20 Amendments of Michal WIEZIK related to 2022/2053(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas agriculture, forest and food policies have a potential to facilitate the transition to sustainable food systemsproduction in line with the ambitions of the European Green Deal for a climate-neutral EU economy in 2050;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas sustainable carbon cycles must be considered in a holistic manner, as increasing carbon sinks and replacing fossil carbon as much as possible will require more biomass production, thus affecting the land sector; whereas carbon farming schemes can be part of an incentivising, EU-regulated market-based toolbox for delivering on climate objectives and feed in the ambitious nationally determined contributions;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas voluntary carbon markets are volatile and have failed to incentivize land managers by offering them a fair price for the unit of carbon stored;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas every tonne of fossil CO2 that is not emitted or is or will be sustainably stored in cycles is the best contribution to achieving climate targets; whereas storing CO2 from the atmosphere or other cycles should be used as one among many methods for achieving climate targets; , e.g., from biomass to soil, should be used as one of the simplest methods, based on the natural capacity of ecosystems to capture and store carbon;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas ecosystems which have not been under extractive management are under increased pressure to be logged and management intensifies in other areas; whereas the conscious choice of maintenance of carbon stock in these ecosystems is thus additional and should be recognized in the initiative of sustainable carbon cycles as carbon removal and be rewarded;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas carbon removal plays a crucial role in achieving a climate-neutral EU economy by 2050, as they can balance the emissions that are very difficult to eliminatnd aim for negative emissions in the second half of the century and a dedicated regulated carbon removals' and carbon farming scheme cand create a new market-based income source for farmers, foresters and other land managers; whereas improved carbon balance will result in an improved adaptation and water retention capacity;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there is a strong correlation between restoration action and improved carbon balance, e.g., for peatlands or in conversion to regenerative agriculture; whereas such synergies should be exploited to their full potential;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the biogenic carbon cycle is natural and must be used in a sustainable way to substitute fossil carbon as soon as possible; ; whereas equating dozens to hundreds of years of carbon storage process in a living organism with it being burnt in a process of instantaneous oxidation, is erroneous and unsustainable and must be phased out as soon as possible; whereas biomass needs to be used for energy in a sustainable way and provide real greenhouse gas savings in a timeframe relevant for achieving our climate goals;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AcknowledgesCalls for the contribution of the sustainable carbon cycles initiative to reaching the EU net carbon removal target of at least 310 megatons (Mt) by 2030, as mentioned in the Commission communication on sustainable carbon cycles;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the agriculturale and forestry sectors land can play a significant role in this process, given that they have the capacity to remove and store carbon through carbon reservoir use and management; underlines that the agricultural and forestry sector can contribute to the overall goal to be the first climate- neutral continent; highlights that agriculture is a net emitter at EU level and expresses concern about the preliminary results from the data of the latest greenhouse gas inventory where managed forest land has been shown to be a net emitter for some EU countries;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that sustainable food production and the availability of renewable raw materials remain the primary objective of agriculture and forestry; underlines that both sectors are themselves being massively affected by climate change; but that respective managed ecosystems need much more balanced approach so that other invaluable ecosystem services which go much further beyond the provisioning services are not in jeopardy; underlines that both sectors are themselves being massively affected by climate change; highlights that weather extremes are occurring simultaneously, causing cascading impacts that are increasingly difficult to manage1a and understands that the increased organic carbon content in soils can be a tool for improving resilience of ecosystems to climate change and weather extremes characterised by drought or flood events; _________________ 1a From the introduction to the IPCC adaptation report, 2022, available at https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112 852
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates the position of the European Parliament to consider extending the scope of the LULUCF Regulation to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the marine, coastal, and freshwater ecosystems, including deltaic wetlands based on the latest scientific evidence of these fluxes and their causes, and apply specific targets to such emissions and removals;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that carbon farming can be a new business model which should be additional and voluntary, and which aims to upscale climate mitigation by paying farmers to implement climate-friendly farm or forest management practices, and by tapping into the potential of blue carbon ecosystems and by streamlining the industrial use of carbon sequestered for different purposfeed these removals into the national greenhouse gas inventories;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the requirement to take into account preliminary work on this issue, early movers, Member States’ different starting points and conditions, and the effects of climate change and of no action scenario on carbon when evaluating climate change mitigation and adaptation practices;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that CO2 storage is already being used in many areas through the implementation of the common agricultural policy (CAP); emphasises that the land and forestry sector have a natural maximum storage capacity; stresses that, exceptecosystems have a natural maximum storage capacity and that the full storage potential is unrealized also in Palearctic ecoregion, of which Europe is part1a; considers that carbon removals in ecosystems and production systems are attributable to restoration, management (e.g. improved forest stewardship, regenerative farming, agroforestry), and maintenance (e.g. the sequestration benefit accrued through avoided for estorage, conversion) of carbon stocks and associated soils; stresses that the conservation of carbon in the biomass and soil and emissions avoided and mitigated on farms should be considered valuable contributions to addressing ongoing climate change; _________________ 1a The global potential for increased storage of carbon on land, May 2022: Wayne S. Walkera,1 , Seth R. Gorelika , Susan C. Cook-Pattonb , Alessandro Baccinic, Mary K. Farinaa, Kylen K. Solvikd, Peter W. Ellisb, Jon Sandermana, Richard A. Houghtona , Sara M. Leavittb, Christopher R. Schwalma, and Bronson
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) canmight play a crucial role as future technologies for achieving climate neutrality in Europe and for creating a successful decarbonised economy in Europe; highlights that it needs to be prevented that these activities be carbon additive;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the new certification framework for carbon farming should be as simple as possible in its design and not result inscience-based in its design, combining both result and impact- oriented approaches and should not create disproportionate administrative burdens for land and forestry managers and owners; emphasises that the future Union certification framework will need to take into account already existing national initiatives with the same objective;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that carbon farming should be market-based and financed by public and/or private fundregulated at Union level and removals should feed in the national GHG inventories; calls on the Commission to create a genuinely new business model for farmers and, foresters; notes that financing from the value chain or through th and other land managers and strongly link it to nature crestoration of a voluntary carbon market is possible; stresses that the CAP is not a viable source of funding, as the CAP is not a business modeand protection and sustainable food systems agenda of the European Green Deal;