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Amendments (72)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and the European Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 December 2010 on Revision of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan1, __________________ 1 Texts adopted, 15.12.2010, P7_TA(2010)0485
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2013 on Microgeneration – small scale electricity and heat generation2, __________________ 2 Texts adopted, 12.09.2013, P7_TA(2013)0374
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 21 May 2013 current challenges and opportunities for renewable energy in the European internal energy market4 __________________ 4 Texts adopted, 21.05.2013, P7_TA(2013)0201
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas climate change poses an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human development, biodiversity and national security that must be addressed by international community;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the IPCC WGI 2013 assessment shows that we have a choice in shaping our future but that the door of opportunity is closing rapidly as we have already burned more than half of our carbon budget to have a likely chance of limiting warming to 2°C and that current investment planning cycles for major business and infrastructure investments urgently need to factor this into their decision making;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas current emission trajectories are on a path to lead to 2°C warming within 20 to 30 years and to 4°C warming by 2100 according to the World Bank ´Turn Down the Heat´ report;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas in order to keep climate change below 2°C, the European Council reconfirmed in 2011 the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gases by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Heads of State to his Climate Summit in September 2014 with clear commitments for further action on climate change;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas according to UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2013, current climate pledges for 2020 are not enough to prevent dangerous climate change and therefore more ambitious GHG emissions reductions after 2020 will be needed;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Eurostatthe European Environment Agency figures show that the EU has reduced its CO2GHG emissions by 16.97% between 1990 and 2011 and8% since 1990 and taking international offsets into account has reduced emissions by 27% according to Sandbag so is on track to overachieve its 2020 target in this regard;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the verified EU emissions from 2005 to 2012 within the ETS fell by 16 % and within the non-ETS sectors by 10 %, indicating that the 2020 reduction targets of 21 % and 10 %, respectively, are likely to be achieved several years ahead of that year;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the Low-Carbon Roadmap shows that domestic emissions reductions of 40-44% are on a cost-effective trajectory for the very bottom end of EU´s 80-95% 2050 objective so that a 2030 target of more than 44% will be required to be on the cost-effective trajectory to the mid to upper end of this range;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the IEA estimates that the EU is responsible for only 11 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the proportion is set to decrease in the future sobut that, even if it has limited capacity in lowering global emissions by means of unilateral action, it has a significant role to play in particular; as regards the achievement of a binding agreement in Paris in 2015 whereas the EU therefore has to define a clear positionthe EU has the ability to play a significant role in the international climate negotiations by leading by example; whereas the EU can only lead by example if it adopts an ambitious position ahead of the Ban-Ki Moon climate summit;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas EU´s domestic GHG emissions should be 50-57% lower than 1990 levels according to the UK non- paper based on a range of modelling scenarios in which the global reduction efforts are shared equitably amongst all the countries;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas investors and industries need a clear and long-term framework for EU climate and energy policy with greater levels of certainty in order to encourage long-term public and private investment and reduce the risk associated with this;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas the International Energy Agency in its recent report identified energy efficiency as the world’s first fuel;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the May 2012 European Council acknowledged that energy efficiency can make a significant contribution to reverse current rises in energy prices and costs;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas studies have identified that the EU has a cost-effective potential for end-use energy savings of more than 40% in all sectors of the economy (residential : 61%, transport: 41%, tertiary : 38% and industry:21%); whereas realising this potential would result in €239 billion net savings per year on energy bills;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas, more than 40% of the final energy in the EU is used for heating and cooling purposes, of which, according to the European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling, 43% goes to households, 44% to industry and the rest (13%) being covered by services;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
He. Stresses that an ambitious energy savings target will increase net employment by 400.000 jobs by 2020 notably in creating much needed employment in the construction sector and improve public budgets through reduced unemployment costs;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the IEA estimates that with increasing decentralisation of energy supply the investment needs in energy infrastructure will shift from transmission level to distribution level, the distribution grids requiring three quarters of investments in 2030;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to take a multifaceted approach, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of which ought to be enhanced by coordinated and coherent policiCalls on the Council and the Commission to adopt and implement for the EU 2030 climate and energy framework, three ambitious binding targets in terms of GHG emission reduction, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency; since these that address in equal measure issues such as competitiveness, energy security and climate objectives (e.g. GHG emission reduction, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency); ree targets are the most appropriate tools to ensure that the EU climate and energy objectives are achieved in a cost-effective way in the time horizon to 2030;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to keep up the progress made at EU level and set ambitious but realistic objectives for the 2030 EU policies that take account of the economic, social, environmental, international and technological contexts, and to establish a clear, stable, long-term and cost-effective framework forset binding targets for the 2030 EU climate, renewables and energy efficiency policies that are consistent with EU´s long term climate objective and a 2050 energy efficient economy based on renewables in order to establish a clear, stable and safe framework for the well-being of people, industries and investors;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the European Council to set three 2030 EU binding targets to reduce total primary energy consumption by 40% compared to 2010 levels, to produce 45% of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources, and to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions by 60% compared to 1990 levels; considers this is consistent with the 2°C objective and fair global effort sharing, and keeping EU at the lead of developing technologies for the future climate- renewables-friendly economy;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that the EU 2030 climate and energy targets must be consistent with its cumulative historical emissions of greenhouse gases and with the long-term objective of keeping temperature rise below 1.5°-2°C; reiterates that the EU 2030 climate and energy framework must be consistent with this long-term objective and reducing EU´s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90% by 2050;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that support schemes, if better used, could bdesigned to be predictable and dynamic, are an appropriate tool to incentivise the development of renewable energy sources (RES) and energy efficiency; sees an important role for the Commission in providing guidance in this regard; believes that, in order to be cost-effective, support schemes for RES technologies should be tailor made to national circumstances and to the different maturity of markets, and technologies;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that some RES should noware be considered mature energy sources and their subsidies should therefore be phased out on time order to be able to reallocate these to research and development (R&D) programmes and RES that are not yet cost-effective; asks the Commission to study the impact of RES priority dispatch on general energy costming cost-competitive with conventional energy sources but cannot yet compete with them in distorted markets and systems which were designed for largely centralised power plants; notes that structural markets distortions such as fossil fuels and nuclear subsidies (around €100 billion per year), regulated energy prices, market concentration still prevail in EU Member States; asks the Commission to study how energy only markets can be redesigned in such a way to guarantee return on investments for variable renewables which have the beneficial effect of bringing wholesale prices down but thereby impacting negatively on investment returns;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Acknowledges that investments in renewable energy have become significantly more difficult notably due to the retroactive changes done by certain Member States; calls for a stable and predictable 2030 legal policies and measures framework based on an ambitious binding renewables target, which will significantly help to create jobs and minimise uncertainty, lower the investment risk, reduce the costs of capital and hence the level of support needed;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that increased energy efficiency and energy savings will play an essential role in the decarbonisation of the energy sectora sustainable energy system and must therefore be treated as the cornerstones of the EU's climate and energy policy; underlines that energy efficiency and energy savings are the most cost-effective way to reduce burdensome energy imports, increase Europe's competitiveness, lower energy costs, increase the share of renewable energy sources in terms of final energy consumption, reduce health impacts and create local and stable jobs, while making it easier and less costly to achieve greater GHG emissions reductions in all sectors of the economy;
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to develop better methods and tools for calculating and monitoring progress which could help to draw up a more consistent EU approach to energy efficiency; asks the Commission to improve energy projections in light of the specific non-economic drivers for energy efficiency improvements and benefits of energy savings; believes that more should be done to help EU industriesall sectors of the EU economy to further reduce their energy intensityconsumption;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that as one of the cornerstones of the EU’'s climate and energy package, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) should be able to best fulfil its main function, the reduction of GHG emissions, and respond efficiently to economic downturns and upturns in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner in line with levels of reductions that are considered scientifically necessary to avoid dangerous climate change; recalls that the main objective of the EU ETS is to reduce GHG emissions and not to provide investors with sufficient incentives to invest in low-carbon technologies, as these should be seen merely as a secondary objective and not as a basis for evaluating if the scheme works as intendedmote technologies that advance the transition to a climate-friendly economy;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes with grave concern that the oversupply of carbon permits amounted to almost two billion allowances at the start of 2013, double its level in early 2012, and that this increase was mainly due to the record use of international offsets; notes that the use of international offsets has undermined EU climate goals and hampered domestic abatement efforts; stresses that international offsets should not be eligible beyond 2020;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Is concerned that the current low carbon price may lead to economic inefficiencies like locking-in carbon- intensive capital stocks and increased use of coal in the EU; in order to maintain an orderly functioning of the carbon market, calls on the Commission to urgently come forward with a proposal for structural measures including cancelling at least 1.4 billion allowances and modifying the 1,74% to 2,5% annual linear reduction so as to meet the requirements of the 2050 objective;
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the EU needs a comprehensive policy framework for 2030 that encourages investment in and the long- term decarbonisation of non-ETS sectors; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to review the non-ETS targets whileNotes that the sectors covered by the Effort Sharing Decision amount to nearly 60% of EU emissions; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue with the Effort Sharing Decision in a 2030 climate and energy framework including ambitious Effort Sharing targets that preserving the flexibility for Member States to define their own ways of meeting their effort sharing targets;
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes the importance of complete carbon accounting under the Fuel Quality Directive to reduce the life cycle GHG emissions of transport fuels; stresses that the Fuel Quality Directive can play an important role in promoting sustainable biofuels in a 2030 climate and energy framework;
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that a clear, coherent and consistent policy and regulatory framework is key to helping stimulate the necessary investments in the ‘no regrets’ technologiesoptions (renewables, efficiency, smart grids) defined in the Energy Roadmap 2050 in a cost-effective and sustainable way; Notes that inconsistency between our 2020- targets has contributed to the current low carbon price and to a too low consideration of energy efficiency measures;
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that the Union has proposed an international review process to assess preliminary pledges before the conclusion of the 2015 climate agreement; therefore calls for the Council to agree a review process with a clear timetable to ensure Union GHG emissions reduction target and other linked targets are reviewed and improved where necessary;
Amendment 549 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Emphasises the need for a comprehensive analysis of tools and targets and their coherence to ensure the functioning of the internal market; stresses that the greenhouse gas target must be ambitious enough to provide additional incentives beyond those achieved through energy efficiency and renewable energy targets and be in line with the levels of reductions that are considered scientifically necessary to avoid dangerous climate change;
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to examine the interactions between climate, renewable and energy objectiveefficiency targets in order to achieve the most efficient policies at EU level, taking into consideration not only national GDP but also each Member State’'s capacitypotential for cost-efficient emissions reductions;
Amendment 563 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
14. Believes that Member States and regions should be encouraged to improve cooperation in order to optimise the efficiency of renewables expansion; in this context, the Commission has an important role to play as a facilitator in coordinating, financially supporting and preparing appropriate analyses of renewable energy resources and potential for the Member States; </Amend and in protecting the interests of European consumers and of stakeholders; Or. <Original>bg</Original>
Amendment 590 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to submit an analysis of how renewable energy sources can be developed sustainably, taking into account environmental impact, aspects related to dependency on raw materials and life cycle and, above all, how to support stable sources of renewable energy such as hydropower, biomass or geothermal powerstable sources of renewable energy such as hydropower, in particular pump storage facilities, or geothermal power can complement flexible renewable sources to optimise the functioning of the internal energy market;
Amendment 598 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to integrate the resource efficiency agenda as comprehensively as possible into all other policies and to phase-out subsidies that lead to an inefficient use of resources;
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Notes that there are no mandatory sustainability requirements for the use of solid biomass and biogas which could lead to an inefficient use of biomass undermining the objectives for a resource-efficient Europe; urges the Commission to come forward with a proposal for mandatory sustainability criteria that addresses the inaccuracy of the carbon neutrality assumption for all sources of biomass leading to the potentially very inefficient use of biomass resource and negative climate impact for the atmosphere;
Amendment 608 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Asks the Commission to assess the evolution of energy savings in the EU; insists that the Commission will not take a GHG only approach in its upcoming communication on the 2030 climate and energy package not taking into account the cost effective potential of energy efficiency and unable to unlock the non- economic barriers to energy efficiency; stresses that a single GHG emission reduction target for 2030 will not enable the EU to capture the substantial economic, social and environmental benefits that ambitious action on energy efficiency and renewables will create;
Amendment 613 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Notes that the 2013 published indicative national efficiency targets under the 2012 EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) clearly indicate that these targets do not add up to the EU's 20% agreed level of ambition; insists that the Commission does not wait any longer to propose new policy and measures, including a binding energy efficiency target for 2020 and integrate a binding energy efficiency target in its upcoming communication on 2030, in order to ensure coherence between targets;
Amendment 628 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of an energy strategy focused on boosting energy security and, environmental sustainability, economic and industrial competitiveness in the EU, job creation, social aspects and environmental sustainability by means of measures such as the diversification of supply routes, suppliers and sources and by increasing the deployment of RES, resilience to global energy shocks, job creation, social aspects in the EU by different policies and measures such as the diversification of supply routes, suppliers and sources and by increasing the implementation of the EU's energy saving potential, the deployment of RES and of smart energy infrastructure;
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that, when bringing about security of supply, Member States must be able to take advantage of all of their indigenous energy resources in accordance with policies that ensure the safe and sustainable exploration, extraction and use of theserenewable and energy efficiency resources;
Amendment 666 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that as the EU pursues its goal of energy securitya sustainable energy framework, emphasis needs to be shifted towards a model of energy interdependencecooperation between Member States by ensuring the swift completion of the EU internal energy market; believes furthermore that completing the EU supergrid infrastructure linking the north, south, east and west will enable the EU to make the best use of the comparative advantages of each Member State, and calls for further support for decentralised and, micro-scale and community owned energy production and smart energy infrastructures in all Member States; stresses, therefore, the needat distribution level, as well as storage and demand response programmes to allow for a local balancing of supply and demand in all Member States; stresses, therefore, the need for further development of macro- regional power markets in the EU such as Nord Pool or Central West markets which strengthen cooperation between neighbouring countries in terms of power exchanges, infrastructure development, balancing of supply and demand as well as storage; asks for strong coordination between Member States’' policies and for joint action, solidarity and transparency in view of the fact that national energy policy decisions can affect other Member States; suggests that it would be desirable to determine whether and how the expertise and facilities of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) could be put to use in carrying out the above tasks;
Amendment 680 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the lack of full implementation of internal energy market legislation remains one of the main obstacles to completion of the single market; highlights the importance of eliminating remaining infrastructure bottlenecks and instances of market failure and of ensuring that no new barriers to electricity and gas market integration are created;
Amendment 692 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that energy end consumers – individuals, SMEs and industry alike – are at the very core of the internal energy market and that they should benefit from lowertransparent energy prices, be duly protected, and accurately informed by ensuring easy access to information and facilitating the creation and management of citizen owned initiatives including through cooperatives; for this purpose, calls on the Commission and Members States to achieve, as a matter of urgency, the completion of the internal market, security of supply and the interconnection of networks as requested in Article 194 TFEU;
Amendment 713 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that in order to ensure security of supply there must be enough flexible capacity to meet demand in peak periods and in periods of (political or technological) difficulties and that excess capacity or backup must therefore be ensured and maintained; points out the need for storage and more grid flexibility as a response to the intermittence of some sources of RES; points out the need for demand side solutions such as energy efficiency measures, storage, demand response programmes, increased interconnection capacity on regional level as well as flexible renewables coupled to smart distribution grids;
Amendment 731 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that some Member States, being energy islands, are still totalor relatively weakly integrated into the European internal energy market, are still largely isolated from the European gas and electricity networks and continue to pay higher prices for energy, which adversely affects their competitiveness; points out that without substantial infrastructure investment, the commitment of the European Council that no Member State should remain isolated from the EU networks by 2015 cannot be fulfilled for those Member States will be broken; favours in this regard the swift completion of the internal energy market;
Amendment 762 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses that with more than 80% of RES being connected to distribution grids and the increasing decentralisation of energy supply, the investment needs must be shifted from transmission to distribution levels.
Amendment 769 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Believes that because of the decentralised and local nature of renewable energy supply, where citizens play a fundamental role, a level playing field needs to be granted for community owned initiatives, in particular through cooperatives; insists that citizens must be able to take part in each field of the energy chain: production, consumption and retailing;
Amendment 778 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses that in the next decade investment needs in the power sector will be important because of the upcoming replacement of existing power plants and modernisation of grids; insists that energy consumers and tax payers cannot be burdened by the likely rise in electricity prices and that, in order to bring costs down, energy savings and efficiency measures will have to play a key role;
Amendment 782 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Urges the Commission and especially DG Competition to introduce in its revision of the state aid guidelines for environment favourable conditions for energy efficiency investments, including in the industry sector;
Amendment 794 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to launchpresent a study analysing new and cost-efficient market designs with a view to ensuring reasonably priced electricity to consumers and to preventing carbon leakage; asks thereintegrating high shares of variable renewable energy sources by identifying the bottlenecks fore the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with an additional assessment and recommendations for further actions to prevent the risk of carbon leakage caused by reallocation of production facilities outside the EU, focusing in particular on additional scenarios in which limited or no further global action is taken on carbon emission reductionransparent and cost-reflective retail electricity prices in order to enable consumers to fully reap the benefits of a liberalized energy market;
Amendment 802 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Points out that free allocation does not address the economic rationale of pricing carbon into products; Notes that a recent study for the European Commission found no evidence for any carbon leakage in the past two trading periods of ETS; Emphasises that, to mitigate the potential future risk of carbon leakage, part of the ETS auctioning revenues should be earmarked for capital intensive investments in breakthrough technologies in energy- intensive sectors or for encouraging other means of job creation e.g. reducing taxes on labour;
Amendment 808 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that the EU’'s main competitors on the global market place great emphasis on technological developments, innovation and improving industrial processes; notes also that their economies grow at a much faster pace than the EU; concludes that the EU must give priority tosupport R&D and innovation and needs to build on its leadership in green technologies;
Amendment 826 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 837 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Strongly underlines that any future EU policy must address in a transparent way the comparative strengths and weaknesses of its economy, particularly with regard to any free trade agreement the EU signs up to, especially in light of the planned free trade agreement (TTIP) with the US where energy prices have been decreasing significantly while efforts to reduce GHG emissions are not on par with the progress already achieved in the EU;
Amendment 859 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the Commission’s remarks that the EU climate and energy targets impact differently on each Member State and their citizens, and that this justifies working on a more equitable effort sharing basis, taking into account a country’s GDP, achievements in reducing emissions since 1990, emissions per capita, economic potential and potential for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency; Notes that global income-based burden sharing would translate into an EU emissions reduction target of 57% for 2030;
Amendment 868 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Underlines, in line with Article 194 TFEU, that Member States are the ultimate decision makers as regards their energy mix and shouldall be able to use and develop different approaches forand support systems for renewable technologies and energy sources that are environmentally sound and socially and economically acceptable;
Amendment 875 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Recognises that renewable energy technologies include a large number of different technical options, which can be used across the electricity, the heating and cooling and the transport sectors; stresses that an overall 2030 binding renewable target leaves a wide and flexible choice for Member States to decide where and when to invest in terms of energy sectors and the technologies contributing in each of these sectors;
Amendment 881 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Points out that the main trend of planned actions should focus on implementing action scenarios that take account of existing potential in Member States, prospects for the development of cost-effective new efficiency and renewable technologies, and the global impact of implementing the proposed policy, in order to be able to propose reduction objectives for the following years;
Amendment 890 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that access to capital, even for heavy industry sectors, isand costs of capital, are often a barrier to investment in capital intensive cleaner technologies; therefore asks the Commission to study the possibility of creating a fund that could help to leverage investment, possibly financed by a share of ETS revenuepropose three binding and ambitious targets for greenhouse gases, renewables and energy efficiency to provide long term investment security which will decrease the cost of capital; asks in addition the Commission to develop innovative financing instruments and leveraging funds with public seed money;
Amendment 899 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Notes that, at present, some several emerging and developed countries are engaged in differentiateddeveloping climate policies and investments, including also implementation of their own emissions trading schemes;
Amendment 909 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Notes that it is important for the EU to maintain its leading role and for Member States to speak with one voice in order to define a strong and common position to defend during the 2015 Paris negotiaat the climate negotiations in order to secure a new global climate binding agreement in 2015; deems it necessary for a successful 2015 agreement that countries come forward with greenhouse gas reduction commitments before the world leaders' summit organized by Ban-Ki Moon in September 2014; stresses that the EU must set an example and adopt ambitionus that will aim at reaching a new global climate binding agreemen2030 targets for greenhouse gas reductions, energy efficiency and renewable energy in time for the summit;
Amendment 914 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Welcomes Ban Ki Moon's initiative on Sustainable Energy 4 All which promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy as the most relevant mitigation solutions; asks the EU to support this programme.