17 Amendments of Anja WEISGERBER related to 2009/2152(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that research efforts should be strengthened, within the framework of the current Seventh Framework Programme and future research framework programmes, in order to address existing knowledge gaps andin relation to hazards (past and likely future weather-related disasters) and other relevant factors such as socio-economic developments (current and future geographical distribution of assets at risk) in specific places and at specific times, and to develop modalities and techniques for assessing the costs of measures for adaptation to the impacts of climate change and their respective contribution to reducing exposure or vulnerability to climatic risks;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for further research into appropriate forward-looking and multi-dimensional risk modelling at regional and local levels, as well as the need to define adaptive capacity across the territory of the EU;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the Commission to ensure easy access to detailed data (including metadata describing the dataset methodologies) for all public and private stakeholders; takes the view that climate change data should be considered to be a public good and thus, in line with Article 14 of the INSPIRE Directive, be made available to the public free of charge or at a charge that covers the cost of maintaining datasets and the corresponding data services;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the Commission should ensure that the Clearing House Mechanism is not redundant given developed as a portal, which will integrate other existence of othering systems such as the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) and should add value in terms of preparing the EU, the Member States and private stakeholders to plan, fund and implement proper adaptation plans;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages the Commission to maintain the possibility for the Member States to allocate EU funds to a contribution to agricultural insurance premiums, which was introduced as part of the CAP Health Check, while also improving the current provisions 68 to 70 of the regulation on direct support schemes for farmers so as to make the system more effective and thereby facilitate better risk management in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that medium and long-term investments in infrastructure projects should take full account of the predicted future climatic conditions and resulting risks, while maintaining a certain flexibilityadaptive capacity to changing risks;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the need to ensure that, as part of environmental impact assessment, all building permits and urban plans, licences to operate, urban plans and land-use planning in general take into account different adaptation scenarios;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Suggests that the Commission should consider ways of encouraging appropriate land-use planning (including risk and hazard mapping) among the possibilities that it intends to explore in connection with the climate impact assessment of public and private investment;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Encourages the Commission to go ahead with its plan to incorporate climate impacts into construction standards (such as Eurocodes) in order to improve the resilience of buildings located in risk- prone areas;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop the public- private partnerships needed to create a long-term, strong and effective climate risk management framework (covering all aspects from risk awareness to risk sharing and recovery), with strong leadership by and the involvement of the public authorities;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Invites the Commission to develop a comprehensive approach to the involvement of the insurance industry in the design and implementation of each stage in risk management;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that the next multiannual financial framework should, compared to the current one, accord a higher ranking to climate change, and in particular to adaptation measures, ensuring that the necessary funds are available; and the EU funds that Member States may allocate to the contribution to agricultural insurance premiums, as introduced in the CAP health check1, ensuring that the necessary funds are available; 1 Provisions 68-70 of the regulation on direct support schemes for farmers.
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the future reform of the structural funds, which should be driven by objective and common key performance indicators, to prioritise climate change, in particular adaptation;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Urges the Council and the Commission to reactivate the process of revision of the Solidarity Fund Regulation (EUSF), which will make it possiblein order to limit pure ex-post compensation and favour ex-ante financing schemes, to ensure that the allocated funds are invested in a way that increases the resilience to climate change, and to address damage caused by natural or man- made disasters in a more effective, flexible and timely manner;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the proposal of the Commission to set up an impact and adaptation steering group; asks the Commission to ensure that this group includes representatives of Parliament as observers as well as of relevant private stakeholders (in particular the insurance industry) as experts;