6 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2011/2095(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on ‘a roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050’; points out that the current financial crisis must be borne in mind, that the proposed measures must be cost-effective and that they must have no negative consequences in terms of redistribution;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that emission mitigation efforts are expected to increase demand for bio- energy and stresses that agriculture is not part of the problem but a solution to it, being a producer of biomass and biofuels; stresses, however, that growth in bioenergy must not lead to other end uses of agricultural or forestry products being too greatly affected;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that unilateral action is not sufficient for the purposes of reducing emissions and that the extensive involvement of non-EU countries is also necessary; points out that the main challenge for a low carbon economy is to ensure that climate-change policies are integrated into all key fields of activity in relation to energy, transport, agriculture, education, innovation, etcetera;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that improved agricultural and forestry practices, the introduction of targeted measures and a reduction in demand for wood in the rough should increase the capacity of the sector to preserve and sequester carbon in soils and forests; underlines the EU's objective of curbing the deforestation occurring worldwide, in particular in developing countries, and of halting global forest cover loss by 2030 at the latest;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the food chain should be shortened and the consumption of locally produced food should be encouraged, including the support for local markets, in order to reduce the transport -related emissions of agricultural production; also considers that consumption should focus on foodstuffs whose production is associated with lower CO2 emissions;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that, in approaching the transition to a low carbon economy, one of the most sensitive issues is that of securing the EU’s competitiveness, and therefore takes the view that close attention should be paid to international climate-change negotiations in order to ensure that all the developed countries and countries with high rates of economic growth adopt ambitious and sufficient targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;