12 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2021/0201(COD)
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In its 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the Intergovernmental Science- Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) provided the latest scientific evidence on the ongoing worldwide erosion of biodiversity and stressed that climate change is the third most important driver of biodiversity loss. Biodiversity loss accelerates climate change and severely increases the vulnerability to it. The overall policy aim needs to be that no economic activity causes any significant harm (‘do no significant harm’, DNSH) to any ecosystem. Due to the pace of biodiversity loss, the target needs to be to restore and improve biodiversity and ecosystem health.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Resource overconsumption is threatening the planetary boundaries. The transition from the use of fossil to biobased resources is increasing the demand for biobased raw materials, such as forest resources, exponentially. This resource overconsumption is one of the root causes of climate change and other environmental and sustainability threats, including to human health. It is a physiological fact that we need to transform our economic activities to stay within the planetary boundaries. To achieve this we need to take a backcasting approach in all our policies to be fit for future challenges and to adapt our economy within the planetary boundaries.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levels, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of 31600 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030. The methodology used to establish the national targets for 2030 should take into account the average greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, reported by each Member State, and reflect the current mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. __________________ 32Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In its Conclusions of 22-23 June 2017, the European Council reaffirmed the commitment of the Union and its Member States to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which aims, inter alia, to ensure that the management of forests is sustainable and deforestation is halted by 2020.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) commitments of Member States for the land use, land use change and forestry sector within the planetary boundaries, that contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction target of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2025;
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 31600 million tonnes CO2 equivalent as a sum of the Member States targets established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, and shall be based on the average of its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States and the Commission shall ensure that measures taken to meet the targets do not significantly harm the environment, in particular biodiversity and ecosystems. As a part of the ‘do no substantial harm’ consideration, the Member States need to ensure that the management of the forests does not cause biodiversity loss and that it contributes to nature restoration, rewilding and increasing the diversity of the habitats.
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) Finland included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs, and their contribution to enhancing biodiversity and to reducing the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances;
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) there is a positive trend in the conservation status of habitats under Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC;
Amendment 632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 d (new)
Article 13 d (new)
(14a) the following Article 13d is inserted: ‘Article 13d Subtarget to end emissions from new land being converted from forest to other land use categories To contribute to the 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals target set in Article 4(2) the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement this Regulation by setting out a subtarget to end emissions from new land being converted from forest to other land use categories by 2030, including annual sub-targets based on a linear trajectory for each Member State for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029.The Commission shall impose, in any relevant year of the period from 2026 to 2030, an excess premium of EUR 500 per tonne of CO2 on that Member State whose emissions from deforestation should exceed the limit established by a linear trajectory.’;
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 e (new)
Article 13 e (new)