7 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2009/2152(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that climate change is a crucial challenge of our time. It is now clear that it has implications for the environment, human health and spatial planning, and is making it more difficult for allsome countries to progress towards sustainable development;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is firmly convinced of the need for the European Union to retain and develop its leadership role in the international fight against global warming, and believes that any delay in taking such action will heighten the risk of adverse environmental, economic and social effects and be likely to generate higher costs;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises, therefore, the need to ensure that the adaptation strategy is integrated into, and coherent with, all European Union policies; emphasises the key role played by local and regional authorities and the need for a bottom-up approach taking account of the differences between natural habitats in Europe, in full accordance with the subsidiarity principle, since it is convinced that local authorities will be better- equipped to find political solutions to their own needs;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to set up an Impact and Adaptation Steering Group (IASG), and hopes thatcalls for local and regional authorities willto be fully and actively involved in this group and its procedures, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates that the fight againstmeasures to mitigate climate change may serve as an opportunity to arrive at a sustainable growth model;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that the objectives of climate and global protection should be integrated into the EU cohesion policy's convergence and growth objectives, without replacing structural policy's traditional tasks;