25 Amendments of Andreas GLÜCK related to 2021/2102(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 8 July 2020 on a hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe (COM(2020)0301),
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas climate change and climate-related impacts, including environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, deforestation and natural disasters are already threatening local, regional and international security, stability and peace; whereas climate change, which is predicted to accelerate in the medium and long term, has become an increasingly dominant risk multiplier and must be viewed as a new security challenge, together with hybrid and cyber threats;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the Union’s domestic oil and gas production is steadily declining; whereas the Union is highly and increasingly energy dependent, with all its Member States being net importers of energy from a limited number of third countries and with an energy dependency rate that increased from 56% to 61% over the period 2000-2019;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the energy transformation as well as advanced weapon systems require access to critical raw materials, whose supply chains engender new vulnerabilities, if dominated by a limited number of third countries;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the European defence sector features a large number of SMEs, making them indispensable partners in enabling innovation and sustainability in the industry;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the melting of polar ice caps is increasing geopolitical tensions, particularly around the North Pole;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas some EU Member States are using their vast military-designated areas to protect biodiversity, for example by preventing helicopter flights over nesting areas;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly believes that military activities and technology have to contribute to the Union’s carbon neutrality targets in order to both contribute to the fight against climate change and increase mission security; underlines, in that regard, that the Union’s external action and the armed forces of the Member States should reduce itstheir own carbon footprint and itstheir negative effects on natural resources and biodiversity to a minimum;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the development of concrete benchmarks to measure progress in addressing the links between climate change, on the one hand, and peace, conflict and the conflict and climate sensitivity of EU external action on the other; calls on the VP/HR to report on an annual basis to Parliament on progress made; calls on EU member states to incorporate knowledge of climate’s security ramifications into foreign military assistance programs, whenever relevant;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the development of concrete benchmarks to measure progress in addressing the links between climate change, on the one hand, and peace, conflict and the conflict and climate sensitivity of EU external action on the other; calls on the VP/HR to report on an annual basis to Parliament on progress made;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Regrets that the Roadmap does not emphasize the potential of new energy partnerships to satisfy the Union’s expected future high demand of cost- competitive renewable energy and alternative fuels, which could arise as win-win opportunities, providing new fora for cooperation and dialogue, mutual economic benefits, increased security of supply and international stability;
Amendment 97 #
8 a. Underlines that hydrogen’s characteristics make it one of the candidate to replace fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the military forces; stresses that stronger legislation is needed to incentivise the use of zero-emission fuels, including in military use cases;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the need to boost the Union’s strategic foresight, early-warning, situational awareness and conflict-analysis capacities using qualitative and quantitative data and innovative methods from various sources; underlines that, in addition to systematic cooperation with civil society organisations, the Union’s space programmes and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) should also contribute; Commends the essential role played by European space programmes such as Copernicus, in understanding climate change and monitoring GHG emissions;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines that the principle of data-driven policy and programmes must be central to climate security programmes; is mindful, at the same time, of the limitations of big data approaches and quantitative environmental stress indices with regard to conflict prediction, as they risk paying too little attention to the local societal context; recalls the non-availability of reliable data in some fragile countries, also as a result of corruption and weak governance structures, in which case proxy data shouldmight be used instead;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Stresses that operational effectiveness and the security of military and civilian personnel remains the highest priority;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point a
Paragraph 20 – point a
(a) climate-induced scarcity of resources leadcontributing to conflict and instability,
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. States that all military capabilities and services used by the Union and its Member States should contribute to reaching the EU’s climate targets and adapt to increasingly challenging climate conditions in order to be able, inter alia, to guarantee the fulfilment of their tasks at home and abroad;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines that an increase in defence expenditure should not lead to an increase in emissions, and that part of defence spending should be dedicated to investments in instruments that significantly reduce emissions, such as electrification, and the use of carbon- neutral fuels; recalls that EU and NATO military strategists and planners have been working on the question of how armed forces can reduce their carbon footprint for more than a decade; welcomes, in this respect, the EDA’s activities, in particular the Go Green policy it launched in 2012, its Military Green concept and its working group on the circular economy, and calls for an acceleration and broadening of such projects and for an independent external evaluation thereof;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that the EDA has concluded that the subsequent reduction in fossil fuel consumption cuts costs, decreases emissions and reduces dependencies on non-European sources, andRecalls that the reduction in fossil fuel consumption and the increase in the share of decarbonized fuels in military applications may, in addition to contributing to climate neutrality, help increase security of supply and strategic autonomy where it diversifies energy sources; highlights that the number of casualties canould be reduced significantly given that there are far fewer fuel convoys for adversaries to target, thereby freeing up resources that are used to protect convoys, and that overall capabilities are made more effective through enhanced endurance, mobility and autonomy;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on DG DEFIS, the Member States, the EEAS and the EDA to adopt an approach incorporating a low energy, carbon and environmental footprint by design when implementing relevant EU funds and to regularly report on progress; welcomes, in this respect,Welcomes the fact that 30 % of the European Defence Fund aims to contribute to climate action; welcomes the relevant investment of EUR 133 million provided for in the first annual work programme, but notes that this represents only 11 % of the overall annual EDF budget; Recalls the role of NextGenerationEU for climate action and calls on Member States to use resources from national recovery plans in order to invest in the green transition of their armed forces and military infrastructure;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to consider the feasibility of PESCO for setting up a corps of military engineers to focus on addressing climate-induced natural disasters and the protection of environmentally-critical infrastructure in fragile countries; Commends the role played by joint operations to save civilians in natural disasters, such as the French- Dutch disaster management "Hurricane Exercice" (Hurex) training in the Caribbean;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the stated ambitdecision ofby NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg that NATO reach net zero carbonallies at the 2021 Brussels Summit to assess the feasibility of a target to reduce NATO's net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050; underlines the fact that 22 Member States are NATO members and calls on the VP/HR to make sure that emission reduction objectives, benchmarks and methodologies are synchronised, as Member States have only a single set of forces and cannot afford to have different EU and NATO standards or the duplication of forces; believes that NATO and the EU should decide to treat climate security as a new area for cooperation and concrete actionstherefore calls on the EU and NATO to coordinate their efforts to cut down emissions through shared objectives and benchmarks; believes climate security offers fruitful avenues for future cooperation between the EU and NATO;