16 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2017/2006(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitmentintention of committing themselves to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Under 2 Degrees Memorandum of Understanding;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the transport sector is responsible for emissions both of greenhouse gases and of air pollutants that are hazardous to health, whose concentration in urban air is regulated by Directive 2012/2284/EC;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that many cities and regions in the Union are taking political decisions which go in the opposite direction to the Paris commitments, such as investments in extraction of fossil fuels, the construction of road transport infrastructure, use of large areas of land at the expense of natural areas, and territorial support for industrial activities with high greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a better integratthe inclusion of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional; stresses that this is particularly important given the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiteratein UNFCCC debates in order for their positions to be represented there and to facilitate the dissemination of local best practices with regard to climate change mitigation and adaptation; welcomes the decisions of individual States, cities and undertakings which have reaffirmed their commitment to reducinge their GHG emissions despite the decision by President Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that, in order to meet the obligations resulting from the Paris Agreement, it is necessary not only to reduce emissions, but also to increase the absorption capacity of CO2 in soil so that, in the second half of the century, we could expect a net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that the incineration of 1 tonne of waste generates between 0.7 and 1.2 tonnes of CO2, between 50% and 67% of that being of fossil origin;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the lack of a reporting system on the percentages of funding from the Structural and Cohesion Funds allocated for mitigation and adaptation measures by local authorities;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to include the obligation for Member States to indicate the percentage of EU funds spent at local level to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to ensure spatial adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to make the approval of operational plans conditional on a clear indication from the regional authorities of detailed information about spending on mitigation and adaptation, including descriptions of the expected results;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the competent authorities to guide agricultural and forestry production towards activities that can reduce direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and draw up plans to allow a progressive increase of absorption capacity on the part of soil;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages local authorities to implement plans for transport and logistics to promote electrified public and private transport, including by restricting certain areas for use only by bicycles and electric vehicles and by providing easy- access recharging points in numbers geared to needs;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on local authorities to undertake information campaigns, including in cooperation with representatives of catering establishments, concerning the carbon footprint of food, in order to educate people about healthy eating and food that has a small impact on the climate;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the competent bodies to tackle the problem of waste with a view to the full realisation of the circular economy and promoting modes of disposal other than incineration for the fraction that is not reusable or recyclable;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls on cities and regions to guide the promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy production that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution; notes that regions and cities can play an essential role in the decarbonisation of society and that their involvement in the creation of an energy system based on renewables should be a priority for the EU and the individual Member States;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Welcomes the inclusion of thematic objectives TO4, TO5 and TO6 in the basis for channelling cohesion funding; recalls that, according to the European Court of Auditors, the commitment to ensure that at least 20% of the Multiannual Financial Framework is spent on climate measures in 2014-2020 may not be achieved in the absence of additional measures;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Highlights the importance of ensuring that at least 5% of rural development funds (from the ERDF) are without fail used to fund climate change adaptation and mitigation measures;