7 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2016/0000(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Maintains that reducing greenhouse gas emissions, thereby realising the 2015 Paris Agreement, also depends on achieving EU climate and energy policy goals in the field of renewable energy; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present a revised climate and energy package 2030 which increases the RES target (to 45%) and to implement this through binding national targets;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that renewable energies can have major benefits not only for the environment but also for public health and can reduce health costs arising from poor air quality;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that renewable energies can make consumers more aware of their own energy consumption, hence helping achieve the aim of a creating a consumer- centred Energy Union, and have the potential to boost employment, including in areas of low population density; stresses the need to lift economic, regulatory and administrative barriers to empower consumers to take control of their energy use, encourage them to invest in renewable decentralised energy and to protect them from energy poverty;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses that research and development activities play an essential role in the development of renewable energies; calls on the Commission to support research and development activities in the field of renewable energy and its storage with a view to making the EU renewable energy industry more competitive; believes that increased funding should be earmarked for new generation renewable energies in the mid- term review of Horizon 2020;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on the Commission to ensure the integration of renewable energies into the markets on a level playing field with conventional energy sources and the adaptation of the markets to renewable energies;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6m. Calls on the Member States to make maximum use of the opportunities provided by the cooperation arrangements under the Directive on renewable energies in order to achieve the 2020 target and an energy model centred on renewable energy sources and maintains that closer cooperation between the Member States would help ensure the efficient provision of renewable energy to the main consumption points in the EU;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 s (new)
Paragraph 6 s (new)
6s. Highlights the need for an ambitious, strong, robust and transparent governance system for the EU 2030 climate and energy framework that will ensure the attainment of the EU renewable energy target and that should be enshrined in EU legislation; believes, that for elements related to renewable energies, the governance principles should be embedded in the Renewable Energy Directive; believes that in absence of missing binding national targets for the period post 2020, the Commission should present an indication of necessary national contributions to the EU renewable energy target; urges all Member States to deliver their 2030 renewable energy pledges in their national energy and climate plans and present their enabling policies in due time before 2020; calls on the Commission and the Member States to secure a broad participation of the European Parliament in establishing a climate governance system by ensuring that all related proposals follow the ordinary legislative procedure.