34 Amendments of Fredrick FEDERLEY related to 2019/2824(RSP)
Amendment 5 #
Citation 7
— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as to the Commission Reflection Paper of 30 January 2019 entitled “Towards A Sustainable Europe by 2030”,
Amendment 7 #
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 23 July 2019 entitled “Protecting and restoring the world´s forests: stepping up EU action to halt deforestation and forest degradation";
Amendment 8 #
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the 2019 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations report entitled “The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”;
Amendment 9 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York on 15 October 2019;
Amendment 25 #
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas forest are indispensable to worldwide subsistence and while covering 30% of the Earth´s land area, they host 80% of its biodiversity;
Amendment 27 #
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with grave concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern afterbout the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, onadditional stresses for biodiversity by climate change on land as laid out in the IPCC special report of 8 August 2019; as well as about the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as ond the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs as documented in the IPCC special report of 24 September 2019;
Amendment 41 #
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses its concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and reiterates its calls on all Parties to urgently step up their efforts; urges the Commission and Member States to commit to immediate, substantial and additional efforts on biodiversity conservation and restoration so as to meet the EU targets; and contribute to meeting the Aichi targets;
Amendment 43 #
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience and adaptive capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity anddeveloping and implementing nature based solutions for preserving biodiversity while mitigating and adapting to climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence and integration between the UN CBD and UNFCCC under the Agenda 2030; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies andbut also to mainstream biodiversity into other sectorial policies; also calls on the Commission to ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving co-benefits between biodiversity and climate mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 65 #
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthenet targets for biodiversity conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral and trade agreements, as well as measures against non-compliance;
Amendment 67 #
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the protection and conservation of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external action instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity protection, conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral and trade agreements;
Amendment 71 #
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for a comprehensive multi-level governance regimeapproach addressing the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services; calls on the EU and the Member States to remain strongly committed to further strengthening the CBD and to take a leading role in the preparation for the post- 2020 framework, in particular in the run up to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to commit ton a biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5 ºC target of the Paris Climate Agreement and to transparently set out their visions and priorities for the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework;
Amendment 75 #
Paragraph 8
8. Believes it to be critical to address key drivers of biodiversity loss with a long- term strategic approach and to urgently identify and safeguard the most critical and strategic areabiodiversity and ecosystem services hotspots and high integrity ecosystems based on the sensitivity of an area, the presence of endangered species, knowledge gaps and/or effective management, and the presence of common species that are fundamental to ecological processes, and to limit losses of biodiversity and negative impacts on indigenous and local communities’ territories and livelihoods;
Amendment 76 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that the climate emergency and the consequences of mass biodiversity loss constitute a grave threat to human rights; recalls that fundamental human rights to life, health, food and safe water are at risk without a healthy environment; calls on the Commission and the External Action Service to work towards an EU strategy to protect the right to a healthy environment, by working closely with third countries and international organisations such as UNHCR that has recently launched a joint strategy with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP);
Amendment 79 #
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the decision taken at the COP14 in Egypt, which urges parties to, inter alia, significantly accelerate their efforts to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and to consider undertaking national assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services; considers of the utmost importance to step up the efforts on the implementation of the current Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, focus on the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity targets and to work on an ambitious post 2020 strategic plan and implementation mechanism that formally includes the sub- national level - local and regional authorities - , with regards to a 2050 scenario which takes into account new challenges in the field of biodiversity in line with the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 83 #
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to increase ambition, inclusiveness and functioning for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively pursue the development of clear performance indicators, tracking instruments and peer review/reporting mechanisms - ideally in cooperation with sub-national governments - to improve the transparency and accountability for Parties and the overall effectiveness of the next Biodiversity Strategy Plan;
Amendment 96 #
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that an international framework in the form of a binding agreement is needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; believes that such a framework should be based on specific, measurable including quantifiable, ambitious, realistic and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributions and other appropriate instruments such as sub-national action plans, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; highlights the need for a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;
Amendment 99 #
Paragraph 14
Amendment 101 #
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the agreement reached at COP14 by 196 governments to scale up investments in nature and people towards 2020 and beyond; underlines that economic growth can facilitate sustainable development only if it is decoupled entirely from the degradation of biodiversity and nature’s capacity to contribute to people's well-being;
Amendment 119 #
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate and sufficient financing for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies;
Amendment 120 #
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate financing for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity and climate proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies;
Amendment 127 #
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new international financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBD while making all efforts for mainstreaming biodiversity into existing funds; calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform;
Amendment 131 #
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of increasing investments to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments in order to, including in nature-based solutions and corresponding initiatives, that result in co-benefits for biodiversity and climate action that in turn will reduce impacts of climate change on biodiversity;
Amendment 135 #
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the decision of the EIB Group to align all its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to delivering at least 50% of EIB finance for climate action; calls on the EIB to continue expanding biodiversity protection and conservation within its financial envelope; calls on the Commission to engage with Member States and the financial sector to align their activities with the Paris Agreement and consider the protection of biodiversity in financial transactions and investments at EU level and beyond;
Amendment 138 #
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Notes with concern that only 8,3 % of total financial commitments are related to reversing the decline in biodiversity, which is the lowest ratio since 2015, despite the unprecedented and accelerating species extinction rate observed; calls on the Commission to increase the allocation of resources to ensure the long-term and coherent protection of biodiversity across the Union; insists that the next MFF should rely on a robust methodology in order to track biodiversity and avoid the risk of overestimation of action towards biodiversity;
Amendment 156 #
Paragraph 21
21. Notes however the negative impact of intensivunsustainable agriculture on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products and strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to increase support to the agriculture and forestry sectors in the transition to sustainable practices;
Amendment 166 #
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that, according to the World Population Prospects of June 2019, the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, increasing the impacts of land use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration; calls on the Commission to urgently use the mitigation and adaptation potential of restoring forests, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and coastal ecosystems and integrate nature conservation in all relevant EU policies and programsnotes however that increasing biodiversity loss puts food security and nutrition at risk; calls on the Parties to promote the sustainable use of biodiversity in programmes contributing to food security and improved human nutrition while contributing to achieving the SDG goals, with special attention to SDG 2 - Zero Hunger;
Amendment 173 #
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the Commission to urgently use the mitigation and adaptation potential of restoring forests, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and coastal ecosystems and integrate nature conservation in all relevant EU policies and programs;
Amendment 175 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that pollution, urban expansion, soil sealing and the destruction of habitats are other major causes of biodiversity destruction; recall that the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows that the surface of urban areas has doubled since 1992; calls for a better assessment of the role of urban areas and cities in the preservation of biodiversity and a better implication of cities and local authorities in the definition of policies for the protection of biodiversityand conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services as well as monitoring, reporting, and verification;
Amendment 177 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Insists that the potential of cities to help protect biodiversity and ecosystem services is underestimated; recalls that enhancing benefits from biodiversity, ecosystem services and urban green infrastructure in cities and peri-urban areas improves human health; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the incorporation and further integration of biodiversity and ecosystem functions in urban design, policy and planning while reducing carbon emissions and enhancing adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 185 #
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas on the need for improvements and/or extension of these areas; underlines the need for a standardised method for calculating protected areas in the EU and a clear definition of what constitutes a ‘protected area’; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment of EU marine protected areas is needed;
Amendment 196 #
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to support further research into the effects of land use change, including deforestalooking into different actions and bioenergy production, on GHG emissionstheir effects on both biodiversity and climate and take the results into account in future policy making;
Amendment 209 #
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the intention to actively pursue a multi-stakeholder approach which is fundamental to value, protect, conserve, sustainably use and restore biodiversity and underlines that improved engagement with and between governance levels and se, sectors and private actors will create opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity objectives into other policies; believes it to be critical to involve business and financial organisations and, in this regard, welcomes the Commission’s efforts to engage the private sector in the preservation of biodiversity especially under the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform;
Amendment 211 #
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on the Commission to consider a harmonised methodology for calculating the ecological footprint of EU companies as well as their impact on biodiversity;
Amendment 214 #
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that public awareness and therefore access to comprehensive and easily understandable information are vital for consumers to make informed decisions; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the traceability and control of products through their value and supply chains thereby increasing transparency also for consumers;