19 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2017/2272(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the Policy paper on case selection and prioritisation of the International Criminal Court Office of Prosecutor of 15 September 2016;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas climate change has a particularly severe social and cultural impact on indigenous communities, which not only contribute only marginally to CO2 emissions, but, on the contrary, play an active and vital role in protecting the ecosystems in which they live, thereby mitigating the effects of climate change;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas climate change is having a direct impact on migration, since desertification is making parts of the planet inhabitable and droughts are creating food crises which are forcing people to migrate in order to seek new livelihoods;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas statistical analysis has found links between climate change, natural disasters and the outbreak of armed conflicts; whereas climate change can, in this regard, be regarded as a ‘threat multiplier’ which has the ability to amplify existing social tensions;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas each year we are seeing, on average, 26 million refugees fleeing from natural disasters; whereas by 2050, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is expecting to see 200 million migrants for environmental reasons, many of whom from coastal populations;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas migrants for environmental reasons do not benefit from refugee status nor from the international protection granted to refugees, since they are not recognised by the 1951 Geneva Convention;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas the problem of the scarcity of water resources is at the root of an ever increasing number of conflicts between communities; whereas those resources are often exploited unsustainably for intensive and industrial farming in situations that are already unstable;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas environmental crimes are increasingly affecting the quality of air, water and soil, threatening the survival of species and causing uncontrollable disasters, while also imposing a security and safety threat to a large number of people and have a significant negative impact on development and the rule of law;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the melting of the ice cap due to climate change has the potential to open up new commercial shipping routes, but at the same time to facilitate the emergence of potential conflicts in the area;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas serious environmental crimes, such as the illegal exploitation of natural resources, land grabbing or the destruction of the environment, illegal trade in wildlife, smuggling of ozone- depleting substances (ODS), illicit trade of hazardous waste, illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing and illegal logging and trade in timber, often fail to prompt the appropriate governmental response;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that in order to avoid further temperature increases and to take on a global leadership role, the Member States and the European Union need to be more ambitious, moving beyond the mere implementation of the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030; suggests that Member States should set an example, align their national environmental policies and meet the relevant targets before 2030 as part of a new, coordinated, long-term EU strategy for 2050;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the need to implement the principles of transparency and solidarity set out in the Paris Agreement, to ensure ongoing monitoring of the commitments made and to assist developing countries in reducing emissions and in launching a transition process towards a more supportive and sustainable economic model;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that mitigating climate change and moving towards a low- emission economy will contribute to enhanced peace and security both within and outside of the EU as climate change oftencan create new conflicts, or exacerbates existing instabilities and conflicts, even leading to increasedones, having a direct impact on migration flows due to the scarcity of resources and lack of economic opportunities as well as a deterioration in living conditions;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that every environment- related initiative taken by the European Union must be underpinned by the legislative powers provided for in the Treaties and that the EU parliamentary democracy must continue to play a leading role in each proposal concerning the promotion of international measures to protect the environment;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its will to initiate a process to contribute to this effort through regular reports on the EU’s climate diplomacy activities and its achievements, as well as its shortcomings; adds that the regular reports should contain clear benchmarks in this regard;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CHighlights the vital role of parliamentary diplomacy in combating climate change; commits itself to making better use of its international role and its membership of international parliamentary networks, to stepping up its climate activities within its work in its delegations as well as through delegation visits, especially of ENVI and AFET Committees, and during European and international interparliamentary meetings as well as in dialogue platforms with national parliaments and subnational actors/non-state actors and civil society;
Amendment 219 #
15a. Recommends that the EU, together with the United Nations, support greater global cooperation to address the issue of sandstorms which, especially in the Middle East, is heightening existing tensions and creating new ones; these storms, as well as causing serious health problems, are drying up the already limited water resources in the Middle East; urges the EU, in this regard, to cooperate with the United Nations in improving monitoring and alert systems;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Invites International lawmakers as well as “Climate Diplomats” in finding any possible legislative tool to empower the International Criminal Court and its Prosecutor to investigate and judge as crimes against humanity serious environmental crimes such as the illegal exploitation of natural resources, land grabbing or the destruction of the environment, illegal trade in wildlife, smuggling of ozone-depleting substances (ODS), illicit trade of hazardous waste, illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing and illegal logging and trade in timber, crimes which too often fail to prompt the appropriate governmental response;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen their ties with civil society and to form alliances and build up synergies with the scientific community, non-governmental organisations, indigenous communities, non- traditional actors and the private sector, to develop export strategies for climate technologies and to encourage technology and cultural transfer to, and capacity-building in, third countries;