Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2015/2112(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris (A8-0275/2015 - Gilles Pargneaux) PT
Amendments (9)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it essential, if the proposed goals are to be attained, to bring nature and society into a harmonious, sustainable relationship;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU’s major energy- intensive industries fail to make similar commitments onhave to be committed to GHG reductions, and that carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon leakagemust be tightened up and complied with;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Warns against the effects of deregulation and liberalisation in international trade, which is causing energy consumption and global goods flows to increase, thus adding to atmospheric GHG concentrations; believes that safeguarding and promoting local consumption, by means of shorter supply chains, is a way to encourage complementary relationships in international trade, as opposed to competition among products, producers, and countries, and hence to increase employment and the numbers of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that global trade liberalisation has been leading to higher energy consumption and GHG emissions, and that the EU must therefore call for the resulting impacts to be systematically studied and assessed;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Points to the importance of an objective, integrated, cross-cutting, and systematic approach to climate change, widening the range of means employed to reach reduction targets and avoiding reliance on market-based instruments alone;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the importance of assessing the potential for making economies less carbon intensive by reducing dependence on fossil fuels; considers that such assessment must be based on technical and scientific studies and cover the same time-frame as the reduction targets laid down; maintains that the EU has to set an example both by taking its own initiatives and by promoting cooperation with its international partners;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Maintains that assessment is needed in order to determine how effectively market-based instruments can serve to achieve the goal of global GHG reduction and what implications they might entail in social and environmental terms;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action; stresses that a concerted global political and financial push for clean energy innovation is crucial to meeting our climate goals and to facilitate growth in EU green-economy sectors; highlights the need to preserve existing copyright and intellectual property rights in technology and knowledge transfer to third countries;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CommendUrges the US and China onto fulfil their commitment tos and thereby playing a more significant global climate role; points to the environmental, social, and economic benefits that strong global commitments bring for the competitiveness of EU industry;and regrets that some developed countries continue to increase their emissions per capita.