4 Amendments of Chris DAVIES related to 2008/2015(INI)
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112 a (new)
Paragraph 112 a (new)
112a. Calls on the Commission to follow up the publication of the forthcoming White Paper by reviewing how far existing EU policies and programmes are contributing to delivering effective adaptation and ensuring that sectoral adaptation proposals are mutually consistent and do not work against one another;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113
Paragraph 113
113. Stresses once more in this connection thatthat while the subsidiarity principle must be properly respected, and recognisinceg the key role of regional and local authorities, are better able to give a political response on the basis of their own experience with the effects of climate change;ction at EU level is essential to build resilience for biodiversity by reinforcing the Natura 2000 network and integrating effective adaptation measures into EU cohesion, agriculture, water marine policies;.
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL a (new)
Recital AL a (new)
ALa. whereas the world's population has trebled in the past 50 years and continues to increase by more than 100 000 per day; whereas this increase in population is one of the most significant factors influencing climate change; whereas Member States and the Commission should therefore propose measures to permit a move towards the achievement of optimum population levels through entirely non- coercive measures,
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BE
Recital BE
BE. whereas the costs and risks sIPPC recognises that CCS has the potentilal outweigh the economic advantages, and the effectiveness of power to assist in the major abatement of CO2 in the power sector and industrial installations; whereas the EU should promote the use of technology through the use of a financial mechanism to support the construction by 2015 of commercial demonstrations using CCS is diminishing in spite of the use of the latest technolog projects to test a wide range of technologies and thereafter by regulatory means; and whereas securing an international agreement to promote technologies that secure an abatement of the CO2 released by the burning of coal and other fossil fuels in the power sector must be a priority,