calls on the Commission to increase the allocation of resources to ensure the long-term and coherent protection of biodiversity across the Union; insists that the next MFF should rely on a robust methodology in order to track biodiversity and avoid the risk of overestimation of action towards biodiversity;
Amendment 139 #
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission to analyse and assess whether the establishment of a « price on nature », which takes into account nature’s contribution to economic growth, would enable to limit and rationalise the exploitation and impact on species and ecosystems and therefore contribute to halt biodiversity loss;
Amendment 140 #
Subheading 5
Forestry and, agriculture, fisheries and soils
Amendment 141 #
Subheading 5
Forestry and agriculture and soils and fisheries
Amendment 146 #
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that agricultural activities, healthy soils, and the preservation of biodiversity are closely linked; emphasises that sustainable agriculture and forestryagro-ecological practices, forestry and sustainable fisheries contribute greatly to the variety of species, habitats and ecosystems, and reduces the effects of climate change;
Amendment 147 #
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that agricultural and fisheries activities, healthy soils, and the preservation of biodiversity are closely linked; emphasises that sustainable agriculture and forestry contribute greatly to the variety of species, habitats and ecosystems, and reduces the effects of climate change;
Amendment 150 #
Paragraph 21
21. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture and intensive fishing on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and, forestry and fishery, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products and, strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats, and increased selectivity to reduce the cumulated impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems and to participate to fish stock recovery in sensible and overfishing areas; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to increase support to the agriculture, forestry and forestishery sectors in the transition to sustainable practices;
Amendment 166 #
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that, according to the World Population Prospects of June 2019, the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, increasing the impacts of land use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration; calls on the Commission to urgently use the mitigation and adaptation potential of restoring forests, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and coastal ecosystems and integrate nature conservation in all relevant EU policies and programsnotes however that increasing biodiversity loss puts food security and nutrition at risk; calls on the Parties to promote the sustainable use of biodiversity in programmes contributing to food security and improved human nutrition while contributing to achieving the SDG goals, with special attention to SDG 2 - Zero Hunger;
Amendment 168 #
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that, according to the World Population Prospects of June 2019, the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, increasing the impacts of land and sea use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration; calls on the Commission to urgently use the mitigation and adaptation potential of restoring forests, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and coastal ecosystems and integrate nature conservation and halt overfishing in all relevant EU policies and programs;
Amendment 176 #
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that pollution, urban expansion, soil sealing and the destruction of habitats are other major causes of biodiversity destruction; recall that the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows that the surface of urban areas has doubled since 1992 and that 2 out of 3 EU citizens live in large urban areas; calls for a better assessment of the role of urban areas and cities in the preservation of biodiversity and a better implication of cities and local authorities in the definition of policies for the protection of biodiversity;
Amendment 177 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Insists that the potential of cities to help protect biodiversity and ecosystem services is underestimated; recalls that enhancing benefits from biodiversity, ecosystem services and urban green infrastructure in cities and peri-urban areas improves human health; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the incorporation and further integration of biodiversity and ecosystem functions in urban design, policy and planning while reducing carbon emissions and enhancing adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 178 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Notes that urban areas can play a transformative role within the EU in terms of biodiversity; stresses that plastic and water pollution are important drivers of biodiversity loss; believes that a strong circular economy, in the context of the new Circular Economy Action Plan, could be instrumental in the EU’s efforts towards biodiversity;
Amendment 179 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Deplores that plastic and diffuse pollution, for example from water treatment plants, pharmacological products and unsustainable agriculture practices such as intensive nutrients use, deeply affects the health of ecosystems in the oceans;
Amendment 186 #
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas on the need for improvements and/or extension of these areas; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment and extension of EU marine protected areas is needed; notes that educational marine protected areas are a relevant and efficient tool to raise public awareness and enhance preservation;
Amendment 193 #
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls the importance of innovation, research and development in order to achieve the objectives of the 2050 Vision; underlines the importance of supporting research and participative sciences to reinforce knowledge, in particular regarding oceans, of which only 5% has been explored until today; calls on the Commission and the Council to increase the budget allocation for Horizon Europe to 120 billion, to benefit in particular the cluster on natural resources; calls on the Parties to focus in particular on the links between biodiversity preservation and benefits to human health and economic well-being, and to coordinate data collection measures;
Amendment 208 #
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the intention to actively pursue a multi-stakeholder approach which is fundamental to value, protect, conserve, sustainably use and restore biodiversity and underlines that improved engagement with and between governance levels and sectors will create opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity objectives into other policies; believes it to be critical to involve business and financial organisations and, in this regard, welcomes the Commission’s efforts to engage the private sector in the preservation of biodiversity especially under the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform; in this perspective, welcomes the launch of the “One Planet Business for Biodiversity” at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York;
Amendment 214 #
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that public awareness and therefore access to comprehensive and easily understandable information are vital for consumers to make informed decisions; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the traceability and control of products through their value and supply chains thereby increasing transparency also for consumers;
Amendment 217 #
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Welcomes the IUCN meeting in Marseille in 2020; invites the Commission to send strong signals on its commitments towards biodiversity in this forum;