Activities of Jo LEINEN related to 2011/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Competitive low-carbon economy in 2050 (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas the Stern Report estimates that the costs of non-action in climate protection will be equivalent to losing at least 5% of global GDP per year;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Underlines that moving to a low carbon economy would have significant potential of creating additional jobs while securing economic growth and providing a competitive advantage for the European industry;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Recalls that the transition to clean technologies would drastically reduce air pollution and thus provide for significant health as well as environmental benefits;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for the EU to continue playing an active role in the international negotiations to finalise an ambitious, comprehensive and legally binding agreement;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 i (new)
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3i. Points out that the science demands that industrialised countries need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in the range of 25-40% for 2020 compared to 1990 in order to keep rise of the global average temperature below 2°C and thus calls on the EU to increase the target to above 20% for 2020 ;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 j (new)
Paragraph 3 j (new)
3j. Recalls that limiting the raise of global temperature to an average of 2°C does not guarantee avoiding significant adverse climate impacts;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognizes the fact that current carbon price will not incentivise investments in low carbon technologies and thus will have a very limited role in driving emission reductions, while risking to lock the EU into carbon intensive infrastructures for the decades to come;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) recalibrating the ETS before the commencement of the third phase by setting aside 1.4 billion allowances so as to restore scarcity, thus allowing the original objective of providing incentives for investments in low carbon technologies and energy efficiency measures to be met, and thereafter proposing a legislative act to enable such allowances to be eliminated;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 g (new)
Paragraph 9 g (new)
9g. Calls for the Commission to introduce a long-term target for the reduction of energy consumption of the EU building stock by 2050;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to encourage sustainable biomass production; insists that meeting the EU'’s target for the use of biofuels must not result in the release of disproportionate quantities of greenhouse gases, or lead to loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the importance offact that applying CCS technology if the carbon emission reduction goals are to bes one option to achieved at the least possible cost, and acknowledges that procedural delays, financial shortfalls and lack of commitment by some Member States are likely to frustrate achievement of the European Council's ambition of having up to 12 CCS demonstration projects in operation by 2015; calls on the Commission to publish a CCS Action Plancarbon emission reduction goals at the least possible cost;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to explore innovative financial instruments for investments in a low carbon economy;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Supports proposals made by the Commission for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 to provide dedicated funding to increase investment and promote the development and application of low carbon technologies; endorses the intention to mainstream climate-related funding to 20% of the total MFF as well as the intention to earmark 20% of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for renewable energy and energy efficiency investments and insists that provision must be made for this to be effectively monitored;