Activities of Ian DUNCAN related to 2015/2112(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris PDF (259 KB) DOC (205 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the European Council Conclusions of 23rd and 24th October 2014;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that the EU alone will not achieve the target to keep temperatures at 2°C below pre-industrial levels; notes that it is therefore essential that the Paris Agreement secures emission reduction commitments from all parties that are ambitious and fair and which in aggregate keep the 2°C goal within reach;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presen effect of INDCs submitted before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reductionlevel required to keep temperatures at 2°C below pre-industrial levels, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures and provide for regulatory flexibility and investor certainty; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, willto ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow to reinforcefacilitate revisions to the level of ambition of reduction commitments in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-yearong-term commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for general reinvigorUnderlines the importance of ensuring strategic orientations of the EU’s climate policy, notably with respect to consensus on ETS, non-ETS, interconnections and energy efficiency, which wouldill help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line with upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 95% below 1990 levels by 2050; considers that a binding EU 2030 50% reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels is the absolute minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover calls for a binding EU 2030 energy efficiency target of 40 %, in line with research on cost-effective energy saving potential and a binding EU 2030 target of producing at least 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sourcesthe EU’s objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the development and roll- out of technologies such as CCS to help lower emissions
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the importance of infrastructure investment developed with Member States to facilitate the free trade of energy across borders
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Places particular emphasis on the urgent need for progress in closing the gigatonne gap which exists between the scientific analysis and the current Parties’ pledges for the period up to 2020; emphasises the important role of other policy measures, including that lead to energy efficiency, substantial energy savings, investment in renewable energy, resource efficiency and the phase-down of HFCs, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and strengthening the role of widespread pricing of carbon, in contributing to closing the gigatonne gap;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Clarifies that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore calls on Parties, including EU Member States, to ratify the second commitment period rapidly, as the EP completes its part by giving its consent; believes that such efforts and transparency is necessary to help understand mutual efforts and build trust among all Parties towards the Paris Conference;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emission budgets which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition; stresses that in line with the IPCC’s findings, land use (agricultural, forest and other land uses) has significant cost-effective potential for mitigation and enhancing resilience; highlights that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF);
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the need for the ICAO and the IMO to continue to act to effectively regulate emissions from international aviation and shipping respectively before the end of 2016, in line with adequacy and urgency required;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that finance will play an essential role in finding an agreement at the Paris Conference and that it seems thereforwill be necessary to prepare a credible ‘financial package’, in order to support greater efforts for greenhouse gas reduction and adaptation to climate change impacts;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Requests the EU to agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance, in line with existing commitments, towards its fair share of USD 100 billion a year by 2020; calls for a robust monitorinotes that it is not feasible to tackle climate change and accountability framework for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objectivepromote sustainable development in isolation, and that international public finance must fulfil both interlinked agendas;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Acknowledges that it is essential to enhance transparency, and demonstrate progress in meeting climate finance commitments and objectives; notes however, that there is no formal burden- sharing arrangement for the individual public finance contributions from developed countries;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for concrete commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance, such as the adoption of a financial transactions tax and the allocation of emissions trading revenues to climate-related investments, and revenues from carbon pricing of transport fuels; calls for concrete steps including a timetable for theincluding a timetable, further to the pledge by G-20 countries in 2009, for rationalising and phaseing out ofinefficient fossil fuel subsidies, and an ambitious roadmap of commitments of public and multilateral banks in favour of financing the ecological transition, specific public guarantees in favour of green investments, labels and fiscal advantages for green investment funds and for issuing green bondtransition to low carbon and climate resilient economies and societies;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that developing countries, in particular Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, have contributed the least to climate change, are the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and have the least capacity to adapt; calls for adaptation support and loss and damage to be essential elements of the Paris agreement guaranteeing therefore that their adaptation needs will be met both in the short and in the long-term;