Activities of Silvia MODIG related to 2020/0300(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) According to the EEA report ‘The European environment – state and outlook 2020, Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe’ (‘SOER 2020’), 2020 represents a uniquethere is a unique but narrow window of opportunity for the Union in the next decade to show leadership on sustainability and to faceby tackling the urgent sustainability challenges requirthat can only be met by ensuring rapid and far reaching systemic solutionschange. As stated in SOER 2020, the changes in the global climate and ecosystems observed since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The global population has tripled since 1950, while the population living in cities has quadrupled. With thone of the most important factors underlying Europe's persistent environmental and sustainability challenges is that they are inextricably linked to economic activities and lifestyles, in particular the societal systems that provide Europeans with necessities such as goods, energy and mobility. Ensuring policy coherence with, and full implementation of, existing environmental policies would take cEurrent growth model, environmental pressures are expected to increase further, causing direct aope a long way to achieving its environmental goals up to 2030. However, developing more systemic, long term frameworks with bind indirect harmful effects on human health and well-being. This is especially true for thg targets is also needed. SOER 2020 concludes, in addition, that the 2050 vision of 'living well, within the limits of our planet' cannot be achieved by continuing to promote sectors with the highest environmental impact – food, mobility, energy as well as infrastructure and buildingsonomic growth whilst seeking to manage harmful side effects with environmental and social policy tools. Instead, sustainability needs to become the guiding principle for ambitious and coherent policies and actions across all levels and sectors of society.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The European Commission responded to the challenges identified in the SOER 2020 by adopting the European Green Deal25 : (EGD)25, to which it referred as a new growth strategy for the twin green and digital transition that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a competitive, climate-neutral and resource-efficient economy. However, this framing as a 'growth strategy' risks undermining the primary aim of the EGD, which should be to ensure shared prosperity within planetary boundaries as is also set out in the 2050 vision of the 8th EAP. When choosing between different policy options under the EGD, swiftly achieving climate and other environmental targets while ensuring a just and inclusive transition must be the priority. Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council26 enshrines into law the Union target to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest. __________________ 25 COM(2019) 640 final. 26 COM(2020) 80 final.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The 8th EAP should support the environment and climate actionendorse and build on the objectives of the European Green Deal in line with the long-term objective to “live well, within the planetary boundaries” by 2050, which is already established in the 7th EAP. It should contribute to achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goal at the latest. It should also be fully aligned with, and drive forward, the implementation and achievement of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), enabling a systemic change towards a Union economy that guarantees wellbeing within planetary boundaries while acknowledging that EU Member States bear a greater responsibility in delivering the SDGs than developing countries.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The 8th EAP should accelerate the transition to a regenerative economy that gives back to the planet more than it takes. A regenerative growth model, leading to an improvement in the state of nature, in the functioning of ecosystems on land and sea, and committing to ecosystem-based management and investments in restoration to enable future generations to inherit the world in a better state. A regenerative economy should be compatible with a sustainable wellbeing economy which recognises that the wellbeing and prosperity of our societies depend on a stable climate, a healthy environment and thriving ecosystems, which provide a safe operating space within planetary boundaries for our economies. As the global population and the demand for natural resources continues to grow, economic activity should develop in a way that does no harm but, on the contrary, reverses climate change and environmental degradation, minimiseliminates pollution and results in maintaining and enriching natural capitalresources and biodiversity, therefore ensuring the abundance of renewable and non- renewable resources. Through continuous policy monitoring and adjustments, innovation, adaptation to new challenges and co-creation, the regenerative and sustainable wellbeing economy strengthens resilience, improves the state of nature left to future generations, and protects present and future generations’ wellbeing.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The 8th EAP should set out thematic priority objectives in areas of climate neutrality, adaption to climate change, protecting and restoring biodiversity, a toxic-free circular economy, the zero pollution ambition and reducing environmental pressures from production and consumption. These objectives should be delivered in a socially just and inclusive way without leaving no one behind. It should furthermore identify the enabling conditions to achieve the long- term and the thematic priority objectives for all actors involved, as well as laying down actions necessary to achieve these conditions.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The European Commission should assess the progress in achieving the priority objectives of the 8th EAP by the Union and the Member States in the context of the transition towards greatera resilient, sustainability,le wellbeing and resilienceeconomy within planetary boundaries while ensuring a just and inclusive transition. This is in line with calls of the Council27 and the European Economic and Social Committee28 for measuring economic performance and societal progress “beyond GDP”, and moving towards using well- being as a compass for policy, which is also supported by the OECD29 . __________________ 27See e.g. https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-10414-2019-INIT/en/pdf 28https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our- work/opinions-information- reports/opinions/reflection-paper-towards- sustainable-europe-2030. 29See e.g. the OECD Well-being Framework, the OECD Framework for Policy Action on Inclusive Growth, the Better Life Initiative and the New Approaches to Economic Challenges Initiative.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This decisions sets out a legally binding general action programme in the field of the environment for the period up to 31 December 2030 (‘8th EAP’). It lays down its priority objectives, identifies enabling conditions and related actions necessary for their achievement and sets a framework to measure whether the Union and its Member States are on track to meet those priority objectives.
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The 8th EAP aims at accelerating the transition to a climate-neutral, real zero emission, sustainable, toxic-free, resource- efficient, clean and circular economy in a just and inclusive way, and endorses the environmental and climatircular, renewable energy-based and resilient society in a just and inclusive way within planetary boundaries, and at protecting, restoring and improving the quality of the environment including air, water, and soil, and at halting and reversing biodiversity loss and tackling the degradation of ecosystems. It reinforces and builds on the objectives of the European Green Deal and its initiatives.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The 8th EAP has the following sixeven thematic priority objectives :
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) irreversible and gradual, swift and predictable reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural and other sinks in the Union to attain, in line with the Parliament's climate and environment objectives, to pursue the 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target as at least 60 percent and achieve climate neutrality by 2050 as laid down in Regulation (EU) …/…32 ; __________________ 32 COM/2020/80 final.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) advancing towards a regenerative growth modeland sustainable well-being society and economy that gives back to the planet more than it takes, decoupling economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation, and accelerating the transition to a circular economy;achieving full transition to a toxic-free circular economy accompanied by science-based binding mid-term and long-term targets for the reduction in the use of primary raw materials and environmental impacts.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) pursuing a zero-pollution ambition for a toxic free-environment, including for air, water and soil, and protecting the health and well-being of citizens and animals from environment-related risks and impacts by applying the one-health and one-welfare approaches;
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) protecting, preserving and restoring biodiversity and enhancing natural capitalimproving the health of the environment, notably of air, water, soil, and improving the health and functioning of ecosystems including forests, freshwater, wetland and marine ecosystems, with at least 30 % of the Union’s land and marine areas protected and well connected, including at least 10 % of the Union’s land and sea areas strictly protected, as well as implementing the binding nature-restoration targets laid down in Union legislation and ensuring ecological management of non-protected lands and waters;
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) scrutinising and promoting coherence between environmental, social and other relevant policies in order to ensure that the transition to a sustainable future is fair and inclusive.
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) effectively integrating the SDGs, environmental and climate sustainability and the notion of delivering a just transition in the European Semester of economic governance, including in the National Reform Programmes and National Recovery and Resilience plans;
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies at Union and national level, makingwithout delay and by 2025 at the blatest use of market-based instruments and green budgeting tools, including those required to ensure a socially fair transitall direct and indirect environmentally harmful subsidies, including fossil fuel subsidies, at Union, and supporting businesses and other stakeholders in developing standardised natural capital accounting practicesnational, sub-national and local level while ensuring that no one is left behind during the swift transition;
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) harnessing the potential of digital and data technologies to support environment policy while increasing the efforts to minimisinge their environmental footprint, and ensuring transparency and public accessibility of this data;
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) Utilising the full potential of social innovations since mere technological innovations will not be enough to deliver carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest nor stop the current biodiversity loss. Therefore, policies should support and incentivise grassroots level social innovations that enable local communities and SMEs to mitigate and adapt to climate change and to preserve, restore and enhance biodiversity;
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) making full use of nature based solutions and social innovation;(NBSs) while acknowledging that NBSs involve a wide range of ecosystems on the land and the sea and putting forward binding guidelines to ensure that the utilization of NBSs shall not undermine the rapid phase out of fossil fuels, shall always be implemented with full engagement and consent with indigenous people and local communities where affected and shall always provide biodiversity benefits:
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) effectively applying high standards for transparency, public participation and access to justice in full and complete accordance with the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters (Aarhus Convention)35 both at the Member States and the Union level; __________________ 35 https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/en v/pp/documents/cep43e.pdf.
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – introductory part
(k) supporting the global uptake of the priority objectives laid down in Article 2, ensuring full coherence between internal and external approaches and coordinated action, in particular as regards: