12 Amendments of Irena JOVEVA related to 2019/2712(RSP)
Amendment 4 #
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the 2019 special reports by the IPCC on Climate Change and Land and on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate,
Amendment 46 #
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that the Paris Agreement acknowledges the « right to health » as a key human right in its preamble; underlines that Article 4.1 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) states that “all Member States should employ appropriate methods, for example impact assessments, formulated and determined nationally, with a view to minimising adverse effects on the economy, on public health and on the quality of environment, of projects or measures undertaken by them to mitigate or adapt to climate change”; considers that health should be included in national adaptation plans and national communications to the UNFCCC;
Amendment 48 #
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that climate change undermines the social and environmental determinants of health, including people’s access to clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. Stresses that through flood, heatwaves, drought and fires, climate change is responsible for significant impact on human health including under nutrition, impact on mental health, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and vector born infections;
Amendment 61 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems underlines the dramatic effects of global warming on lands; underlines that these dramatic consequences would likely worsen according to current global trend;
Amendment 68 #
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that the indicators of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for climate change do not include health; takes note that the situation is, however, being remedied in academic research initiatives, by the WHO and by the Secretariat of the UNFCCC; welcomes the adoption of the UN high-level political declaration of 23 September 2019 on Universal Health Coverage;
Amendment 94 #
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the country holding the EU Presidency and the Commission to submit to the UNFCCC as soon as possible the Union’s long-term strategy to reach domestic net-zero emissions in 2050; stresses that in order to reach domestic net- zero GHG emissions in 2050 in the most cost-efficient manner, and in order to avoid relying on carbon removal technologies that would entail significant risks for ecosystems, biodiversity and food security, the 2030 ambition level will need to be raised; underlines that Nature-Based Solutions are a key tool of EU's action to reach its GHG cut objectives; believes it to be of the utmost importance for the Union to send a clear message during the UN Climate Summit in September 2019 that it stands ready to enhance its contribution to the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 99 #
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the country holding the EU Presidency and the Commission to submit to the UNFCCC as soon as possible the Union’s long-term strategy to reach domestic net-zero emissions inby 2050 at the latest; stresses that in order to reach domestic net- zero GHG emissions inby 2050 in the most cost-efficient manner, and in order to avoid relying on carbon removal technologies that would entail significant risks for ecosystems, biodiversity and food security, the 2030 ambition level will need to be raised; believes it to be of the utmost importance for the Union to send a clear message during the UN Climate Summit in September 2019at COP25 that it stands ready to enhance its contribution to the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 106 #
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Expects that the European Green Deal will set out a comprehensive and ambitious strategy for achieving a carbon neutral Europe by 2050 at the latest including the target of 55% emissions reductions by 2030; calls on the Commission to adapt all its relevant policies, in particular climate, agriculture and cohesion, accordingly;
Amendment 163 #
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the EU’s budget should be coherent with its international commitments on sustainable development and with its mid- and long-term climate and energy targets and should not be counterproductive to these targets or hampering their implementation; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure climate and biodiversity proofing of EU investments and put forward, where applicable, harmonised and binding rules on clim; underlines thate and biodiversity proofing of EU investll spending under the next Multiannual Financial Framework should be compliant with the objectives of the Paris Agreements;
Amendment 172 #
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the importance of a just transition to a climate neutral economy and the need for an anticipatory approach to ensure a just transition for citizens and to support the most vulnerable regions and communities; stressees the importance of creatingon of a just transition fund, as one tool on the EU-level to guarantee an inclusive transition for the people and the regions most affected by decarbonisation, such as the coal mining regas well as acknowledging actors that are in the forefront of the green transitions; believes that Europe’s climate transition must be ecologically, economically and socially sustainable; calls on the Union and the Member States to put in place appropriate policies and financing in this regard, conditioned to clear, credible and enforceable short and longer term economy-wide decarbonisation commitments from the concerned Member States;
Amendment 183 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 186 #
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Supports the work of the coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and encourages all governments to adopt the coalition’s commitments to align all policies and practices in the remit of finance ministries with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to adopt effective carbon pricing, as laid down in the ‘Helsinki principles’;