13 Amendments of Margrete AUKEN related to 2008/0000(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Cb (new)
Recital Cb (new)
Cb. whereas illegal and unsustainable logging imports into the EU are a significant driver of deforestation and are estimated to cost impoverished countries billions of euros annually;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Fc (new)
Recital Fc (new)
Fc. whereas most environmental problems, including those arising from climate change, tend to be aggravated by population growth and greater population size, whilst population dynamics, in terms of growth, distribution and composition are an integral part of the development process as they both affect and are affected by environmental change; and whereas the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo clearly highlighted the multiple benefits that arise from dedicated, locally oriented, non-coercive population policies, yet population issues nevertheless have thus far remained largely unincorporated into planning for either development or adaptation;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasizses that enhanced coordination and collaboration betweenamong the Commission and Member States is crucial in the area of EU policy on climate change and development; the GCCA representing a unique opportunity to live up to the principles underpinning the European Consensus and the Paris Declaration, as well as the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD); furthermore is convinced that one of the key roles of the GCCA should be to provide a “clearing house” for Member State initiatives;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Believes that the fight against climate change must address structural causes and calls for a systematic climate change risk assessment covering all aspects of policy planning and decision-making, including trade, agriculture, food security, etc.; demands that the result of this assessment be used to formulate clear guidelines for sustainable development cooperation policy;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2b (new)
Paragraph 2b (new)
2b. Stresses that the GCCA should take concrete measures to address coherence between on one hand, the impact of climate change on development, including EU agriculture, trade and fisheries policies and on the other hand problems relating to export subsidies, such as tied aid, debt burden, export credits and commercial use of food aid, forced privatisation and liberalisation of vital economic sectors;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and Member States to agree to earmark at least 25 % of expected revenues from auctioning within the EU ETS (EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in the next trading period, for funding of the GCCA and other climate change measures in developing countries, including efforts to protect forests and reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10a (new)
Paragraph 10a (new)
10a. Calls on EU to place climate change at the core of its development cooperation policy, including trade, to reduce the burden in terms of acute vulnerability for the developing countries and promote sustainable development policy which implies fair, equitable, coherent, socially and environmentally sound economic and development cooperation policies;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Encourages the Commission to use the policy dialogue and its envisaged EU/LDC/SIDS Joint Declaration as a forum for advancing the idea of a "Global Contract", where development cooperation and climate change-related activities are closely integrated with attention to population concerns incorporated as an explicit element, as envisioned in the Global Marshall Plan initiative;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to accelerate efforts to mainstream climate change adaptation and DRR, DRR and action on population and reproductive health into both Commission and Member State development aid, particularly atin the implementation stage, since from a systemic perspective these areas are absolutely fundamental; calls on the Commission to take advantage of the upcoming mid-term review of CSPs to make progress in this field;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to develop urgently develop ambitious complementary policy initiatives, particularly in the fields of forestry and marine protection, sustainable use of natural resources and mitigation technology cooperation, where financial needs widely exceed what is provided for within the GCCA at prescurrent;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Considers that equitable trade between North and South implies the integration of the social cost of carbon emission so as to reflect both the internal and external costs of production;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to urgently develop a comprehensive agenda to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, including inclusion of forestry into the EU ETS and concrete proposals on funding mechanisms to present at the Conference of the Parties (COP) meeting in Poznan in December 2008; reiterates the importance of such mechanisms providing compensation not only for avoided GHG (Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, but also for biodiversity and development benefits of forests;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to urgently develop a comprehensive agenda to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, including inclusion of forestry into the EU ETS and concrete proposals on funding mechanisms to present at the COP meeting in Poznan in December 2008; reiterates the importance of such mechanisms providing compensation not only for avoided GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions, but also for biodiversity and development benefits of forests;