9 Amendments of Daniel CASPARY related to 2010/2103(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the possible economic, social and ecological repercussions of global warming arcould be assuming worrying proportions and it is vital to limit this warming to less than 2°C,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the agreement reached at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen in December 2009 is inadequate; whereas the European Union did not manage to play a leading role because its objectives lacked ambition and it failed to present a united front,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Cancun Summit should be a key step towards an operational agreement in helping to keep global warming well below 2°Climit the possible human contribution to global warming, and should quickly become binding,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas trade rules are therefore crucial inpart of efforts to combating climate change and the EU can influence these considerably as the world's largest trading power,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the European Council’s goal of substantially reducing European greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 95% by 2050 compared to their 1990 levels, this target being necessary for the EU to regain its leading role in international climate initiatives2050, as other countries have made strong commitments to develop a green economy, notably through their economic recovery plans; strongly supports the objective to cut European emissions by 320% by 2020, regardless of the outcome of international negotiations;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the positive role that trade can play in the dissemination of goods and services that help protect the climate; considers that climate protection and trade liberalisation can be mutually reinforcing by facilitating trade in environmental goods and services, but a list of these goods and services needs to be drawn up in advance in accordance with strict environmental criteria and in cooperation with the WTO member states;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that stimulating innovation can involve different reward schemes – such as patents, intellectual property rights or prizes – and that these schemes do not all promote technology transfer in the same way; wonders in particular about the effect that intellectual property rights have on the dissemination of future technology such as second-generation agrifuels, batteries or hydrogen; calls therefore on the Commission to study all innovation reward schemes, taking into account the risk of excluding some countries, and to use the results of this work in its climate diplomacy;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that border adjustment measures, rather than lowering the carbon constraints on European production, assist in subjecting European and imported products to the same and potentially high carbon constraint; considers that this tool only has any real merit and legitimacy if it is coupled with the auctioning of allowances, and that this auctioning is essential for its acceptance by partner countries and compatibility with WTO rulesConsiders that a multilateral agreement including all the main emitters of CO2 would be the best instrument for internalising negative external environmental factors relating to CO2, but that there is a risk that this will not be achieved in the near future; considers therefore that the European Union should continue to study the possibilities of putting in place appropriate environmental instruments, particularly a ‘carbon inclusion mechanism’ which, while complying with WTO rules, would make it possible to combat the risk of CO2 emissions being transferred to countries which do not respect the same objectives as the EU in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and would also constitute a lever in international negotiations to encourage all countries to make firm commitments in this area;