13 Amendments of Stelios KOULOGLOU related to 2015/2112(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that climate change poses a major threat to poor and least developed countries (LDCs); stresses that failure to limit global warming to below 2°C may undermine development gains, such as poverty eradication, inequality reductions and sustainability;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points to the links between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate change and abnormal weather conditions, and the incidence and gravity of natural disasters, land degradation, food crises, large-scale migratory flows and conflicts; notes that such phenomena have a negative impact on the global effort to achieve the sustainable development goals and have a more dramatic impact on the poorer and vulnerable groups;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that without a greater focus on emissions from the transport sector, the overall climate targets will be impossible to reach, as transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow: by 30% over the last 25 years; only a more fully integrated transport policy that incorporates modal shift policies together with technological advancement as well as transport avoidancea strong effort to reduce unnecessary traffic (e.g. through green logistics and integrated mobility management) will be able to achieve this;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that in order to reduce GHG emissions in developing countriesthe globe, it is necessary to put in place mechanisms that would increase the use of efficient energy sources and industrial capacities with zero or low carbon footprint in all countries taking into account the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibility;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that urban transport accounts for about 25 % of the CO2 emissions responsible for climate change; therefore emphasises that responsible land use and planning and sustainable transport solutions in urban areas contribute efficiently to the aim of reducing CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission to take measures needed to strongly promote public transport, shared mobility solutions and walking and cycling especially in densely populated areas, and to make proposals to modernise EU regulation, if needed, to promote multimodality and new mobility and logistics services;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that 94% of transport – mainly road, air and shipping sectors – is dependent on fossil fuel and therefore urgently need measures to accelerate progress towards early achievement of the White Paper targets by 2030; is of the opinion that improving the energy efficiency of transport should be one of the top priorities of European transport policy; stresses the need to strongly develop the distribution channels of new sustainable and emission-free sources of energy to support the ambitious shift to greener energy and to diminish the unwelcome dependency on fossil fuels and imported energy;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that efforts to tackle global climate change should be undertaken jointly by both developed and developing countries taking into account the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibility; stresses that the EU must intensify its pursuit of a legally binding international agreement ensuring that mitigation and adaptation efforts are increased; believes that innovative sources such as carbon pricing or international transport and allocations of revenues from a financial transaction tax would help meet the increasing financial needs for climate action globally;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly encourages local public transport authorities and transport operators to become frontrunners to introduce low-carbon fleet and technologies; stresses that all policies to strengthen the electrification of transport need to accent railways, trams, electrified busses, e-bicycles, need to incorporate the entire lifecycle perspective and need to be based on renewable sources of electricity;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its call on the EU and the other developed countries to honour their collective commitment to provide climate finance – from public and private bilateral and multilateral sources – amounting toquest the EU to agree on a binding roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance towards their fair share of USD 100 billion a year by 2020; stresses that country ownership and the integration of climate objectives into national development strategies are key to an effective use of climate finance; recognise that private finance in the context of climate finance cannot replace public finance; emphasises the need for transparent reporting and accountability and to ensure the implementation of relevant social and environmental safeguards regarding private finance climate, and calls for a framework in where any infringement has to be sued, without accepting impunity;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the need to make further progress on the issue of loss and damage.; calls upon the EU to assume a pro-active role in addressing the global climate crisis in particular by establishing climate action as a strategic priority at all levels and across all sectors in domestic and external policies and actions;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development, public incentives for the production of crop-based biofuels (such as the binding 10% EU target for renewable energy in transport or subsidies) must be removed, as such measures could act as incentive to deforestation, which is already responsible for 20% of GHG emissions, other land use changes and land grabbing while affecting the right to food in third countries.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers it important for the EU to promote low carbon development pathways across all relevant areas and sectors and calls the EU to propose sustainable production and consumption patterns, including indicators on ways the EU plans to reduce consumption and decouple economic activity from environmental degradation;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Recalls on the importance of ensuring food sovereignty and nutrition security and on the importance sustainable agriculture and fisheries;