Activities of Caroline VOADEN
Plenary speeches (15)
Withdrawal Agreement of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (debate)
European Parliament's position on the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)
COP15 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Kunming 2020) (debate)
Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens’ rights in the Withdrawal Agreement (debate)
Compatibility between the current EU - Mercosur Free Trade Agreement and the Commission's proposal for a European Green Deal (topical debate)
The Rule of Law in Malta, after the recent revelations around the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia (debate)
Outcome of the COP25 (debate)
Presentation by the Commission President-elect of the College of Commissioners and their programme (debate)
Interference from other countries in our democracies and elections (topical debate)
Climate and ecological emergency (topical debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019 (debate)
Effects of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Group (debate)
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU (B9-0038/2019, B9-0039/2019)
Clean air zone in EU cities (debate)
Statement by the candidate Commission President (debate)
Institutional motions (1)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the violent crackdown on the recent protests in Iran PDF (147 KB) DOC (49 KB)
Written questions (3)
Laws against blasphemy and religious insult PDF (44 KB) DOC (9 KB)
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund assistance for redundant Thomas Cook employees PDF (46 KB) DOC (18 KB)
EU must protect African elephants PDF (51 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 5 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Citation 7
— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as to the Commission Reflection Paper of 30 January 2019 entitled “Towards A Sustainable Europe by 2030”,
Amendment 7 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 23 July 2019 entitled “Protecting and restoring the world´s forests: stepping up EU action to halt deforestation and forest degradation";
Amendment 8 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the 2019 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations report entitled “The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”;
Amendment 25 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas forest are indispensable to worldwide subsistence and while covering 30% of the Earth´s land area, they host 80% of its biodiversity;
Amendment 27 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with grave concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern afterbout the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, onadditional stresses for biodiversity by climate change on land as laid out in the IPCC special report of 8 August 2019; as well as about the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as ond the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs as documented in the IPCC special report of 24 September 2019;
Amendment 41 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses its concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and reiterates its calls on all Parties to urgently step up their efforts; urges the Commission and Member States to commit to immediate, substantial and additional efforts on biodiversity conservation and restoration so as to meet the EU targets; and contribute to meeting the Aichi targets;
Amendment 43 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience and adaptive capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity anddeveloping and implementing nature based solutions for preserving biodiversity while mitigating and adapting to climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence and integration between the UN CBD and UNFCCC under the Agenda 2030; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies andbut also to mainstream biodiversity into other sectorial policies; also calls on the Commission to ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving co-benefits between biodiversity and climate mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes, in this regard, the commitments, made by Ursula von der Leyen in the political guidelines for the next European Commission 2019-2024 and in the mission letter to the Commissioner for Environment and Oceans, to present a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 as part of the European Green Deal, and her intention for the EU to lead the world at the 2020 Conference of the Parties to the CBD, as it did at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference; calls on the Commission to propose an ambitious and inclusive Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 that sets legally binding targets for the EU and its Member States, including specific targets to restore degraded habitats by 2030;
Amendment 67 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the protection and conservation of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external action instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity protection, conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral and trade agreements;
Amendment 71 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for a comprehensive multi-level governance regimeapproach addressing the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services; calls on the EU and the Member States to remain strongly committed to further strengthening the CBD and to take a leading role in the preparation for the post- 2020 framework, in particular in the run up to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to commit ton a biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5 ºC target of the Paris Climate Agreement and to transparently set out their visions and priorities for the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework;
Amendment 75 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Believes it to be critical to address key drivers of biodiversity loss with a long- term strategic approach and to urgently identify and safeguard the most critical and strategic areabiodiversity and ecosystem services hotspots and high integrity ecosystems based on the sensitivity of an area, the presence of endangered species, knowledge gaps and/or effective management, and the presence of common species that are fundamental to ecological processes, and to limit losses of biodiversity and negative impacts on indigenous and local communities’ territories and livelihoods;
Amendment 101 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the agreement reached at COP14 by 196 governments to scale up investments in nature and people towards 2020 and beyond; underlines that economic growth can facilitate sustainable development only if it is decoupled entirely from the degradation of biodiversity and nature’s capacity to contribute to people's well-being;
Amendment 120 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate financing for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity and climate proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies;
Amendment 127 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new international financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBD while making all efforts for mainstreaming biodiversity into existing funds; calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform;
Amendment 173 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the Commission to urgently use the mitigation and adaptation potential of restoring forests, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and coastal ecosystems and integrate nature conservation in all relevant EU policies and programs;
Amendment 177 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Insists that the potential of cities to help protect biodiversity and ecosystem services is underestimated; recalls that enhancing benefits from biodiversity, ecosystem services and urban green infrastructure in cities and peri-urban areas improves human health; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the incorporation and further integration of biodiversity and ecosystem functions in urban design, policy and planning while reducing carbon emissions and enhancing adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 214 #
2019/2824(RSP)
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that public awareness and therefore access to comprehensive and easily understandable information are vital for consumers to make informed decisions; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the traceability and control of products through their value and supply chains thereby increasing transparency also for consumers;
Amendment 4 #
2019/2712(RSP)
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 99 #
2019/2712(RSP)
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 107 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Expects that the European Green Deal, to be put forward by the Commission in early 2020, will set out a comprehensive and ambitious strategy for achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050 at the latest including the target of 55% emissions reductions by 2030;
Amendment 126 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that the global action made during the next 10 years will impact the future of humanity for the next 10 000 years; therefore calls on the Commission and all parties under the COP25 to take bold and ambitious measures;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the publication of the report on the implementation of the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change which shows that some progress has been made against each of its eight individual actions; nNevertheless notes that despite global efforts to reduce emissions, climate change impacts are inevitable and further actions to adapt is vital; therefore calls on the Commission to revise the Strategy as the report has outlined that the EU remains vulnerable to climate impacts within and outside its borders; encourages investments by the insurance industry in adaptation, considers that protecting human health, halting biodiversity decline and promoting urban adaptation constitute priorities;
Amendment 141 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that Article 8 on Loss and Damage of the Paris Agreement states that Parties should take a cooperative approach in relation to loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change; therefore highlights the importance in global supportive action in areas especially vulnerable to climate change impacts;
Amendment 145 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates that adaptation action is an inevitable urgent necessity for all countries if they are to minimise negative effeimpacts of climate change and make full use of the opportunities for climate-resilient growth and sustainable development; stresses the need to develop and implement systems and tools to keep track of progress and effectiveness of national adaptation plans and actions; calls on Member States to strengthen their national energy and climate plansthe Commission to take action in this regard to strengthen resilience towards future climate change impacts within the Union;
Amendment 163 #
2019/2712(RSP)
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;