15 Amendments of Heléne FRITZON related to 2020/2042(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas climate change has a greater destructive impact on the countries least responsible for global warming; whereas womenthe poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and girls are more affected by climate change, face higher risks and bear greater burdens for various reasons, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, political power, job opportunities and land rights, to existing social and cultural norms and to their intersectional experiences of discrimination, reducing their ability to protect themselves against the impacts of climate change; whereas, at the same time, women and girls are on the forefront of the defence of natural resources and often the first respondent in their communities to the impacts of climate crisis; whereas women are key to managing the climate crisis and should be supported as agents of change;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the negative consequences of climate change undermine development prospects of countries and deepen already existing gender disparities that result from numerous socio-economic, institutional, cultural and political determinants;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the adverse effects of climate change can lead to migration; whereas the situation for internally displaced people and asylum seekers due to environmental reasons is worst for more vulnerable people like women, who are exposed to violations of their basic rights being often victims of human trafficking and sex exploitation;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that gender equality isand women’s and girls’ empowerment are a catalyst for sustainable development and a prerequisite for the management of climate challenges; calls for the EU and its Member States to include gender analysis and budgeting in development cooperation polices and all instruments to advance gender-just climate actions and to supporting climate change adaptation and resilience in developing countries;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that people in rural areas in developing countries, in particular women who are overrepresented amongst the world's poorest people, are especially vulnerable as they are often dependent on natural resources, as they do much of the agricultural work, such as food production and collecting water and fuel, and as they are very often responsible for unpaid work inhouse holds and communities; calls on the EC to step-up support to women’s production capacity to cope with food insecurity due to climate change;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that social and cultural norms influence women's vulnerability to climate change due to the gendered division of labour, mobility, roles in the household and participation in political and economic decision making;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that there is strong evidence that the impact on health of climate-sensitive conditions, such as malnutrition, and the incidence of infectious diseases, such as malaria, varies according to gender; notes with concern the high female mortality rate in disaster situations; recalls that climate change effects cause an increase of diseases affecting women, girls and their sexual health and reproductive rights; a lack of clean water, consequence of climate change, badly influences hygiene for pregnant women, maternal health and menstrual periods; Urges the integration of the gender perspective in sustainable development policies and programmes to ensure that the rights of women and girls - including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and necessary healthcare services -,the promotion of gender equality and climate justice are mainstreamed through its strategy programmes;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the new Gender Action Plan for External Relations (GAP III) to include for the first time gender equality and climate change as priority areas, to develop related indicators and to guarantee sufficient resources to deliver on this objective; GAPIII should support meaningful and effective political participation of women-led and women’s rights organisations in partner countries at all levels; calls on ensuring access of women’s organisations to international climate funds and climate negotiations, especially in light of the important leadership women often take in tackling the impacts of climate change in their countries and communities;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect country-specific and gender disaggregated data, to establish gender-sensitive indicators and benchmarks and to develop practical tools for a more efficient integration of the gender perspective when planning, implementing and evaluating climate change policies, programmes and projects;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that women and girls are powerful agents of change and calls for EU development programmes to promote their meaningful participation at all levels, as their inclusion is crucial to climate resilience and to ensuring long-term climate solutions;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognises that the implementation of climate change policies offers possibilities for women, especially in developing countries, to become more active in local politics and thereby give local women a voice; recognises that policies on the local level can have an effect on the lives of people, which makes including women in the execution of these policies a fundamental principle;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that gender gaps in energy-related education are due to gender-based prejudices and stereotypes that exclude women from areas of green economy such as transport and energy, causing a waste of human resources and preventing the EU from achieving its full competitive potential; urges the need to increase the number of women with relevant qualifications in scientific and technological fields as well as the number of women participating in relevant scientific bodies at the highest level; Urges national governments to encourage and oblige companies and the academic world to include women at all levels of decision-making in industrial sectors such as energy, transport and oil;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that countries committed to revise their national climate action plans (NDCs) in 2020 and that this commitment is not dependent on when the COP takes place; Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) and to appoint a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budget resources, to implement and monitor gender-responsible climate action in the EU and globally.; call on the EU and its Member States to ensure gender-just national climate action plans (NDCs) by integrating more strongly gender equality into the revised NDCs, and the meaningful involvement of women’s groups in their design and implementation;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the EC to ensure that the Renewed Partnership and the Comprehensive Strategy with Africa is founded on principles of climate, environmental action achieving Agenda 2030, and gender equality, and achieves a human rights based approach which puts communities and women at the heart of environmental and development efforts;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the need to make the financing of both adaptation to climate change and mitigation of its effects gender-responsive; Calls for the EU to step up financial support to gender-just climate actions for adaptation and addressing loss and damage in developing countries, including climate action undertaken by grassroot women’s organizations, given their central role in local responses to the climate crisis;