19 Amendments of Linnéa ENGSTRÖM related to 2017/2086(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas climate change occurs globally, but has a greater destructive impact on the countries and communities least responsible for global warming; whereas the impacts on the populations most reliant on natural resources for their livelihoods and/or which have the least capacity to respond to natural hazards, such as droughts, landslides, floods and hurricanes, are greater;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas research shows that climate change denial is strongly correlated with accepting patriarchal or hierarchical structures and pursuing a populist nationalist agenda; whereas climate change is an inconvenient truth for nationalism and patriarchy as it requires collective action between states and between all actors in society at all levels and calls for gender equality and the renouncement of a western hegemonic masculine identity as it links to climate footprints;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Parties to the UNFCCC decided at COP 18 (Decision 23/CP.18) to adopt the goal of achieving gender balance in the bodies established pursuant to the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol in order to improve women’s participation, ensure a more effective climate change policy that addresses the needs of women and men equally, and to keep track of progress made towards the goal of gender balance in advancing gender-sensitresponsive climate policy;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the Lima Work Programme on Gender, adopted at COP 20 (Decision 18/CP.20), brings pressure to bear in relation to gender equalitycalls on Parties to advance gender balance in their representation of Parties and promotes gender sensitivity in developing and implementing climate change policy; whereas Parties are encouraged to support training and awareness-raising for female and male delegates on issues related to gender balance and climate change;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Paris Agreement (COP 21) establishes that gender-Parties should consider their responsective coblimgate action must be integrated into all aspects ofions with regards to, amongst other issues human rights and gender equality, when taking action to address climate change in their implementation of the Agreement;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas mechanisms for funding adaptation and mitigation measures, for loss and damage or for climate displacement will remain inefficient unless they incorporate women’s full participation in design processes, decision-making and implementation; whereas taking women’s knowledge, including the participation of grassroots women; whereas taking women’s knowledge, in particular local and indigenous knowledge, into account can lead to advances in disaster management, boost biodiversity, improve water management, enhance food security, prevent desertification, protect forests, ensure a swift transition to renewable energy technologies and support public health;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the impacts of climate change in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia could force more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030, fuelling conflicts and driving displacement; whereas the UN Convention to Combat Desertification estimates that 135 million people could be displaced by 2045 as a result of desertification; whereas the UN International Organisation for Migration forecasts that 200 million people could be climate-displaced by 2050;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas women’s capacity to cope is often impaired by prevailing inequalities; whereas climate change will exacerbate such inequalities, leading to further vulnerabilities and displacement;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas many of these impacts can still be prevented by implementing a rapid, inclusive and gender-sensitresponsive development agenda focused on mitigation and adapting to changing climate conditions;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the impacts of climate change give rise to a displacement of people that does not fit within the parameters of current international frameworks; whereas responding to climate displacement will be a challenge of paramount importance requiring a complex and comprehensive global strategy grounded in respect for human rights;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the adoption in 2017 by the UN Human Rights Council of Key Messages on Human Rights and Climate Change is a significant step forward in increasing the rights of climate-displaced persons; whereas Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement give global leaders a cross- cutting normative foundation for developing such a framework through elaborating existing UN instruments further;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the EU can effectively improve legal and policy settings to support climate justice and the development of an international framework safeguarding the rights of climate- displaced persons while respecting gender equality, particularly focusing on the future Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the work of the Task Force on Displacement under the UNFCCC’s Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure, in line with the EU:s commitments to gender equality and human rights, that subsequent EU Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) include consistent reporting on gender equality and human rights dimensions;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to report on gender and human rights impacts and climate action in their Universal Period Review reports to the Un Human Rights Council;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to adhere to Decision 21/CP.22 on Gender and climate change, which ‘Invites Parties to appoint and provide support for a national gender focal point for climate negotiations, implementation and monitoring’ and to provide support for gender focal points in third countries and or partner countries;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to lead by example and adopt targets and timelines for achieving the goal of gender balance in delegations to the UNFCCC;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to secureadopt a gender-sensitiveresponsive and rights based approach in the work of Warsaw Task Force on Displacement, mandated by UNFCCC (COP 22) to develop recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimise and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change, which acknowledges that women and girls belong to the most vulnerable groups affected by climate displacement;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to contribute to the Global compact for sSafe o, Orderly and rRegular migration, with a view to safeguarding climate justice by acknowledging climate change as a driver of migration, providing human rights- based input and mainstreaming gender equality throughout the global compact consistent with the needs of climate displaced people;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to take the initiative to produce a comprehensive communication with the title ‘Gender equality and climate change – building resilience and promoting climate justice in mitigation and adaptation strategies’, with a view to addressing its strong institutional commitment on gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) and the current weaknesses in institutional coordination;