19 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2017/2272(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its own-initiative report on implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility of 5 July 2016,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. having regard to the effects of climate change, such as the rise, warming and acidification of the oceans, the loss of biodiversity and the increase in extreme climate events; whereas the first victims of these disturbances are the most vulnerable countries and populations, particularly islands;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. having regard to the intrinsic link between climate change and deforestation caused by land grabbing, fossil fuel extraction and intensive farming;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas there are more than environmental 500 agreements and whereas their application is, in practice, subject to the principle of consistency with WTO rules; whereas without the possibility of sanctions a culture of impunity prevails;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to the UN Agenda 2030, including the SDGs, and stresses the need to implement the Paris Agreement and the SDGs both in the EU and globally to develop a more sustainable economy and society; reaffirms the need for an ambitious EU climate policy and its readiness to improverevise significantly upwards the existing EU National Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2030 in order to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, in line with the IPCC projections, as well the necessity of developing a long-term strategy for 2050 in a timely manner;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the US President’s announcement of the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement gives the EU the opportunity and reinforces its obligation to assume a leadingn important role in climate action and to step up its climate diplomacy efforts to form a strong alliance of countries and actors that will continue to support and contribute to the objectives of limiting global warming to well below 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C, as recommended by the IPCC;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of the EU speaking with a single and unified voice in all international forums and calls on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission to coordinate a joint EU effort to ensure its commitment to the implementation of the Paris Agreement; insists on the need to develop a comprehensive strategy for EU climate diplomacy and to integrate climate into all fields of EU external action, including trade, development cooperation, and humanitarian aid and security and defence;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that the EU must continue its efforts to move towards a moratorium on fossil extraction, end carbon energy supports and grants, stop investments in the coal industry, including capture and storage, and end the development of biofuels, which are responsible for GHGs, and thereby release funds for renewable energy and to support populations which are most vulnerable to the effects of climate disturbances;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for the requests and recommendations of the Group of 77 at the United Nations (G77), an alliance of developing countries ‘for a new world order for living well’, to be taken into account;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Supports the establishment of an international climate tribunal; calls on the Member States and the EU to form a coalition of UN member countries determined to amend the Rome Statute accordingly and to work on a possible international definition of the concept of ecocide; stresses that introducing the possibility of taking states and companies which do not comply with pollution standards and emissions commitments (NDC) to court would be an effective way of addressing the climate emergency and strengthening the Kyoto Protocol and the commitments made at COP21;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls on the EU and its Member States to participate actively in the UN intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights with a view to establishing a permanent, effective and binding mechanism;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take serious account of the fact that increasing GHG emissions resulting from international trade are undermining the European climate strategy, and emphasises that shifting to local production and consumption patterns can help to achieve the Paris Agreement goals;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Recalls its request to the Commission to speed up progress towards the development of schemes differentiating among products according to their process and production methods (PPMs) and sustainability criteria within the framework of trade agreements;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. HighlightsStresses the principle of common but differentiated responsibility and recalls that the EU has historically been a major contributor to global warming; highlights, therefore, the responsibility incumbent on the EU and other developed countries to show greater solidarity towards the vulnerable states and developing countries most affected by the impact of climate change, particularly island states, and to ensure continuous support to help them recover from damage related to climate change, to improve adaptation measures and resilience through substantial financial support and by means of capacity building; calls on the Member States to support the efforts of developing countries to decrease dependence on fossil fuels and to become low-carbon societies, especially by cooperating within NDC partnerships;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for the establishment of an emergency global climate disaster response fund to help the poorest populations and the most vulnerable victims of a climate disaster;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the EU to prioritise aid in the form of grants and technology transfers to the poorest countries for energy transition;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends that the EU deepen its strategic cooperation with emerging economies which have a major impact on global warming, but which are also decisive in terms of global climate action; calls on the EU to create dedicated panels to debate climate and sustainability policies during high-level ministerial meetings; calls onfor the EU to build up partnerships for carbon markets beyond Europerejection of mechanisms which financialise environmental policies, such as the carbon market, the only result of which has been to cause a speculative bubble and to absolve the large industrial polluters of their responsibilities;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the EU to actively promote at international level a proactive policy to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, including through the establishment of emission limits and immediate measures to reduce emissions in the international maritime and aviation sectors;
Amendment 223 #
16. Urges the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to engage in strategic dialogues on decarbonised energy cooperation and zero-carbon economic development models with fossil fuel exporting countries in the EU’s wider neighbourhoodreview and, if necessary, cancel natural gas supply contracts through the Projects of Common Interest (PCI) with third countries, which merely reinforce the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and on regimes which do not respect the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and to develop energy independence through energy efficiency and renewable energy in the EU, in order to enhance peace as well as human security and well-being in Europe and globally;