Activities of Angelika MLINAR related to 2017/2086(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on women, gender equality and climate justice PDF (374 KB) DOC (81 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
— having regard to Women and Gender Constituency: Position Paper on the 2015 New Climate Agreement1a, 1ahttp://womengenderclimate.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/06/WGC_FINAL_1 June.pdf
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
— having regard to EIGE’s 2016 report “Gender in environment and climate change”1a, 1a http://eige.europa.eu/rdc/eige- publications/gender-environment-and- climate-change
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the outcomes of climate change policy should be monitored in a gender sensitive way to ensure that adaptation and mitigation responses promote gender equality, poverty eradication and sustainable development;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the gender dimension can be integrated in all phases of the climate change and environment policies cycles;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women can play a vital role as agents of change within their communities and in decision-making positions and must be empowered to do so while connecting high-level women leaders with grassroots women leaders;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women are still under- represented in climate change decision- making bodies at the national level in EU Member States, but not in the relevant EU directorates-general (DGs) such as DG Climate Action and DG Energy where 40 % of positions in each DG are held by women;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas during natural disasters, women and children are 14times more likely to die than men1a; 1ahttps://www.mrfcj.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/11/MRFCJ- _Womens-Participation-An-Enabler-of- Climate-Justice_2015.pdf
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) clearly defined the link between gender, the environment and sustainable development and asserted that women have an strategic role to play in the development of sustainable and ecologically sound consumption and production patterns, including the need for women to participate on an equal basis in making decisions about the environment at all levels;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of documenting the good work that is going on to enable women’s participation and to exchange good practices;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of shifting the emphasis from women’s representation to meaningful participation in climate actions and to invest in training and capacity building to reach this goal;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recognizes that the inclusion of women in national climate change delegations and as negotiators is vital in closing the already existing gender gap during negotiations and will result in strengthened gender language in the climate change negotiations;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Points out that Sustainable Development Goal 13 “Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts”- addresses women’s participation in climate actions with a target (13b) proposed to “Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change related planning and management in least developed countries, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that women’s and girls’ education and empowerment are not only fundamental for their health, well-being, and empowerment but also significant for sustainable development; Underlines that population growth and a lack of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights is considered to be exacerbating the effects of climate change, as well as outpacing and undermining poverty alleviation efforts;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of building capacity for collecting, compiling and analysing gender-disaggregated data for planning, implementing and evaluating climate, environment and energy policies and budgets; encourages the extensive use of the Environment and Gender Index (EGI);
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to use gender budgeting to identify how budget allocations for climate change contribute to promoting gender equality, including by establishing monitoring and evaluation systems;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to further improve the number of women in climate change decision making positions;