Activities of Jo LEINEN related to 2018/2598(RSP)
Plenary speeches (2)
2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) - 14th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP14) (debate) DE
2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) - 14th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP14) (debate) DE
Institutional motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) PDF (512 KB) DOC (79 KB)
Oral questions (2)
2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) PDF (93 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) PDF (92 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 2 #
Citation 18
Amendment 7 #
Recital B
B. whereas on 6 March 2015, the EU and its Member States submitted its INDC to the UNFCCC, which commits to a binding target of at least a 40% domestic reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels; whereas the commitments made so far by the Member States of the Paris Agreement will not be sufficient to achieve the common goal;
Amendment 8 #
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas essential elements of EU legislation contributing to fulfilling the EU NDC have been concluded with an increased level of ambition, in particular the Renewable Energy Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive, bringing the EU to a greenhouse gas reduction of at least 45% by 2030; whereas a 45% reduction in the EU by 2030 is not yet a sufficient contribution to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement and the mid- century goal towards net zero emissions;
Amendment 19 #
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the year 2017 saw a high occurrence of extreme weather events and temperature records that increase the urgency for global climate action;
Amendment 21 #
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that climate change is one of the most important challenges for mankind and that all states and players worldwide need to do their utmost to fight it through strong individual action; underlines that timely international cooperation, solidarity as well as consistent and persistent commitment to joint action is the only solution forward to fulfil the collective responsibility towards the entire planet for the current and future generations;
Amendment 27 #
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that profound and possibly irreversible impacts at 2°C rise in global temperatures might be avoided if the more ambitious target of 1.5°C is attained; stresses that this would require rising global GHG emissions to fall to net zero by 2050 at the latest; underlines that the technological solutions needed are available and becoming increasingly cost competitive and that all EU policies should be closely aligned towith the chosenParis Agreement’s long-term goals of keeping global temperature rise to 1.5°C and reducing emissions targetso net zero; looks forward, therefore, to the findings of the 2018 Special IPCC report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 ºC above pre- industrial levels;
Amendment 33 #
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that, according to the WHO, climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health - clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter - and that between 2030 and 2050, 250 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress, are expected with extreme high air temperatures contributing directly to deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory disease, particularly among elderly people; recognises that climate change is a catalyst for conflicts; considers that full implementation of the Paris Agreement commitments would greatly contribute to enhancing European and international security and peace;
Amendment 38 #
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that the Paris Agreement recognises the important role played by multilevel governance in climate policies and the need to engage with regions, cities and non-state actors;
Amendment 43 #
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on all Parties to contribute constructively to the process to be put in place towards 2020 when NDCs need to be updated and to ensure that their NDCs are in line with the 1.5 ºC long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement; acknowledges that current pledges are not yet sufficient to reach the goals of the Agreement; stresses, therefore, that global GHG emissions should reach their peak as soon as possible and that all parties, especially the EU and all G20 nations, should step up their efforts and update their NDCs by 2020, following the 2018 Talanoa dialogue, to close the remaining gap to the 1.5ºC temperature goal;
Amendment 47 #
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of an ambitious EU climate policy in order to act as a credible and reliable partner globally, of maintaining the EU’s global climate leadership and adherence to the Paris Agreement inter alia through revisiting its own mid- and long-term goals and policy instruments, as well as through successfully concluding and adopting before COP24 ambitious provisions under the ongoing legislative revisions in the energy and climate package; calls on the Commission to prepare by the end of 2018 an ambitious mid-century zero emissions strategy for the EU, providing a cost- efficient pathway towards reaching the net zero emissions goal adopted in the Paris Agreement and a net zero carbon economy in the Union at the latest by 2050, in line with a Union fair share of the remaining global carbon budget consistent with the commitment in the Paris Agreement to holding the global average temperature to well below 2 °C and pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels;
Amendment 56 #
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the EU to substantially increase its NDC for 2030 in order to better reflect a fair EU contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement and to make it better in line with the long-term 1.5ºC temperature goal as well as with the trajectory required to reach a reduction to net zero emissions in the EU in 2050 at the latest; considers a reduction of greenhouse gases of at least 50% until 2030 compared to 1990 necessary in this regard;
Amendment 57 #
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the announcement by the United Nations' Secretary General to organise a Climate Summit in September 2019 on the sidelines of the 74th General Assembly to accelerate climate action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and in particular to promote the increase the ambition of climate commitments; calls on the EU and the Member States to support this effort by showing engagement and political will to enhance own commitments and to advocate for strong contributions by other Parties;
Amendment 65 #
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the pre-2020 implementation and ambition were a key point during the COP23 negotiations; welcomes the decision to hold two stocktaking exercises during the COPs in 2018 and 2019; calls on the Commission and the Member States to prepare contributions to reduce emissions until 2020 to be presented at the pre-2020 stocktake at COP24; considers these as important steps towards the goal to increase ambition for the post-2020 period by all Parties and thus looks forward to the outcome of the first stocktaking in Katowice;
Amendment 67 #
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use communication strategies and activities to increase public and political support for climate action and to raise awareness of the co-benefits of fighting climate change like improved air quality and public health, conserving natural resources, economic and employment growth, increased energy security and reduced energy import costs as well as advantages in international competition through innovation and technological development; underlines that attention should also be drawn on the interconnections between climate change and social injustice, migration, instabilities and poverty and of the fact that global climate action can largely contribute to the solution of these issues;
Amendment 69 #
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the achievement of the Presidencies of COP22 and COP23 that jointly prepared the design of the 2018 Talanoa Dialogue which was broadly approved by the Parties and launched in January 2018; looks forward to its first results during COP24 and the political conclusions thereafter; appreciates that the Talanoa Dialogue is not limited to discussions among national governments, but allows a range of stakeholders, including regions and cities and their elected representatives, to bring key climate action issues to the attention of national and global policy makers; welcomes the Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues and is looking forward to further Dialogues to be held in Europe; looks forward to non-state actors input and calls on all Parties to submit their contributions in a timely manner in order to facilitate the political discussion in Katowice;
Amendment 82 #
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring climate action on the agenda of important international fora within the UN as well as in the G7 and G20 among others and to seek multilateral partnerships on specific issues of the implementation of the Paris Agreement as well as the SDGs;
Amendment 84 #
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maintain and strengthen strategic partnerships with developed countries as well as emerging economies to establish a group of climate leaders in the next few years, to show greater solidarity towards the vulnerable states; supports sustained and active EU engagement within the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) and with its member countries to give visibility to their determination to achieve meaningful implementation of the Paris Agreement through the conclusion of a robust Rulebook in 2018 and a successful Talanoa Dialogue at COP24;
Amendment 99 #
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to further intensify its relations with local and regional authorities, to enhance thematic and sectoral cooperation between cities and regions both within and outside the EU, to develop adaptation and resilience initiatives, and to strengthen sustainable development models and emission reduction plans in key sectors such as energy, industry, technology, agriculture and transport in both urban and rural areas, e.g. through twinning programmes, through the International Urban Cooperation programme, through support for platforms such as the Covenant of Mayors and by building new fora for exchanging best practice; calls on the EU and the Member States to support efforts by regional and local actors to introduce regionally and locally determined contributions (similar to NDCs) where climate ambition can be increased through this process;
Amendment 101 #
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Encourages the Commission to lay down concrete greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2050 for all sectors in its proposal for the EU long-term mid- century net zero emission strategy and to set out a clear path how to reach these targets, including concrete milestones for 2035, 2040 and 2045; calls on the Commission to include proposals how to enhance removals by sinks in line with the Paris Agreement, so as to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions within the EU by 2050 the latest, and go into negative emissions soon thereafter; calls for this strategy to represent a fair distribution of efforts between sectors, to include a mechanism to incorporate the results of the five yearly global stocktake, to take into account the findings of the upcoming IPCC Special Report, the recommendations and positions by the European Parliament, as well as the views of non-state actors like local and regional authorities, the civil society and private sector;
Amendment 103 #
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Underlines that the EU long-term strategy should be viewed as an opportunity to set out strategic future priorities for a modern, green EU economy that makes full use of the potential of technological progress and that maintains a high level of social security as well as high consumer standards and that will be beneficial for industry and civil society, particularly in the long run;
Amendment 104 #
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop strategies and programmes to address the transition within sectors caused by decarbonisation and by technological developments and to enable exchange of knowledge and good practices between affected regions, workers and businesses as well as to provide support to regions and workers to help them prepare for structural changes, to actively seek new economic potentials and to develop strategic location policies in order to ensure a just transition to a net zero emission economy in Europe;
Amendment 108 #
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the continued development of emissions trading systems globally and specifically the launch of the Chinese nationwide carbon trading scheme in December 2017; welcomes also the agreement on the linking of the EU ETS and the Swiss one signed at the end of 2017 and encourages the Commission to explore further such linkages and other forms of cooperation with carbon markets of third states and regions as well as to stimulate the setup of further carbon markets and other carbon pricing mechanisms which will contribute to reduce global emissions, bring extra efficiencies, cost savings, and reduce the risk of carbon leakage by creating a global level playing field;
Amendment 124 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Underlines the important role of forests and wetlands in climate mitigation as they provide a high carbon capture potential; points out that natural carbon sinks and removals in the EU should under no circumstances decrease, but that they need to be further increased to reach the long-term 1.5°C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 130 #
Paragraph 27
27. Strongly supports the continuation and further strengthening of the Union’s political outreach and climate diplomacy, which is essential for raising the profile of climate action in partner countries and global public opinion; calls for an allocation of human and financial resources in the EEAS and the Commission, which better reflects the strong commitment to and increased engagement in climate diplomacy; insists on the need to develop a comprehensive strategy for EU climate diplomacy and to integrate climate into all fields of EU external action, including trade, development cooperation, humanitarian aid and security and defence;