Activities of Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI related to 2017/2086(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on women, gender equality and climate justice PDF (374 KB) DOC (81 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that gender disparities in the ownership of and access to resources (such as land, credit and technology), coupled with sociocultural barriers, increase the exposure of those resources to climatic risks; notes that the management of water resources is also a crucial issue in this connection;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the impacts of climate change are different for women and men; whereas women are more vulnerable, faceexpose women to higher risks and burdens for various reasons, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights, to social and cultural norms and their diverse intersectional experiences based on ethnicity, identity, sexual orientation, religion, function and age etc.;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that women’s empowerment is central to the achievement of the SDGs; urges the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to mainstream gender into their climate policies andwomen’s education to enable them to improve their management of the natural resources at their disposal; notes that women’s emancipation and education also contribute to guaranteeing their rights with a view to the demographic transition which is indispensable in the context of any serious development cooperationpolicy;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas climate impacts exacerbate gender inequalitienatural disasters have adverse effects ion relation to discrimination, threats to health, loss of livelihood,access to health care, and to livelihood resources; whereas natural disasters cause displacement, forced migration, poverty, increase the risk of human trafficking, violence, food insecurity, access to infrastructure and essential services; whereas there is a need for a gender-transformative approach, which links the analysis of climate impacts to a critical reflection on masculinities, norms, consumption patterns and their impact on climate changend reduce the access of the affected communities to infrastructure and essential services;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the pivotal role of forests in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, the delivery of ecosystem services and the safeguarding of livelihoods; considers that REDD+ action should address structural inequalities around land and forest tenure; takes the view that, in the context of the REDD+ programme, women should be the first to benefit from targeted training on eco- diversity, the preservation of plant life, sustainable forestry and awareness- raising about the protection and variety of tree species; also takes the view that such training should feature the sustainable exploitation of resources, particularly bees and flowers, with a view to establishing partnerships with European businesses particularly in the agri- foodstuffs and cosmetic industries;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to engage wipromote the existing climate finance frameworks at all levels, so as to ensure that gender perspectives are integrated into disaster risk reduction and adaptation efforts.mancipation of women in order to work towards food security and tackle the potential risks of environmental disasters caused in particular by poor land management;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Parties to the UNFCCC decided at COP 18 (Decision 23/CP.18) to adopt the goal of achieving gender balance in the bodies established pursuant to the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol in order to improveimproving women’s participation, and ensureing a more effective climate change policy that addresses the needs of women and men equally, and to keep track of progress made towards the goal of gender balance in advancing gender-sensitive climate policy;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Paris Agreement (COP 21) establishes that gender-responsive climate action must be integrated into all aspects of the implementation of the Agreement;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Parties to the Paris Agreement have acknowledged that climate change is a common concern of humankind, and that Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local commensure they provide, regardless of the community affected, access to health care, food and shelter, unities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equityl natural disaster victims find a permanent home;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the EU has a clear legal framework that requirencourages it to respect and promote gender equality and human rights in its internal and external policies; whereas EUthe EU’s climate policy can have a significant impact on the protection of human rights and the promotion of gender-responsive climate policies globallychange proposals could shape the policies of Member States in this area, without being binding;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to secure a gender-sensitive approachMember States, to secure an approach sensitive to all, men and women, without any discrimination, within its work on the Platform on Disaster Displacement (the Nansen Initiative) and its ‘Agenda for the protection of cross- border displaced persons in the context of disaster and climate change’;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to contribute to the stability of Europe, and of the world, by instructing the EU to halt its migration policy; calls on the Member States to close all migratory routes which also act as incentives; calls on the Member States to urgently work towards stability through the Global compact for safe orderly and regular migration, with a view to safeguarding climate justice, providing human rights- based input and mainstreaming gender equality between men and women throughout the global compact;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Directorates-General responsible for gender equality between men and women, development and energy and climate respectively to include gender equality in a structured and systematic mannerbetween men and women in their climate change and energy policiesy for the EU and not focus exclusively on the external dimension; urges, in particular, the Directorate- General for Justice and Consumers and the Directorate- General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) to step up their awareness of and work on GEWE as it relates to climate justice; stresses the necessity for the Directorate- General for Climate Action (CLIMA) to allocate resources to staff the position for a gender focal point (GFP);
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises that, without leadership commit equality between ment and the institutional incentives that should flow from that leadership, improvements to technical guidance and the like will not transform the EU’s effectiveness on GEWEwomen falls within the exclusive remit of the Member States, and that the respect of subsidiarity is enshrined in the EU’s treaties; recognises that only the Member States are empowered to take decisions on male/female equality;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on its parliamentary committees to give greater importance to gender mainstreaming when working within their areas of competence on the cross-cutting issues of climate change, sustainable development and human rightsand greater attention to the needs of EU citizens; calls on each parliamentary committee to stay within its area of competence;