12 Amendments of Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL related to 2020/2058(INI)
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) as central in ensuring the success of the Green Deal and the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient economy; calls on the Commission to adopt a technological neutral approach that creates a level playing field for all technology and sectors and to enshrine the principles of technological neutrality and life-cycle analysis (LCA) at the core of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s European Recovery Plan with the European Green Deal at its heart; endorses the underlying principle that public investments wishall respect the oath to ‘do no harm’; emphasises that national recovery and resilience plans should put the EU on the path to a 50 % to 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 and climate neutrality by 2050, thus ensuring Member States’ transition towards a circular and climate neutral economy;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s European Recovery Plan with the European Green Deal at its heart; endorses the underlying principle that public investments will respect the oath to ‘do no harm’; emphasises that national recovery and resilience plans should put the EU on the path to a 50 % to 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990and Member States on the path to the reduction 2030 goal as laid down in the European Climate Law and climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the phasing-out of public and private investments in highly polluting and harmful industries for which economically feasible alternatives are available, while securing that EU-funding should enable and lead to zero emission supply and while fully respecting the rights of Member States to choose their energy mix;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the central role of the EU budget in delivering the SEIP; reiterates its long-standing position that new initiatives should always be financed through additionalrelevant appropriations and should not negatively affect other policies;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fact that, in order to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement, the EU’s contribution to the climate objectives should be underpinned by an ambitious share of climate-related expenditure in the EU budget, going beyond the levels of targeted spending shares of at least 25 % over the MFF 2021- 2027 period and of 30% as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027; calls on the Commission to keep adjusting the level of climate mainstreaming spending to reflect increasing greenhouse gas emission reduction targets;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund (JTF), including with additional funds from Next Generation EU, and the two additional pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism, namely a dedicated scheme under InvestEU and a public sector loan facility, which will contribute to alleviating the economic effects of the transition to climate neutrality on the most vulnerable and CO2 intensive regions in the EU;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reaffirms its previous position regarding candidates for new own resources, and calls on the Commission to propose new own resources which correspond to essential EU objectives including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment; asks, therefore, for the introduction of new own resources based on the auction revenues of the Emissions Trading System, a contribution on non-recycled plastic packaging waste, the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base or a precursor based on operations of large enterprises, a tax on digital companies, and a financial transaction tax;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Insists that more reliable, comparable and accessible sustainability data is indispensable to make the EU’s sustainable finance system work in practice. Companies’ reporting requirements must be aligned with the taxonomy and the disclosure regulation and made available in a standardised and digital format. A public sustainability data register is instrumental in making data publicly available and can relieve burdens both for investors and intermediaries as ‘a single access point’;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that investments in unsustainable economic activities may lead to stranded assets with lock-in effects; considers this risk to be insufficiently integratede need for more clarity on how to integrate sustainability-related risks in credit ratings and prudential frameworks;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Insists on the need for more measures to ensure more reliability and comparability in sustainability ratings, including through common definitions and transparency in methodologies applied in sustainability assessments;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to use the EU Taxonomy to direct and track climate and environment spending in all EU public funding including the next MFF, Next GenerationEU including the Solvency support instrument, InvestEU and the EU recovery and resilience facility fund and EIB funds, in order to enhance the climate and environmental tracking system for better monitoring progress;