Activities of Elisabetta GARDINI related to 2013/2135(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 270 #
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 for industries and investors; the objectives need to be technically and economically feasible for each sector;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is of the opinion that the EU's 2030 reduction objective should not be set unilaterally in isolation from reduction commitments by the other major economies; it should instead be set in the context of necessary reductions by developed and emerging countries and be conditional to comparable level of ambition from them;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is of the view that best performers in each sector should not incur any direct or indirect costs resulting from the EU energy and climate framework and calls on the Commission to enshrine this principle in its respective proposals; Considers in this respect the carbon leakage provisions in the EU ETS and free allocation of allowances at the level of best performance effective tools to protect sectors exposed to international competition until international level playing field is in place; asks therefore the Commission to propose and improve respective measures for the period up to 2030; calls on the Commission to assess alternative means to protect the industry from the CO2 costs pass-through into energy prices such as the allocation of free allowances to electricity-intensive sectors on the basis of their indirect CO2 costs;
Amendment 893 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that access to capital, even for heavy industry sectors, is often a barrier to investment in 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 revenue; access rules to this fund should be made such as to alleviate the financial risk borne by the investors;
Amendment 896 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 36 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Given the fact that some industry sectors need breakthrough technologies in order to further reduce their emissions and improve their energy efficiency beyond the current state of the art, asks the Council to embed in policy measures clear funding commitments for research, development, pilot plants and deployment of new technologies which are consistent with the level of effort required by the 2030 objectives;