22 Amendments of Peter LIESE related to 2008/2015(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Is deeply concerned about the fact that many recent scientific reports indicate that climate change is both more rapid and serious in terms of its adverse effects than previously thought; therefore calls on the Commission and the Council to analyse as a matter of urgency the question whether the overall target fixed hitherto for European climate policy, namely to stay below a 2°C increase, is cautious enough to meet the UNFCC objective of preventing anthropogenic interference with the climate system;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that there is an urgent need – following a horizontal approach – to incorporate climate change as a new parameter into all spheres and policies, and to take the causes and consequences of global warming into account in every relevant area of European legislation;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that human society is facing a dual challenge as regards the earth's life- supporting system: climate change and the overuse and destruction of many of the most important ecosystems; stresses the many interlinkages between the climate system and ecosystems – in particular the capacity of oceans and terrestrial ecosystems to sequester carbon – and underlines that climate change can only be addressed effectively within the context of healthy ecosystems;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls in particular the essential objectives in combating climate change and stresses the importance of setting a clear medium-term target of a 20%-30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020if there is an international agreement stipulating that other industrialised countries will make similar efforts and that the more advanced developing countries will make appropriate efforts, and a long-term reduction target of 50p60%- 80% by 2050, in order to achieve a 50% probability of restricting the increase in average global temperature to 2°C over pre-industrial levels;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that nearly half of the world’s population is under the age of 25 and that today’s decisions on climate policy will have far-reaching consequences for the largest generation of young people in human history; calls specifically on planners and designers to integrate children’s specific needs into housing, transport, schools, health and other infrastructure in the context of climate change;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that an intelligent climate policy can also resolve other problems, e.g. by reducing dependency on imports of oil, gas and other fossil fuels, reducing rising energy costs and providing incentives to growth and employment;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to construct a foreign policy on climate change and to repeatedly draw attention to the EU climate targets in the EU’s and the Member States’ diplomatic missions; for its own part, undertakes to repeatedly raise the issue of the EU climate targets, and defend those targets, in its contacts with parliamentarians from other countries;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Proposes solar energy partnerships with third countries in the Mediterranean region as building blocks of a European external energy policy, representing the basis for hydrogen production and thus for thegenerating energy from the sun and transferring it to the European Union by means of hydrogen and other new technologies and thus for switching to a low-carbon, hydrogen-based economy;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the considerable potential of the use of biomass for energy production with a view to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and calls for a European strategy for the exploitation of biomass for heating and cooling;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for a European strategy for the exploitation of renewable energy sources for heating and cooling;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission to consider a ban on stand-by functions for new appliances as part of the review of the Eco-design Directiveimplement consistently the ban on devices with high stand-by losses and, as a next step in the implementation of the Eco-design Directive, to consider making it compulsory for devices to have a switch- off function, and to make automatic switch-off and energy-saving modes mandatory even for installations with large motors and for industrial equipment and machinery;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Stresses the urgent need to set a medium-term CO2 emission objective not exceeding 95g for cars;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Stresses the potential of rail transport as a low-carbon, energy-efficient mode of transport, both for long-distance freight haulage and for short- and medium- distance regional and commuter traffic; regards it as necessary to take targeted action to reduce the burdens on rail transport users, with revenue from auctions as a possible source of finance;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Calls for the rejection of the fundamental principle of 100% auctioning of allowances; takes the view that free allocation up to a limit value (benchmark) set on the basis of the best available technology is more useful, since this the only way to ensure that a sufficient stock of capital remains in the company to enable it to make the necessary investments in increasing efficiencyintroduction, in energy- intensive industries, of free allocation on the basis of the best available technology (benchmark) as an alternative to the 100% auctioning of allowances, since this makes it possible to achieve objectives more cheaply and to prevent carbon leakage;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 a (new) (after subheading 'Health')
Paragraph 114 a (new) (after subheading 'Health')
114a. Is highly alarmed at reports from the WHO and other recognised bodies of the increased incidence of diseases linked to climate change;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 b (new)
Paragraph 114 b (new)
114b. Stresses that increased climate change will lead to the spread of tropical diseases in temperate zones, an increase in the number of heat-related deaths and other problems for a large proportion of the population;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 129
Paragraph 129
129. Calls on the EU and its Member States to promote the testing, validation, introduction and further dissemination of computer- and ICT-based methods to improve energy efficiency – particularlyfor dematerialization and vastly enhanced energy efficiency – particularly through improved logistics in freight transport, replacing physical travel with tele- and videoconferencing, improved electricity networks, energy- efficient buildings and smart lightning – in cooperation with industry, consumers, authorities, universities and research institutions;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133 a (new)
Paragraph 133 a (new)
133a. Calls on the Commission and Member States urgently to adopt new, innovative finance mechanisms to aid the rapid implementation of both domestic and external climate policies, including earmarking of auctioning revenues from the EU ETS and the joint Commission/World Bank proposal of a Global Climate Finance Mechanism, based on the principle of frontloading aid;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 147 a (new)
Paragraph 147 a (new)
147a. Recognises that we may be in a situation where the concentration of GHG in the atmosphere is already too high, thus obliging mankind to do its utmost to remove carbon from the atmosphere through actions by sequestering CO2 from biomass, including the use of biochar;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas there is currently a huge gap as regards the financing of adaptation in developing countries; whereas while estimated annual adaptation costs range from USD 50-80 billion per annum, the total amount of funds committed through multilateral funding mechanisms in mid- 2007 amounted to less than 0.5 % of those figures,
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas the EU's carbon footprint includes the greenhouse gases emitted in the production of goods consumed in Europe but produced elsewhere,
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Z. whereas current policy on biofuels has resulted in a conflict of objectives markedmust be seen in a global perspective, where on the one hand by athere is growing scarcity of food and rising food pricescompetition for productive land and on the other bythere is an increasing energy needs and the search for alternative fuels, ed for renewable energy, in particular in the transport sector,