14 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2021/2187(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that access to water is a vital imperative and a fundamental right, a fundamental right and a necessary condition for human and economic development; stresses that water should be treated as a social good rather than an economic good, and that investment in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) should be a global priority;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that waterborne diseases are a constant threat to health, which entails that people not having access to clean water are regularly exposed to diseases such as cholera, typhoid fever, and other diseases transmitted by contaminated water; is worried about the pressure that widespread waterborne diseases entail for fragile healthcare systems in developing countries; calls on the Commission and Member States to step up water sanitation efforts in least developed countries and increase emergency funding for WASH in healthcare facilities;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the European Union to promote a sustainable and human rights- based approach to access to water and sanitation in its external action in accordance with the UN-declared Water Action Decade 2018-2028, and in keeping with Sustainable Development Goal 6; points out that SDG 6 will not be achieved in 2030 at current funding rates, and calls on the EU to promote accelerated efforts to meet water-related goals and objectives;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the need to establish the new UN special envoy for water and the importance of effective coordination and coherence of the UN’s work on water;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the need to reduce the social, environmental, and economic impacts of droughts and identifying pathways towards drought-resilient societies; underlines that a common understanding of the drivers of drought risk and ways in which drough timpacts materialize is crucial for the identification and planning of targeted drought risk reduction and adaptation options;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls urgently, following the COVID-19 pandemic and given the increasing number of climate change- related natural disasters, for access to water and sanitation to be made a priority in developing countries, in particular in the least developed countries and small island developing states; calls on the European Commission to support the Resilient Water Accelerator as part of its climate adaptation programmes in developing countries; stresses the need to develop and use all necessary water risk mapping tools and early warning systems;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the Commission mobilised almost EUR 2.6 billion over the period 2014-2020 for water-related issues, and calls for efforts to be pursued in the context of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument that go beyond 20% of spending on human development; stresses that reducing the impacts of water shocks must be complemented by strategies that build the long-term resilience of communities;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Points out that the activity of EU companies in developing countries can have an impact on the right of access to water in certain countries, especially on indigenous communities, and that this can happen even in cases where certain companies are implementing EU-funded projects; calls for the main risks that the activities of these companies may pose in relation to the right of access to water and other basic human rights to be considered in the legislative proposal on corporate due diligence; stresses the need to avoid boosting the privatisation of water and sanitation services in developing countries;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Draws attention to the major geostrategic dimension of water and the increasing competition for limited water resources, which can give rise to sudden conflict and forced displacement; calls on the Commission to promote regional cooperation on the shared management of water resources around the 286 transboundary river basins;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for strengthening Team Europe's commitment to human development and for coordinated and coherent water management in developing countries with regard to its various uses (agriculture, energy production, industry, etc.), and calls on the European Union to provide better support to developing countries for sustainable water management by ensuring adequate support for safely managed on-site sanitation, including faecal sludge management.;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that agriculture uses about 70% of the world's fresh water; calls on the Commission to prioritize, in the framework of the bilateral dialogue with the governments of partner countries, the development of sustainable agricultural techniques that ensure efficient use of water and to provide the necessary funding to make this possible;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the high impact that lack of access to drinking water has on women; is extremely concerned that adolescent girls are forced to miss class for long periods, skip about a quarter of school days and in many cases drop out of school altogether because of the lack of santitation facilities at school and the responsabilities that they take for fetching water for their families; calls on the Commission to ensure the inclusion of gender perspective in the management of projects related to the right to access water and to ensure the participation of women in the decision-making process on these projects, including those women belonging to discriminated minorities;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Recalls the vital role of environmental human rights defenders regarding access to water and their exposure to threats and intimidation; calls on EU Delegations to act to ensure their protection in accordance with the principles of action set out in the EU Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Calls on the Commission to report regularly to Parliament on the implementation of the EU human rights guidelines on safe drinking water and sanitation with tangible examples of the activities and impact.