32 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2015/2112(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the Leaders’ Declaration adopted at the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany, from 7 to 8 June 2015;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU's leadership on climate change mitigation and adaption, including the creation of skills, jobs and growth that it brings; notes the crucial need for a globaln ambitious and global legally binding agreement to be concluded in Paris and stresses that continued EU leadership requires the full commitment of all parties to this agreement; insists on a regular, transparent performance review based on the most up- to-date science, data and technology;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the EU is now well on track to meet the 2020 targets for greenhouse gas emissions reduction and renewable energy and significant improvements have been made in the intensity of energy use thanks to more efficient buildings, products, industrial processes and vehicles, while at the same time the European economy has grown by 45% since 1990; stresses that the 20/20/20 targets for greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy savings have played a key role in driving this progress and sustaining the employment of more than 4.2 million people in various eco-industries 1 a , with continuous growth during the economic crisis. __________________ 1a Eurostat data on the environmental good and services sector quoted in A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030 (COM (2014) 15 final)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the commitment of the G7 Leaders regarding the decarbonisation of the global economy in the course of this century and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by the upper end of the range from 40 to 70% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU's energy-intensive industrarticle 191(2) of the EU Treaty states that Union policy shall be based on the polluter pays principle; however, should other major economies fail to make similarcomparable commitments on GHG reductions, well-focused carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected agaaimed at sectors exposed both to a high trade intensity and a high share of carbon costs in production could be maintained; at the same time incentives for investments in industrial innovation, energy efficiency and emission reductions in European industry should be maintained, while not increasing administ carbon leakagerative complexity;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the Commission, in order to maintain a level playing field for EU industry and the energy sector, to promote links between the EU ETS and other emission trading systems, with the aim of creating a future world emissions trading market to significantly reduce global emissions and increase industrial competitiveness; welcomes in this regard the development of emissions trading systems globally, including 17 emissions trading systems that are in operation across four continents, accounting for 40% of global GDP;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for setting aside a number of EU ETS allowances for financial support to the least developed countries for financing climate mitigation and adaptation measures.
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the global phase-out of environmentally and economically harmful subsidies, which distort competitiveness and hinder innovation; calls for concrete steps including a timetable for the phase-out of all fossil fuel subsidies, which are estimated at around USD 600 billion per year while subsidies for clean energy amount to around USD 100 billion, by 2020.
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the commitment of the G7 Leaders regarding the decarbonisation of the global economy in the course of this century and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by the upper end of the range from 40 to 70% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the 2015 Protocol must be legally binding and ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim at the upper end of 40 to 70% greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2050 compared to 2010 levels and phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter; calls for the EU to work with its international partners to that end;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action - climate change affects all regions around the world in different ways, through melting polar ice shields, rising sea levels, more frequent extreme weather events such as floods, heat waves, forest fires and droughts, resulting in migration flows and losses of lives as well as economic, ecological and social losses; stresses that a concerted global political and financial push for clean energy innovation is crucial to meeting our climate goals and to facilitate growth in EU green-economy sectors; highlights the need to preserve existing copyright and intellectual property rights in technology and knowledge transfer to third countries;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that stimulating innovation in technologies and business models can drive both economic growth and emissions reduction, stresses that technology will not automatically advance in a low-carbon direction, that it will require clear policy signals, including the reduction of market and regulatory barriers to new technologies and business models, and well-targeted public expenditure; encourages the Member States to increase investments in public research and development in the energy sector to help create the next wave of resource-efficient, low-carbon technologies;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Encourages the Commission to better take advantage of the fact that Horizon 2020 is fully open to third countries' participation, especially in the fields of energy and climate change;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the enormous carbon storage potential of thclimate-resilient forests and a sustainable bioenergy sector; calls for bioenergyforests, together with grassland and forestrypeatlands, to be recognised for their emission-mitigating qualities;potential; notes that total carbon emissions from forests decreased by more than 25 percent between 2001 and 20151 a, mainly due to a slowdown in global deforestation rates; calls on the EU to pursue its objective of halting global forest loss by 2030 and at least halve tropical deforestation by 2020, compared to 2008 levels; furthermore calls on the EU to scale up international finance for reducing deforestation in developing countries. __________________ 1aAccording to estimates published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that Parliament has called for a binding EU 2030 target of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% compared with 1990 levels, a binding EU 2030 energy efficiency target of 40%, in line with research on cost- effective energy saving potential, and a binding EU 2030 target of producing at least 30% of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the French government as a sign of a good will to take up serious negotiations with the European Parliament to work towards one seat in order to reduce the large amount of CO2 emissions resulting from the European Parliament being based in both Brussels and Strasbourg. 1 b __________________ 1b The total CO2 impact of the Strasbourg operation is at least 18884.5 tonnes per year. A decision to adopt a one-seat mode of operation with the seat in Brussels would save almost 19 000 tonnes of CO2 each year, according to European Parliament: a study of the environmental costs of the European Parliament two-seat operation Eco-Logica Ltd. September 2007.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Places particular emphasis on the urgent need for progress in closing the gigatonne gap which exists between the scientific analysis and the current Parties’ pledges for the period up to 2020; emphasises the important role of other policy measures, including energy efficiency, substantial energy savings, renewable energy, resource efficiency and the phase-downout of HFCs, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, including export finance for coal plant technology and strengthening the role of widespread pricing of carbon, in contributing to closing the gigatonne gap;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to submit the latest EU greenhouse gas emission projections for the period up to 2020 to the UNFCCC and announce that the EU will overachieve its 2020 greenhouse gas emission reduction target by at least 2 Gt;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the need for the ICAO and the IMOUNFCCC Parties to act to effectively regulate emissions from international aviation and shipping respectively before the end of 2016, in line with adequacy and urgency required; calls for all Parties to work through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to develop a global policy framework to enable an effective response, and to take measures to meet adequate targets before the end of 2016;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the need for the ICAO and the IMO to act to effectively regulate and cap emissions from international aviation and shipping respectively before the end of 2016, in line with adequacy and urgency required;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Emphasises the role of forests in climate change mitigation and the need to enhance the adaptive capacities and resilience of forests to climate change; calls on the EU to pursue its objective of halting global forest loss by 2030 and at least halve tropical deforestation by 2020, compared to 2008 levels; furthermore calls on the EU to scale up international finance for reducing deforestation in developing countries;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Welcomes the development of emissions trading systems globally, including 17 emissions trading systems that are in operation across four continents, accounting for 40% of global GDP;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls for the formulation of rules for the establishment of international carbon market mechanisms, including rules for accounting and ensuring international markets and links between domestic carbon markets to deliver permanent and additional mitigation contributions and thus commitments beyond domestic action;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that finance will play an essential role in finding an agreement at the Paris Conference and that it seems therefore necessary to prepare a credible ‘financial package’, in order to support greater efforts for greenhouse gas reduction, forest protection and adaptation to climate change impacts;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for concrete EU and international commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance, such as the adoption of a financial transactions tax and the allocation of emissions trading revenues to climate-related investments, and revenues from carbon pricing of transport fuels; calls for concrete steps including a timetable for the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, an ambitious roadmap of commitments of public and multilateral banks in favour of financing the ecological transition, specific public guarantees in favour of green investments, labels and fiscal advantages for green investment funds and for issuing green bondsincluding setting aside EU ETS emission allowances in the 2021-2030 period for international climate finance purposes and allocating revenues from EU and international measures on aviation and shipping emissions; calls for concrete steps including a timetable for the phase-out of all fossil fuel subsidies by 2020;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on public and private financial institutions in the EU, including banks, pension funds and insurance firms to withdraw investments from coal and other high-carbon energy investments;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for an EU ban on export credits for coal-fired power plants and other high-carbon energy infrastructure consistent with the CO2 emission performance standards applied by the European Investment Bank for energy investments;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the EU’s Climate Diplomacy Action Plan, as endorsed by the EU Foreign Affairs Council on the 19th of January 2015;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the EUuropean Commission, the Member States and the EEAS to continue and intensify its diplomatic efforts ahead and during the Conference aiming at improving its understanding of the positions of its partners as well as to encourage other parties to take effective measures to stay compliant with the 2° C objective;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Commits to use the European Parliament’s international role and its membership of international parliamentary networks to consistently seek progress towards a legally binding and ambitious international climate agreement in Paris;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Suggests that the Member States and the EEAS ensure that each EU delegation and Member State embassy has a climate change focal point appointed;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Subheading 8
The European Parliament delegation