59 Amendments of Martin HOJSÍK related to 2022/2053(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication entitled "EU Soil Strategy for 2030 Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate" [COM(2021)699],
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the 2019 IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that the European Climate Law sets the goal of climate neutrality by 2050, and recognises the need to drastically reduce carbon reliance, starting this decade;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
— having regard to the 2021 IUCN Manual for the Creation of Blue Carbon Projects in Europe and the Mediterranean;
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 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Supports the Commission’s approach on carbon removals before 2030 and the improvement in climate accounting by 2028;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas agriculture and food policies facilitatshould ensure the transition to sustainable food systems in line with the ambitions of the European Green Deal for a climate-neutral EU economy in 2050;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of European leadership and the need for a competitive CCUS market with financial incentives, underpinned by clear definitions and safeguards;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas sustainable carbon cycles must be considered in a holistic manner, as to ensure that increasing carbon sinks and replacing fossil carbon as much as possible will require more biomass production, thus affecting the land sector; whereas carbon farming schemerespects the do no harm and no deterioration principles; whereas carbon farming schemes based on nature-based solutions can be part of an incentivising market-based toolbox for delivering on climate objectives;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to propose a framework for carbon removal, with requirements on monitoring, reporting and verification based on life-cycle considerations, that is sufficiently flexible to accommodate new technologies while also accounting for the up- and downstream emissions of a removal process;
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 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to regulate carbon removals separately from GHG emissions reduction and to not allow for offsetting emissions under EU regulatory and compliance frameworks after 2030;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to come up with a clear definition for permanence of storage so as to differentiate between permanent and short term storage;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas every tonne of fossil CO2greenhouse gases 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;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to address the issue of liability if or when removals are reversed and stored carbon enters the atmosphere again;
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 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to present short-term actions to upscale carbon farming, including ‘blue carbon’, as a business model that incentivises practices on natural ecosystems that increase carbon sequestration, and to foster a new industrial value chain for the sustainable capture, recycling, transport and storage of carbon. while simultaneously ensuring biodiversity restoration;
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 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas permanent carbon removal plays a crucial role in achieving a climate- neutral EU economy by 2050, as they can balance the emissions that are very difficultimpossible to eliminate and create a new market-based income source for farmers;
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 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas carbon stocks in soil all over the EU are currently in a worrying downwards trend;
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 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, as breeding grounds and habitats for a wide range of marine and terrestrial species, blue carbon ecosystems are highly productive and play an important ecological role in nutrient and carbon cycling in protecting the coastline, and in sustaining the livelihoods and ensuring the well-being of local communities;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AUnderlines that the Union will prioritise swift and predictable emission reductions and, at the same time, enhance removals by natural sinks, in line with the European Climate Law; acknowledges the potential contribution of the sustainable carbon cycles initiative to reaching the EU net carbon removal target of at least 310 megatons (Mt) by 2030 and to potentially go beyond, as mentioned in the Commission communication on sustainable carbon cycles;
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 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that reaching climate neutrality requires attaining neutrality in the land sector as well as reducing drastically GHG emissions of the agriculture sector; believes that the EU should take additional actions to stay on a pathway consistent with our climate neutrality objectives in 2030 and 2050.
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 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that net removals from terrestrial ecosystems in the EU have been on a declining trend over the last decade, largely driven by the deteriorating situation in forest ecosystems as put forward in the Communication; notes that an enhanced resilience of forest and agriculture ecosystems is absolutely necessary in order to cope with the consequences of climate change within the EU, and to maintain a chance to respect our climate objectives;
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 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that carbon conservationensuring healthy soils is already an important issue and will continue to be in the future, especially as it is a precondition for preserving soil fertility and for climate change adaptation, ensuring effective carbon sequestration and to strengthen EU´s resilience to climate change; emphasises that there should be no delay in the expected EU Soil Health Law as the common legislative framework will work towards this aim;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that the blue carbon economy could contribute to the storage of CO2 in coastal regions after careful research; encourages the Commission to collect knowledge and data on blue carbon capture; calls on the Commission to develop a specific methodology to include marine coastal ecosystems in the eligible projects of the certification scheme; welcomes the launch of an international coalition for blue carbon and asks the Commission to encourage Member States to introduce blue carbon initiatives in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs), as well as to strengthen the knowledge to develop a specific methodology to include marine coastal ecosystems in the eligible projects of the certification schemes, while encouraging international political cooperation to provide adequate funding for the protection and restoration of coastal marine ecosystems; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to support private sector contributions dedicated to the restoration of marine biodiversity, notably through the enforcement of specific funding initiatives such as the recent United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s “Ocean Promise” initiative, which commits to recovering nearly $ 1 trillion in annual socioeconomic losses due to poor ocean management;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls the need to map these ecosystems and calls on the Commission to develop and implement a system for collecting data related to blue carbon sequestration and storage; notes that this is an important tool for monitoring the effectiveness of policies and for prioritising future actions, and that it is important to be able to determine the evolution of the habitat, its extension or degradation by comparing it with reference years.
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls that careful planning and robust means are needed to include blue carbon habitats as part of climate targets, and that the issue of funding is paramount; therefore calls on the Commission to include adaptation strategies in the management and development plans of all coastal and marine sectors (aquaculture, fisheries, tourism, transport, etc.) including data- collection systems related to carbon sequestration and mapping of these ecosystems, while also ensuring the promotion of ecological and sustainable tourism;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. ConsiderStrongly supports 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, by tapping into the potential of blue carbon ecosystems and by streamlining the industrial use of carbon sequestered for different purposesshould be about setting up a business model incentivizing carbon sequestration in soil and reducing of GHG emissions in agriculture while enhancing biodiversity and other environmental objectives of the European Green Deal; believes that it needs to have multiple co-benefits, in particular reducing our dependency on fertilizer inputs and on their suppliers, enhancing fertility without harming soil health and increasing resilience; strongly welcomes the fact that the Communication of the Commission underlines the necessity to connect carbon and biodiversity approach in order to make carbon farming a successful model;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Strongly supports the integration of other ecosystem services such as biodiversity protection, soil health, water quality, etc. in the carbon removal scheme in order to ensure its consistency with the overall Green Deal objectives; the inclusion of biodiversity, water pollution, soil erosion in the parameters of the certification scheme will ensure its solidity and avoid negative side effects that could contradict other Green Deal objectives; supports to that end the idea to increase the value of a carbon removal credit when its use has co-benefits for other environmental objectives set in the Green Deal; calls therefore on the Commission to define an “ecosystem weighing factor” on the basis of clear and easily assessable elements; notes that projects not in line with the do no significantly harm principle not to receive carbon removal credits;
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 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that carbon farming must be regulated in line with the currenttaking into account the CAP and be seen as a complementary and additional topping-up option; underlines, however, that in the longer term market- based carbon farming should be market-based; not compensate possible failures of the CAP1a; _________________ 1a European Court of Auditors, special report 16/2021: Common Agricultural Policy and climate: Half of EU climate spending but farm emissions are not decreasing.
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Is of the opinion that the Commission and Member State should act as enabling entities of carbon farming practices; to this end calls the Commission and Member States to fund and make available measurements, modelling and soil sampling tools as well as relevant training necessary for the scale up of practices certified by the carbon removal scheme;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Believes that the data collected on soil health in the framework of the carbon removal scheme should be made available to banks and insurances in order to allow them to incorporate soil health in their risk-based pricing and asset pricing; proposes that this data also be made available in an EU-wide database in order to channel private funding to the highest quality farms and projects;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that scientifically proven, sustainable and permanent carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) can play a crucial role as future technologies for reducing emissions and achieving climate neutrality in Europe and for creating a successful decarbonised economy in Europe;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the Commission´s plans to establish an efficient system for the traceability of captured CO2; highlights the need to distinguish between emissions reductions achieved through captured carbon on-site on one hand, and removals from the atmosphere on the other; underlines the need for robust accounting rules that ensure that all greenhouse gases that reach the atmosphere are effectively accounted for, and that double counting is avoided;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that CCS is not allowed in all Member States; stresses that the Commission hasneed to sufficiently document the long-term effect of CCS in regions with deep soildifferent regions and support experimental projects to obtain more data on thibefore their large scale deployment; welcomes the Commission´s plans to support cross-border CO2 transport infrastructure and to map out relevant industrial clusters;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that CCS is not allowed in all Member States; stresses that the Commission has to sufficiently document the long-term effect of CCS in regions with deep soildifferent regions and support experimental projects to obtain more data on this before their large scale deployment;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that the EU and Member States should make full use of existing monitoring tools, such as Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (LUCAS) that provides necessary harmonised information on soil organic carbon content across the EU, to put in place the certification framework1a; reiterates its call on the European Commission to ensure legal basis for LUCAS and all its relevant modules to secure their operability in the long term; believes that Member States should increase the depth at which sampling of organic carbon content in soil and of carbon stocks is carried out, namely to use the 30 cm from the LUCAS soils 2022 protocol as a minimum; _________________ 1a https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos itory/handle/JRC121253
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to assess how to account for emissions of greenhouse gases which are considered to have been captured and utilised to become chemically bound in a product in a non- permanent way based on a life-cycle assessment of the product, taking into account the dual role of greenhouse gases as emissions and as feedstock, including the emissions captured in the manufacture of the product, the emissions produced as part of the capture and utilisation process, the emissions utilised in the manufacture of the product, and the number of years the carbon captured from the emissions is bound in the product;
Amendment 376 #
15. Underlines that the new certification framework for carbon farmingremovals must be based on best available science and robust monitoring, reporting and verification, must differentiate between different origins of carbon, must include strict provisions on permanence and liability, and take into account all associated greenhouse gas emissions; at the same time, it should be as simple as possible in its design and not result in 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 objectives and build on their experience to have a solid Union-wide certification scheme;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the new certification framework for carbon farming should be bas simple as possible in its deed on transparent, comprehensive and sound MRV, including upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions associated with the removal and storage process in the emissigon and not result in disproportionate administrative burdensbalance; stresses the need to ensure clear definition of permanence and rules for liability of possible reversals, to make the framework as simple as possible and understandable 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 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 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Asks the Commission to develop its carbon removal scheme taking into account the frontrunners' past efforts and the necessity to reward them with a fair treatment, also with a view of discouraging other farmers to maintain practices to other farmers; is of the opinion that the definition of a regional baseline including a cut-off date as well as taking into account regional removal trends should be among the options assessed by the Commission; asks the Commission to engage with private actors, in particular retailers and food processing industries, to make sure that the certification scheme triggers a price premium on the market, which would reward frontrunners and newcomers;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises the need to develop a robust new framework for the quantification and certification of carbon removals that must at the same time avoid greenwashing and carbon leakage; underlines the need to promote high- quality carbon removal certificates that can ensure the achievement of the criteria of additionality, permanence, no double counting and authenticity in order to incentivise improved land management practices, thus resulting in enhanced carbon capturecarbon removals;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Asks the Scientific Panel on Climate Change to be thoroughly involved in the setting up of the carbon removal scheme in order to ensure its environmental integrity;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Underlines that the Commission proposal on certification of carbon removals should focus on establishing a robust methodology as a basis for policy measures; recalls that the Commission is obliged to make a proposal for a new EU intermediate climate target by 2024, as laid down in the European Climate Law; expects the Commission to assess an EU target for removals as part of that process;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that carbon farming should be market-based and financed by public and/or private funds and that the 'do no significant harm' principle and the environmental integrity of actions should be observed at all times; calls on the Commission to create a genuinely new business model for farmers and foresters; notes that financing from the value chain or through the creation 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 model;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to allow the use of the EU carbon removal scheme by companies operating in the food industry only for the reduction of companies’ scope 3 emissions linked to their sourcing of agricultural products in order to ensure a fair contribution of all sectors to climate neutrality; once the carbon removal scheme is in place, these companies operating in Europe should not be able to acquire non EU certified carbon removal scheme;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the increased interest of the European Investment Bank in funding climate and environment initiatives; calls for the creation of a dedicated financial instrument, which would be fully compatible with the European Green Deal objectives, for carbon cycling investments;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Appreciates the commitment of the Commission to create an expert group which will aim at fostering knowledge exchange, at improving the quality of carbon farming credits and MRV methodologies and at following up relevant developments, including on the impacts of initiatives on nature and biodiversity; welcomes the identified legislative synergies between the Sustainable Carbon Cycles, the LULUCF regulation and the Nature Restoration Law proposal, which must ensure coherence and simplify future governance, monitoring and reporting;