4 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2018/2764(RSP)
Amendment 4 #
Recital B
B. whereas 72% of the European population live in cities, towns and suburbs, and the share of the urban population continues to grow, partly as a result of a steady influx of large numbers of migrants, and could reach 80% in 202012; whereas these figures increase the importance of greener cities in tackling major challenges that our placontinent is faced with; _________________ 12 https://www.eea.europa.eu/articles/analysin g-and-managing-urban-growth
Amendment 9 #
Recital C
C. whereas cities face an array of challenges, ranging from impact on residents’ health to environmental concerns via excessive urbanisation, and therefore green infrastructure has great potential to offer solutions to many of these problems;
Amendment 11 #
Recital D
D. whereas green infrastructure, provides ecosystem services that are crucial to our wellbeing production of urban food, water circulation and retention, the regulation of temperature, the prevention of extreme weather phenomena, the support of biodiversity, including pollinators, and improving nutrient cycles and aesthetic, exercise and wellbeing benefits for its inhabitants;
Amendment 66 #
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to work together with the Member States to devise a European plan for greener cities to address all the challenges that cities are faced with; considers that the additional mainstreaming of environmental perspectives into local, national and global urban policy making could contribute significantly to the success of the endeavour;