8 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2019/2712(RSP)
Amendment 45 #
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that public support is indispensable for the success of ambitious and inclusive EU climate policy and measures and that this should be reflected in the Union's efforts to tackle climate change;
Amendment 49 #
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Acknowledges the positive and significant role the agricultural sector can play in fighting climate change and underlines the importance of the Common Agricultural Policy in supporting farmers to develop climate smart agricultural practices such as carbon sequestration and the re-use of carbon emissions;
Amendment 89 #
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of an ambitious and inclusive EU climate policy in order to act as a credible and reliable partner globally and of maintaining the EU’s global climate leadership;
Amendment 97 #
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the country holding the EU Presidency and the Commission to submit to the UNFCCC as soon as possible the Union’s long-term strategy to reach domestic net-zero emissions in 2050; stresses that in order to reach domestic net- zero GHG emissions in 2050 in the most cost-efficient manner, and in order to avoid relying only on carbon removal technologies that would entail significant risks for ecosystems, biodiversity and food security, the 2030 ambition level will need to be raised; believes it to be of the utmost importance for the Union to send a clear message during the UN Climate Summit in September 2019 that it stands ready to enhance its contribution to the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 140 #
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the publication of the report on the implementation of the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change which shows that progress has been made against each of its eight individual actions; nevertheless calls on the Commission to revise the Strategy as the report has outlined that the EU remains vulnerable to climate impacts within and outside its borders; encourages investments by the insurance industry in adaptation, considers that protecting human health and safety, halting biodiversity decline and promoting urban adaptation constitute priorities;
Amendment 224 #
Paragraph 29
29. Expresses concern about the level of ambition of ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) given the ongoing work on the standards and recommended practices meant to implement the scheme from 2019; stresses that further dilution of the CORSIA scheme is unacceptable; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to do their utmost in strengthening CORSIA’s provisions and in supporting the adoption of a long-term goal to significantly reduce in-sector emissions of the aviation sector, while safeguarding the Union's legislative autonomy regarding the ETS directive;
Amendment 241 #
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that approximately 60 % of the world’s methane is emitted by sources such as agriculture, landfills and wastewater, and the production and pipeline transport of fossil fuels; recalls that methane is a potent GHG with a 100- year global warming potential, 28 times more powerful than CO2 ; reminds the Commission of its legal obligation to explore as soon as possible policy options for rapidly addressing methane emissions as part of a Union strategic plan for methane, and towhere appropriate, present legislative proposals to Parliament and the Council to that effect;
Amendment 284 #
Paragraph 37
37. Strongly deplores the lacklustre reaction by the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the unprecedented number and scale of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon: urges the EU and its Member States to do their utmost to combat the environmental devastation of this and other key areas in the global ecosystem;