Activities of Fiona HALL related to 2011/2112(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on EU development cooperation in support of the objective of universal energy access by 2030 PDF (197 KB) DOC (116 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes the huge potential for renewable energy in many developing countries to guarantee sustainable energy supply and reduce dependency on fossil fuels thereby decreasing vulnerability to energy price fluctuation;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to make the use of renewable energy or sustainable low- carbon/high energy efficiency a priority condition for support of new energy projects;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to support, through development cooperation, the transfer of technologies, including technical knowledge, information, and good practices, appropriate for the delivery of modern energy services to poor people, between partner countries in the South and between Europe and the South, as well as the development of capacity in partner countries to assess and absorb technological options; also encourages the transfer of energy efficiency technology in this regard to enable energy to be used in the most productive way, so as to maximise the energy services that a given amount of energy can offer;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the pivotal role of public funds from partner governments, international financial institutions and ODA in leveraging the necessary private investment; also underlines that EU aid for improving access to energy should support local economies, green jobs and poverty reduction and must not be tied to the involvement of or used to subsidise EU businesses;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 6 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 6 a (new)
- measures to ensure that available energy is used as efficiently as possible;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Asks for dialogue with partner countries and regional bodies to include specific consideration of the benefits of including the development of cooking energy services in national and regional development plans, and for the partner countries and regional bodies to be encouraged to engage in dialogue with local authorities and non-state actors involved in the field of household energy (cooking) with a view to determining how best to ensure significant scale-up and to reducing the number of deaths from respiratory diseases; encourages the use of more efficient cooking devices as the traditional burning of large quantities of biomass on open fires has a detrimental impact on health, particularly for women and children, as well as negative impacts on deforestation;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Asks the Commission to review and use accordingly the potential sources of finance from climate-change- and carbon- market-related sources for investment in universal sustainable low-carbon energy access for the poor;