7 Amendments of Georgios PAPASTAMKOS related to 2009/2157(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas climate change has already had adverse effects on EU agriculture adverse effects on EU agriculture (including declining water (including declining water resources and more frequent resources, brackishness of water drought in the south, a significant used for irrigation, more frequent increase in winter rainfall and drought, increase in forest fires, flooding in the north, storms and soil degradation and erosion in the the proliferation of insect pests and south, a significant increase in animal and plant diseases), and winter rainfall and flooding in the whereas the expected acceleration north, storms and the proliferation of such problems will have serious of insect pests and animal and plant economic, social and environmental diseases), and whereas the expected repercussions for the agricultural, acceleration of such problems will forestry and tourism sectors, have serious economic, social and environmental repercussions for the agricultural, forestry and tourism sectors,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Takes the view that, given its limited resources and the way in which it is structured, the existing CAP financial framework cannot effectively meet the increased need for action in response to climate change;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, as well as being more environmentally friendly, such farming practices have a positive impact, inter alia in terms of improved biodiversity and soil quality, water retention and efforts to combat erosion and pollution; points out that mitigation of the impact of climate change is one of the ‘public goods’ to which agriculture contributes at cross- border, national, regional and local level;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that climate change has a direct and disproportionately harmful impact on agriculture, which must therefore be given priority when measures are drawn up to mitigate the effects of climate change;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that the ‘new challenges’ of climate change, the water managementeconomy, renewable energies and biodiversity weare not fully taken on board at the time of the CAP Health Check, and that they should be addressed through all the CAP instruments, not just the ‘second- pillar’ subsidiesbeyond the scope of the CAP and that funding for the relevant measures should therefore also be sought in connection with horizontal environmental protection policy;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a Calls on the Commission, in its future communication concerning the post-2013 CAP reform, to take sufficient account of the more adverse effects of climate change on the southern territory of the EU;