Activities of Frédérique RIES related to 2020/0036(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
European Climate Law (debate)
European Climate Law (continuation of debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission has, in its Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’19 , set out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve, restore and enhance the Union’s natural capital, marine and terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity, vital allies in the mitigation of climate change and protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. At the same time, this transition must be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind. _________________ 19 Commission Communication - The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final of 11 December 2019.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The IPCC special report entitled «The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate » specifies that the ocean contributes to regulate the climate, as it absorbs more than 25% of the CO2 and 93% of the heat emitted by humans into the atmosphere, and supplies 50% of the planet’s oxygen. Climate mechanisms depend on the health of the ocean and marine ecosystems, which are currently affected by global warming, pollution, the overexploitation of marine biodiversity, rising sea levels, acidification, deoxygenation, marine heatwaves, the unprecedented melting of glaciers and sea ice, coastal erosion and extreme weather disturbances. The ocean is essential to achieve climate neutrality, especially through natural carbon sinks, such as mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds and salt marshes. However, to contribute to this objective, it is necessary to protect the health of the ocean and restore marine ecosystems, which are subject to significant and sometimes irreversible changes. Therefore, the IPCC recalls that the ocean is part of the solution to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and underlines the necessity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution on ecosystems, as well as to enhance natural carbon sinks.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The preamble to the Paris Agreement recognises the ‘importance of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems, including oceans’, and Article 4(1)(d) of the UNFCCC stresses that the Parties thereto shall promote sustainable management, and the conservation and enhancement of sinks and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases, including biomass, forests and oceans as well as other terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems. If the Paris agreement goals were to fail, the temperature could exceed the tipping point beyond which the ocean will no longer be able to absorb as much carbon and participate in climate mitigation.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Science has proved the interlinkage between health, environmental and climate crisis, notably linked to the consequences of climate change and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystems. Health and sanitary crises such as COVID-19 might multiply in the decades to come and require the EU, as a global player, to implement a global strategy aimed at preventing the development of such episodes, by addressing issues at their root, and promoting an integrated approach based on the sustainable development goals.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Achieving climate neutrality should require a contribution from all economic sectors including emissions reduction from aviation and maritime transport. In light of the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to a sustainable, affordable and secure energy system relying on a well-functioning internal energy market is essential. The principle of energy sobriety should therefore be promoted. The digital transformation, technological innovation, and research and development, as well as participatory science, are also important drivers for achieving the climate-neutrality objective by fostering the uptake of sustainable solutions.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Union is a global leader in the transition towards climate neutrality, and is determined to help raise global ambition and to strengthen the global response to climate change, using all tools at its disposal, including climate diplomacy. The EU should also reinforce its environmental diplomacy in all international fora, such as the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and international negotiations on the ocean, which play a strong role in reaching international climate goals, in line with the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union and the Member States should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural solutions such as carbon sinks, including ocean and marine ecosystems, forests, soils, agricultural, and wetlands and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union by 2050. The Union-wide 2050 climate- neutrality objective should be pursued and achieved by all Member States collectively, and the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Union should continue its climate action and international climate leadership after 2050, in particular by helping the most vulnerable populations, through its external action and development policy, in order to protect people and the planet against the threat of dangerous climate change, in pursuit of the temperature goals set out in the Paris Agreement and following the scientific recommendations of the IPCC. and the IPBES.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the well- being of citizens, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC and the IPBES; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost- effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; the need to manage, preserve and restore marine and terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity ; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition.
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the irreversible and gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural marine and terrestrial sinks or other sinks in the Union.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
This Regulation applies to anthropogenic emissions and removals by natural marine and terrestrial sinks or other sinks of the greenhouse gases listed in Part 2 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level respectively, to enable the collective achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States and the importance to manage, restore and protect marine and terrestrial biodiversity, ecosystems, and carbon sinks.
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) energy efficiency, energy sobriety, energy affordability and security of supply;
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) the need to manage, protect and restore marine and terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity, ensure environmental effectiveness and progression over time;
Amendment 765 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall develop and implement adaptation strategies and plans that include comprehensive local risk management frameworks, taking into account the specificities of territories, based on robust climate and vulnerability baselines and progress assessments and based on the management, restoration and protection of marine and terrestrial ecosystems to enhance their resilience, as well as, on nature-based solutions. These strategies and plans shall include measures in line with the national and Union objectives on climate adaptation.