10 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2016/0230(COD)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement, inter alia, sets out a long-term goal in line with the objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. In order to achieve this goal, the Parties should prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. The Paris Agreement replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020. The Paris Agreement also calls for a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, and invites Parties to take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests. Parties acknowledge that adaptation action should follow a fully transparent approach, taking into account ecosystems and should be based on and guided by the best available science.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 c (new)
Recital 6 c (new)
(6c) Given that the EU28 potential availability of removal units from agricultural land (i.e. cropland and grassland) is, as computed, 437 Mt CO2 for the period 2021-2030, agriculture needs to do its utmost to reach this potential, in order to deliver its fair share of contribution towards climate change mitigation and its limited reduction potential of non-C02 emissions. This can be achieved by improved cropping in order to increase soil organic carbon content, by the introduction of agro- forestry, or restoring the habitats, often priority habitats, from Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC, related to agro- forestry.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Wetlands, in particular peatland, are the most effective ecosystems on Earth at storing CO2. The degradation of wetlands in the EU is therefore not only a problem for biodiversity, it is also a major climate problem. Conversely protecting and restoring wetlands especially peatlands could both boost conservation efforts and generate huge carbon credits for Member States in the LULUCF sector. The category of 'managed wetlands' should therefore become part of mandatory accounting, in order for the Union to account for the true carbon balance in the LULUCF sector.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) Setting the accounting rules shall not lead to the creation of a reservoir of extra emissions allowances, or specifically use a reference period/reference level in the past where the use of wood had been incentivised by a change in policy. For this purpose, the reference level/period to which the emissions and removals from managed forest land are compared to shall not be a future period or practice defined in programming documents and strategies applicable for the future, and in addition shall end at the latest by cut-off date 2009.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Regulation should be reviewed as of 2024 and every 5 years thereafter in order to assess its overall functioning. This review canshould also be informed by the results of the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) managed wetland, including peatland: land use reported as wetland remaining wetland, and settlement, other land converted to wetland and wetland converted to settlement and other land.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States that have chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments in accordance with Article 2 shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland, calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and/or from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State’s average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland in its base period 2005-2007.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If the greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State in either the period from 2021 to 2025 or the period from 2026 to 2030 under this Regulation exceed its greenhouse gas removals, as determined in accordance with this Article, there shall be a deduction from that Member State’s annual emission allocations equal to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of those excess greenhouse gas emissions for the relevant years.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Once an EU mid-century, long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategy is adopted, as requested by the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall reassess the adequacy of the obligations laid down in this Regulation in meeting the EU long-term climate targets as well as the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Commission shall make legislative proposals to adjust the contributions of Member States laid down in Regulation [ESR] and [LULUCF] accordingly. The assessment and proposals shall be informed by the Facilitative Dialogue under the UNFCCC in 2018. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2024 and every five years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target, the EU long-term targets between 2031 and 2050 and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and mayshall make proposals if appropriatelegislative proposals to adjust this Regulation accordingly.