15 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2017/2009(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Strategic Note "Sustainability Now! A European Voice for Sustainability" of the Commission's European Political Strategy Centre from 20 July 2016,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and its Member States are all signatories to the Paris Agreement, and as such are committed to limiting global warming to well below 2°C, and therefore limitingwhile pursuing efforts to limit this increase to 1.5°C and therefore attempting to limit the worst risks of climate change, both phenomena which undermine sustainable development;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to mainstreaming SDGs into all EU policies and initiatives, guided by the three pillars of sustainable development, social, environmental and economic, calls on the Commission not just to consider sustainability in all its impact assessments but to apply a robust foresight/early warning method to ensure that all initiatives and proposals are compatible with the SDGs and support their effective implementation; to assign a contact person within each Directorate General (DG) for being responsible for a permanent oversight and steady exchange with other DGs; to consider a stronger role of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in assessing the Commission's proposals against the SDGs; to make full use of the new structure of project teams in the Commissioners as well as of the data and expertise provided by the EU's own agencies and bodies;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the EU and its Member States are all signatories to the Paris Agreement, and therefore committed to limiting global warming to well below 2°C; , while pursuing efforts to limit this increase to 1.5°C;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that in order to meet the SDGs, multi-stakeholder engagement will be required from the EU, Member States, civil society, businesses, local and regional authorities and third partners;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the inclusion of the SDGs in the Environmental Implementation ReviewCalls on the Commission to ensure that EU internal and external policies are compatible with the SDGs, shat they support their effective implementation and that they do not conflict with their objectives and implementation in other regions, especially developing countries; and to this end calls on the Commission to install a reliable process starting with a foresight/early warning method for new initiatives and proposals including the revision of existing legislation; calls for a series of annual reports to Parliament on the EU’s progress in SDG implementation; asks that Parliament become a partner in the process, particularly in the second work stream post-2020; calls for annual dialogue and reporting between Parliament and the Commission resulting in the production of a report; urges that the results should be both transparent and easily understandable and communicable for a wide range of audiences, welcomes the inclusion of the SDGs in the Environmental Implementation Review;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the inclusion of the SDGs in the Environmental Implementation Review; calls for a series of annual reports to Parliamentwarns however that the Environmental Implementation Review should not be considered as a replacement for other tools such as infringement cases - especially against Member States that show a lack of political will to comply with EU law; calls on the Commission to step up the use of legal action to put a halt to the poor implementation of EU legislation; Calls for annual reporting on the EU’'s progress in SDG implementation which covers monitoring of EU indicators and an analysis of progress and areas where further effort is needed; asks that Parliament become a partner in the process, particularly in the second work stream post-2020; calls for annual dialogue and reporting between Parliament and the Commission resulting in the production of a report; urges that the results should be both transparent and easily understandable and communicable for a wide range of audiences;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes recent developments around resource and waste efficiency and the circular economy; calls on the Commission to retain an upward trajectory with targets while supporting and guiding Member States as regards achieving waste reduction; calls on the Commission to come up with an ambitious and comprehensive strategy on plastics while also keeping with the 2020 target for environmentally sound management of chemicals; Recognises that achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and cost effectively meeting climate change targets will require substantial increases in resource efficiency which will contribute to economic growth and job creation; Calls on the Commission to apply the principles of circular economy in water management, by implementing measures to promote the reuse of waste water in agriculture, industrial and municipal sectors;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Ensure that economic growth is decoupled from environmental degradation in accordance with the 10- year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Circular economy delivers a significant drop in use of virgin materials, a reduction in materials waste, longer lasting products, and utilization of manufacturing by-products and excess materials previously considered waste streams
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Presses the Commission and the Member States to ensure that public budgets do not conflict with the SDGs, to give policy incentives towards higher low- carbon, climate-resilient and more sustainable investment, to increase efforts to phase-out fossil fuel subsidies and to provide more incentives and guidance on multinationals and businesses transferring funds to sustainable finance and divestment from fossil fuels; calls for the post-2020 MFF to be fully compatible with the SDGs while ensuring a substantial increase in Official Development Assistance (ODA) financing;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the European Investment Bank to ensure it lives up to the values of Europe in implementing strong sustainability criteria in its lending. In particular - to ensure that lending to the energy and transport sectors is targeted at low carbon and sustainable projects.
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises that resilient and sustainable infrastructure is a key principle of achieving a low-carbon sustainable future and brings a number of co-benefits such as durability and improved protection from fire and flooding; considers that any transition to a sustainable society can only be achieved by ramping up our share of renewable energy and continuing efforts to achieve betteadhering to the principle of 'energy efficiency first' and continuing to improve the efficiency of appliances, power grids and buildings; recognises that the greatest potential for energy efficiency lies in building stock, appliances and the power gridss and commits to a 2050 goal of an entirely sustainable, decarbonised and energy efficient building stock that has nearly zero energy demand and where any residual demand is supplied from renewable sources; calls for an accelerated increase in the share of renewable energy in the energy mix;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that changes in environment and climate pose one of the most significant risks to establishing and maintaining peace and justice; recognises the need to a higher profile of the part that climate and environmental change are driving global migration, as well as poverty and hunger. Asks that work with the EFSD recognise this.
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit the necessary resources and political focus to ensure that the principle of gender equality and women's and girls' empowerment is at the core of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;