Activities of Catherine CHABAUD related to 2020/2042(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Amendments (73)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to Article 11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas ecosystem-based adaptation increases the resilience and reduces the vulnerability of people and the environment to climate change;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Global Compact on Migration of December 2018,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the ability of people to adapt to climate change is inextricably linked to their access to basic human rights and to the health of the ecosystems they depend on for their livelihoods and wellbeing;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas nearly 160 million children live in high drought-severity zones and more than 500 million live in extremely high flood occurrence zones, according to UNICEF;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debtby setting a credible example and increasing its ambition;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement, and that the EU must show climate and biodiversity leadership, including through its development policy, and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debt;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the special report of the IPCC “Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation”;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Global Compact on Migration of December 2018;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that developing countries and their populations are particularly touched by the negative impacts of climate change such as, natural disasters and extreme weather disturbances, including cyclones, storms, flooding, droughts, erosion, rising water, heat waves and fires. Calls, therefore on the EU, to enhance preservation, mitigation and adaptation, as part of its external action, and to step up its technical assistance, as well as sharing of best practices with developing countries.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard to the special Report of the IPCC “The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate”;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
— having regard to the Assembly of the United Nations resolution 71/312 “Our Ocean, our future: call for action”, especially its article 3;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 d (new)
Citation 8 d (new)
— having regard to the report by the Secretary General of the United Nations Economic and Social Council “From global to local: supporting sustainable and resilient societies in urban and rural communities”;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 e (new)
Citation 8 e (new)
— having regard to the special report of the IPCC “Global Warming of 1.5°C”;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the impacts of climate change include increases in the frequency and gravity of storms and hurricanes, floods, landslides, extreme heat waves, droughts, forest fires and other disasters, as well as slow-onset developments such as rising sea-levels, coastal erosion, salinisation, gradual changes in rainfall patterns and the decline and displacement of animal and plant populations;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls its position that at least 45% of the funding from the proposed 2021-2027 Neighbourhood and Development Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) should support climate and environmental objectives;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Invites the Commission and the Member States to orient development aid, in the context of the next programming period 2021-2027, towards the effective implementation of partner countries NDCs; points out the need for concrete and effective actions on climate adaptation, with particular regard to its long-term planning;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Expresses its concern that public finance is not sufficient to meet international climate and development goals; therefore insists on the importance of mobilising private capital, including for climate adaptation;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses the importance of the Green Climate Fund to catalyse public and private financial flows into low- emission and climate-resilient development to the benefit of developing countries; insists on the importance of simplifying access to funding to third countries under the GCF framework;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Welcomes the work carried out in the context of the Green Climate Fund Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme in the process of formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans; however, calls on the GCF to simplify the procedures to access funding under the programme so that countries that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, notably LDCs and SIDS, can swiftly move on with the preparation of their national adaptation plans;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Underlines, in this regard, the need to improve our understanding of the potential cost of inaction and of the effectiveness and suitability of adaptation measures, in particular in vulnerable geographies; stresses that there is no one globally applicable monitoring and evaluation systems for climate change adaptation, including its effectiveness, therefore calls on the European Commission and its Member States to step up efforts in supporting developing countries in establishing appropriate national monitoring and evaluation systems allowing to measure adaptation progress on a continuous basis;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met through dedicated sub-goals, including a sub-goal for adaptation finance and a sub- goal for loss and damage financ, in particular by increasing resources dedicated to climate change adaptation, in line with Article 9.4 of the Paris Agreement, and recognising the importance of scaling up the mobilization of resources to support efforts to avert, minimize and address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change in countries particularly vulnerable;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met through dedicated sub-goals, including a sub-goal for adaptation financeand mitigation finance, a sub-goal for biodiversity finance, and a sub- goal for loss and damage finance;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses concern on how climate change could reverse human development through reduced agricultural productivity, increased food and water insecurity, increased exposure to extreme natural disasters, collapsed ecosystems and increased health risks;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern at howBelieves that the international climatearbon market mechanisms can haveshould be designed to have limited negative implicationacts; calls on the EU and Member States to advocate a ‘do no harm’ principle for all such mechanisms;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, access to education and vocational training, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women and children are also strongly over-represented among people displaced for reasons related to climate change;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women are also strongly over-represented among the victims of natural disasters and people displaced for reasons related to climate change;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the important role played by the private sector and financial organisations to innovate and adapt existing solutions and business models to make them accessible to low-income communities and improve their well-being and prosperity;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasizes the scientifically proved interlinkage of the health, environmental and climate crises, as the coronavirus has shown; points out that, due to climate change and biodiversity loss, such crises might multiply in the decades to come; underlines the importance to anticipate the crises, in order to better manage populations displacement linked to climate change. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities lead to climate-induced displacement; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities lead to climate-induced displacement; stresses that climate change and environmental degradation increasingly interact with the drivers of refugee movements, since populations are being forcibly displaced from their homes by the effects of climate change and natural disasters; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the COVID-19 crisis illustrates the close link between human health and the health of our ecosystems; whereas the role of women in implementing the One Health approach in environmental policies and climate action should be further recognised and promoted;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the UN Global Compact on Migration identifies climate change and environmental degradation as a driver of population displacement;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increases vulnerabilities in developing countries both through its direct impact on public health and through its many deepening economic and social effects; whereas both the pandemic and climate change are eroding public finances while at the same time increasing financing needs, including for social protection and services; whereas the COVID-19 reflects the interdependence of health crises with climate and environmental crises and the loss of biodiversity;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that adaptation strategy should also encourage a change of model in developing countries, based on environmentally friendly and nature- based solutions; it should enhance self- sufficiency to ensure better living conditions, including sustainable and local agriculture, sustainable management of water, renewable energies, etc., in line with the Sustainable Development Goals; specific attention should also be paid to islands, where the population is the most vulnerable to climate change, in order to foster their resilience and the protection of their ecosystems;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that the legally binding agreement for a post-2020 global biodiversity framework involve and benefit vulnerable populations; calls on the EU, as part of the Biodiversity Strategy external dimension, to pay specific attention to developing countries and their populations, as they are territories with high biodiversity;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses its deep concern about the impact of reduced biodiversity on resilience levels; underlines that biodiversity loss has great environmental, societal and economic impacts; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase action and synergies in the climate and biodiversity agendas, in line with the European Green Deal;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the European Commission plans to submit the EU’s new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement to the UNFCCC by the end of 2020 and plans to set out the legislative proposals needed to implement the new target by June 2021, both as agreed by the European Parliament and the European Council;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warming. peoples' collective rights on land, territories and resources, which would contribute to limiting global warming and helping the global fights against climate change and biodiversity loss, since the territories of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples cover 24% of land worldwide, and contain 80% of the world’s biodiversity; recalls that indigenous peoples are active agents of environmental conservation, by protecting the world's forests;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the European Commission targets to reach Union climate neutrality by 2050; whereas the EU in this effort is a global leading role model for reaching climate neutrality;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers and fishermen to adapt their agricultural and fishing methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, helping them to face up the irreversible deterioration of terrestrial and marine ecosystems and the ensuing consequences for their food and economic security and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re- settle; whereas these adaptation actions should encourage environmentally friendly and nature-based solutions;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. highlights how marginalised and poor communities are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; recalls that children are the least responsible for climate change, yet they bear the greatest burden of its impact; calls on the Commission and the Member States to join forces in protecting children affected by the consequences of climate change by strengthening their humanitarian action;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Insists on the importance of better communicating climate and disaster risks, and adaptation options for vulnerable populations; recalls the important role of non-state actors and local authorities in building local resilience;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. wWhereas the ruling by the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand acknowledges agives therefore an incentive to a clarification of a common terminology at the international legavel basis for refugee protection for those who face an imminent well as the European level concerning the conditions of climate-induced migration and calls for the consideration of protection solutions for vulnerable populations coming from territories threat to their life on accountwill become, in the short or long term, uninhabitable due to the impacts of climate change;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the ruling by the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v New Zealand acknowledges a legal basis for refugee protection for those who face an imminent threat to their life on account of climate change; Emphasises that EU policies, support and solutions should be regional and prioritise local adaptation efforts within the countries from which people are compelled to move due to climate-related harm;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas the strategy of the EU and its Member States in support of developing countries should be designed to anticipate the effects of climate change; whereas this support should be directed both to the short-term effects of climate change, such as natural disasters, and to its long-term effects such as the loss of territories due to rising sea-levels or droughts ;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas climate change constitutes a major challenge for both the national and local levels and requires a territorial approach in order to give decentralised local authorities as well as local CSOs a greater role to address the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
Nc. whereas the geographical situations of developing countries tend to make them suffer worse consequences of the impacts of climate change, in particular in the case of developing countries around the tropical belt which regularly suffer from extreme weather events such as El Nino or La Nina;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N d (new)
Recital N d (new)
Nd. whereas vulnerable populations are directly dependent on biological diversity for their food, health and economic security; whereas they sometimes lack the resources to effectively address climate change on their own;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N e (new)
Recital N e (new)
Ne. whereas island territories are particularly affected by the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, increasing air and sea surface temperatures and tropical cyclones; whereas islands and isolated territories often rely on international and EU aid for their risk and crisis management capacity
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N f (new)
Recital N f (new)
Nf. whereas, according to the OECD, South-South migration, whether voluntary or forced, concerns 82 million people and accounts for 36% of international migration; whereas international and European development strategies should therefore take into account this macro-regional perspective in order to better support the resilience of vulnerable populations and the adaptation of territories affected by the impacts of climate change;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N g (new)
Recital N g (new)
Ng. whereas the 1951 International Convention relating to the Status of Refugees does not cover the scope of protection of persons displaced on environmental grounds;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N h (new)
Recital N h (new)
Nh. whereas climate-induced migration is increasing and requires intensified cooperation at the international level as well as the development of sustainable and realistic solutions, adapted to the needs of the affected populations, to strengthen their resilience to climate change;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action; stresses that the external dimension of the Green Deal should give priority to supporting partner countries in their efforts to adapt to climate change and take full account of the particular needs of the most vulnerable people or those suffering discrimination;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to show climate and biodiversity leadership and to make its European Green Deal an example of such action; recalls in this regard the proposal of the President of the European Commission to increase the 2030 target for emission reduction to at least 55% within the EU;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action; insists that the European Green Deal must contain a stronger third country dimension;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failurelack of ambition of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes note of the ongoing negotiations of the European Commission’s ambitious plans to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to their 1990 values, in European Climate Law;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Calls on the Commission to prepare, in parallel to the Union’s existing efforts, a comprehensive strategy for the EU’s contribution to limiting the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries through:
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
- the pursuit of rapid, radical curbing and reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, including through own emission cuts,through an ambitious objective in all sectors of the economy, in terms of both internal and external policies of the EU, and in line with international agreements, while respecting the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” with a common objective of protecting and restoring terrestrial and marine biodiversity;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
- increased support for developing countries’ capacities to take such action with resources mobilised by themselves and with the help of international climate financing and other assistance, such as technical assistance, as well as sharing of best practices;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- affirming and seeking widespread, bindingternational recognition that displacements and internal and external migration iss are becoming ever more inecessaryvitable as part of the response to the impacts of climate change, and; proposing international arrangements for managing climate migration,and anticipating climate-induced displacement and migration through an enhanced regionalised coordination with sending and receiving countries and territories;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- affirming and seeking widespread, binding recognitionsing that migration is becoming ever more necessary as part of the response to the impacts of climate change, and proposing international arrangements for managing climate- induced migration, while prioritising adaptation within the countries of origin;
Amendment 186 #
- increasing capacities to rapidly respond to needs for humanitarian aid, as global heating will inevitably keep increasing such needs, especially through the rapid response component of the NDICI;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- increasing capacities to rapidly respond to needs for humanitarian aid, as global heating will inevitably keep incrdevelopment aid and humanitarian aid to countries who are affected by natural disasters and global heasting such needs;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- promoting the systematic inclusion of a gender dimension in partner countries’ climate action and environmental policies in order, on the one hand, to address the numerous discriminations suffered by women and girls in connection with the consequences of climate change and, on the other hand, to promote their role and participation in decisions on combating climate change and environmental degradation;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- increased financial support to developing countries to support more effective implementation of the SDGs in order to anticipate and limit the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- affirming support for the principles of climate justice and the pursuit of a human rights based approach to the EU’s climate and development policies,
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)
- a global strategy based on disaster prevention and adaptation, pre and post extreme weather events, to increase the resilience of vulnerable territories, such as islands
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the agricultural sector is one of the hardest hit by the consequences of climate change in partner countries; recalls that women in rural areas are particularly exposed to the consequences of climate change on agricultural production and food security; calls on the EU and its Member States to enhance their cooperation with partner countries in order to include a stronger gender dimension in agricultural and rural development policies;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that women and girls are more likely to die in a natural disaster or to be displaced, in particular owing to a lack of access to information and the fact that they carry the main responsibility for taking care of the family; stresses that women and girls are also particularly vulnerable to early school leaving, sexual violence and exploitation during and after such crises; calls on the EU to strengthen this gender dimension in its humanitarian action and to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the EU to lead international discussions on providing support for the loss and damage caused by climate change in developing countries; including through the use of innovative climate finance methods;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at the regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional agreements; emphasises herein, that the EU’s policies and support should directly prioritise regional and local adaptation efforts within the countries of origin where people are compelled to move due to climate-related harm;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality, in order to give ministers and secretaries of state responsible for gender equality a dedicated forum for discussion, and to facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including environment and development policy;