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18 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2017/2009(INI)

Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the proportion of renewables in Europe’s total energy consumption was 16% in 2014, double the amount recorded in 2004;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas to increase the proportion of renewables in the European consumption total, European industries must be supported, especially the photovoltaic sector, and protected, above all, against the sometimes unfair competition from companies outside Europe;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. stresses the importance of supporting research into innovative sources of renewable energy and notes that existing EU funds for scientific research programmes could be used to support such research projects;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesNotes that the Commission’s is commitmentted to mainstreaming SDGs into all EU policies and initiatives, guided by the three pillars of sustainable development, social, environmental and economic;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomesNotes that the Commission is commitmentted to mainstreaming the SDGs into its Better Regulation strategy;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomesTakes note of recent developments around resource and waste efficiency and the circular economy; calls on the Commission to retain an upward trajectory with targets while supporting and guiding Member States as regards achieving waste reduction; calls on the Commission to come up with an ambitious and comprehensive strategy on plastics while also keeping with the 2020 target for environmentally sound management of chemicals;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. stresses, in particular, that according to the OECD (2008), mean species abundance is projected to decline by 10% between 2000 and 2030 and that at least 32% of that loss would be caused by agriculture;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. stresses that increasing international trade has a considerable impact on biodiversity loss, as a result, among other causes, of the habitat loss suffered by certain animal species, but also of the proliferation of invasive alien species, and that in this regard some 98% of the world’s agricultural production derives from species that are not native to the areas where they are being grown or raised;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that an economic paradigm shift is needed to protect biodiversity and that, in particular, support should be given to local agricultural production with less impact on greenhouse gas emissions and which does not involve importing invasive alien species into the European Union; stresses, in this regard, that Member States and their public authorities should be able to favour local production for the purposes of public procurement;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Encourages the Commission to take full account of the impact that increased use of biofuels has on deforestation, and stresses the need to develop second- and third-generation biofuels, while supporting and, where necessary, encouraging transition from using first-generation fuels on European farms;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. stresses that the European energy transition programme, which is designed to increase the proportion of renewables in European energy consumption, should also take full account of the sometimes detrimental effects of some renewable energy sources on the environment;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that the GHG emission reduction targets should not put sectors such as the metal industry at a disadvantage, particularly in view of the sometimes unfair international competition;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to produce a report on the flagship EU carbon reduction scheme (the EU Emissions Trading Scheme - EU ETS) in order to ascertain whether the current trajectory for reductions will be enough to help the EU meet the SDGs and its commitments under the Paris Agreement;deleted
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges that in moving towards any new economic and social model, there will inevitably bsome communities are centred around traditional heavy industry that will over time become obsolete; calls on the Commission to stream funding from sources such as the EU ETS in order to finance a ‘Just Transition Fund’ to help such communities, and to protect that industry from unfair competition where necessary;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Takes note of development aid programmes dealing with climate change with a view to curbing climate migration from third countries;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to publish a conclusive study on its projections for green jobs, up to 2030, for example, including the number and nature of the green jobs and the professional skills that will be required to fill those jobs;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that the anticipated future needs for ‘green skills’ should not justify an increased reliance on labour migration, but that, where necessary, the academic and professional training provided in Member States should be geared towards those future labour needs by increasing the proportion of degrees in scientific and technical subjects on offer in Member States’ higher education systems;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. stresses that such projections should take into account the expected quality of the green jobs and, not least, the level of qualification required and the main job type;
2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI