33 Amendments of Carlos ZORRINHO related to 2022/2002(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission staff working document of 18 November 2020 on ‘Delivering on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – A comprehensive approach’ (SWD(2020) 400final ),
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
— having regard to the Joint Communication of the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 17 February 2021 to the European Parliament and the Council on strengthening the EU’s contribution to rules-based multilateralism (JOIN(2021) 3 final),
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
— having regard to the joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, Parliament and the Commission of 30 June 2017 on the New European Consensus on Development – ‘Our world, our dignity, our future’,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
— having regard to the Commission staff working document of 28 January 2019 ‘EU Report on Policy Coherence for Development’ (SWD(2019) 20 final)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Secretary-General Report “Our Common Agenda” presented to the UN General Assembly and mandated by the Resolution approved on 15 November 2021,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there will be no climate justice without environmentally, socially and economically sustainable and inclusive development; whereas achieving the SDGs is therefore an essential prerequisite to achieving a just transition under the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) is an approach to integrate the various dimensions of sustainable development holistically at all stages of policy-making, in order to foster synergies across policy areas and identify potential trade-offs and reconcile policy objectives, as well as address the spillover effects of domestic policies;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the European Commission, in its Staff Working Document of 18 November 2021 entitled ‘Delivering on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – A comprehensive approach’ committed to taking a ‘whole of government’ approach to SDG implementation, coordinated by President von der Leyen; whereas a ‘whole of government’ approach would urgently need more coherent action across Commission services;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic is not yet fully known, but has already led to a significant degree of SDG backsliding in Europe but especially also in the countries of the Global South with weak health systems and where vaccination rates remain very low;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the new geopolitical realities imposed by the war in Ukraine have a huge impact on the global achievement of the SDGs and impedes their realisation by 2030, leading to a great humanitarian and economic crisis;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the gap between the richest and poorest people and countries is continuously rising and reducing inequalities (SDG 10) has strategic importance and should be at the core of the common efforts to achieve the Agenda 2030;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs, its 17 SDGs and the pledge to leave no one behind; stresses that, in the light of the current and possible future pandemics, the SDGs2030 Agenda provides a unique pathway to both ensure a human- centred recovery that would leave no one behind and build back better a more equitable, just, inclusive, sustainable and resilient world;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Strongly opposes to any form of armed conflict and violence against civilians and reiterates its strong commitment to lasting peace and security; calls for a fast and peaceful solution in the raging war in Ukraine;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the aftermath of the war in Ukraine will require adaptation and concrete revisions of international, national and regional implementation strategies to make the SDGs achievable by 2030;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recalls that only eight years are left to achieve the 2030 Agenda targets for Sustainable Development and that the 2020s have been declared the UN Decade of Action on Sustainable Development;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the principle of leaving no one behind must be respected operationally in the implementation of all SDGs by focusing on issues of equality and non-discrimination and addressing the root causes of these issues, with particular attention being paid to those who are most marginalised and disenfranchised;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that to achieve the SDGs, the 2030 Agenda requires a strong level of societal legitimacy and a genuine political reset; emphasises the immense value of civil society organisations in this regard and calls for stronger engagement with and consultation of them, as they are watchdogs of the SDGs' implementation by governments but are also direct contributors to sustainable development, providing services to and serving the most marginalised and underserved communities; deeply regrets that the mandate of the multi-stakeholder platform was not renewed in 2019 and calls for its urgent reinstatement;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the implementation of the 17 goals and 169 targets requires coordination between the EU and its Member States, the European Parliament, national parliaments and regional and local authorities, as well as a multi-level governance approach, also based on active and broad-based public, civil society and private sector engagement;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recognises that a lack of accountability, transparency and good governance have a strong negative impact on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in both developed and developing countries and stresses the need to promote anti-corruption and integrity to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs and to consistently monitor progress;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that efforts to mainstream the SDGs across EU internal and external policies have not matured beyond a mapping exercise; recalls that many EU internal policies not only contribute to the implementation of the SDGs, but also have a very high ecological, social and economic spillover impact on developing countries;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the Commission to adopt a new, high-level EU SDG2030 Agenda implementation strategy, building on EU resolutions and policy directives aiming at achieving the SDGs, given that there are only eight years left to achieve the 2030 Agenda and, hence, urgent implementation is required in line with the Decade of Action to deliver the Global Goals;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the view that the adoption of the new comprehensive implementation strategy should be preceded by a broad, inclusive and meaningful public participatory consultation process, supported by a structured and meaningful civil society dialogue;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asserts that identifying the EU’s added value in SDG implementation can only be achieved through filling existing data gaps including the lack of disaggregated data to better understand the EU’s true impact on SDG progress in the EU and globally;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that a minimum level of data timeliness and statistical disaggregation aligned to the global SDG monitoring framework in relation to the SDGs in the EU should be established, covering, where appropriate, geographic location, sexgender, income, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability and other characteristics, and taking into account the principles of the human rights-based approach to data; welcomes the initiative of the Commission to establish markers to measure inequality in that regard;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the key accountability tool in the 2030 Agenda; encourages EU Member States to participate in the voluntary national reviews and to meaningfully take into consideration and implement the recommendations made at this occasion; calls for the EU to present an annual EU voluntary review at each High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF);
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the importance of voluntary local reviews and voluntary subnational reviews for the implementation of the SDGs; calls on the Commission to present an inclusive EU voluntary regional review ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit, and every four years thereafter; calls on consultation and information of the European Parliament as to the EU voluntary review before that Summit; highlights that a reinstated multi- stakeholder platform for the implementation of the SDGs could help prepare the EU’s voluntary review;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s Official development assistance (ODA) expenditure targets in relation to specific SDG goals and its efforts to track EU budget expenditure on climate, biodiversity, clean air, migration and gender equality10 ; regrets, however, that no progress has been made to track SGDs- related resources and expenditure in its entirety; and with due consideration of the SDGs at the target level, especially with reference to inequalities (SDG 10) and their strategic importance for the implementation of all SDGs; calls on the EU to reach its target of at least 20% of ODA allocated to human development as an essential tool to achieve the SDGs; _________________ 10 Policy Department for Budgetary Affairs, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, for the Committee on Budgetary Control, 'Budgetary control of the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU budget – What measures are in place to ensure effective implementation?', 2021.
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes efforts made to integrate the SDGs into the European Semester; calls on the Commission to present a reform proposal for the existing European Semester process, which is not as such adapted to be a ‘European process for SDG policy coordination’, as indicated in scenario 1 of the Commission’s reflection paper entitled ‘A Sustainable Europe by 2030’; considers that such a reform should ensure that European SDG policy coordination does not lead to a policy process parallel to the European Semester, but instead consists of an integrated and coherent approach based on a new Sustainable Development Pact;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Regrets that the EU still has nostill not adopted an overarching, dedicated plan to finance the SDGs; exhorts the Commission to urgently come up with such aa sustainable and innovative financing plan, bearing in mind the post- COVID-19 estimated annual SDG financing gap of EUR 4.2 trillion11 ; underlines that the absence of such a plan, with clearly defined, quantifiable targets, prohibits comprehensive SDG expenditure tracking under the EU budget; in the absence of such plan, encourages the Commission to ensure that all its policies, programmes and actions are aligned with global efforts to achieve the SDGs and accelerate the 2030 Agenda, inside and outside the EU; _________________ 11 OECD, 'Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2021 – A New Way to Invest for People and Planet', Paris, 2020.
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Is alarmed by the fact that LCDs were already unable to finance the implementation of the SDGs before the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine and are now even more in need of financial support; strongly calls for debt relief measures;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes ongoing efforts to enhance the European financial architecture for development, as outlined in the Council conclusions of 14 June 2021; calls on the Commission to develop a common framework and guidance on holistic sustainability proofing of Union funding, following the Team Europe approach to ensure both effectiveness and efficiency in European Development Policies; calls for capitalising on the Team Europe approach to ensure close coordination in achieving the 2030 Agenda between the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights the importance of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for achieving positive spill-over effects especially in the Global South and enter a virtuous circle in international partnerships; underlines the significance of the external dimension as the EU only stands for 19% of the global economic performance and 5,6% of world population with both shares shrinking; points out that achieving SDG 10 is the strategic lever that empowers our partners to set themselves on the path to sustainable development;