4 Amendments of Justas Vincas PALECKIS related to 2008/2131(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a new
Paragraph 1 a new
1a. Notes that the European Union was, is and will remain the world leader in tackling climate change; considers that EU citizens have a huge responsibility to serve as an example to the rest of the world on how to live in an environmentally friendly way;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a new
Paragraph 2 a new
2a. Stresses that climate change is becoming the biggest security threat in today's world; notes that, as was stated during the European Council on 13-14 March 2008, climate change should be central to Europe's preventive security policy;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a new
Paragraph 3 a new
3a. Notes that the efforts to combat climate change need to be based not only on political impetus but also on civil society, in both developed and developing countries; considers that public information campaigns should be launched and education programmes in schools and universities adopted both to provide citizens with analyses and evaluations of the state of climate change and to propose appropriate responses, especially in terms of changing ways of life in order to reduce emissions;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b new
Paragraph 3 b new
3b. Raises the concern that poor and developing countries around the world have contributed the least to climate change, yet have suffered and continue to suffer most from the consequences; is of the view that there is an increasing need to provide developing countries with affordable technologies and financial support, and that the greatest priority should be to reform the energy markets of, in particular, big industrialised states like China and India by promoting biomass fuels and renewables;