6 Amendments of Catherine BEARDER related to 2011/2194(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. believes that it is necessary to correlaterecognises that climate change, biodiversity loss and overconsumption of natural resources are challenges which affect every EU citizen in urban and rural areas and that action is needed at every level of government to mitigate these effects; believes that it is necessary to ensure synergies between cohesion policy, and environmental, health and spatial planning policies, and to improve cooperation between local governments, regions and at a cross-border level in order to achieve a balance in development between urban and peri-urban areas, woodforested and rural areas; considers that it would be useful to implement measures that help to avoid a change in the intended purpose of land use, particularly with a view to the production of eco-fuels;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. believes that it is particularly important to improve cooperation between national, local and, regional authorities and local community groups and to encourage public-private partnerships for better application of the body of EU law on waste management; stresses the need for close collaboration with universities and researchersindustry for the rapid design of innovative technologies that makeincreases waste recycling possibleand resource efficiency, and improve planning to reduce the effects of the extraction of minerals and aggregates;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. recommends that an equitable balance is found between the need to combat climate change and the Seventh Environment Action Programme, so the European Union can achieve itsthe EU 2020 targets and in order to avoid additional cavoid the financial impact resulting from climate change and biodiversity losts; also emphasises the need to launch information, awareness and other campaigns to allow best practices to be exchanged at all levels;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. considers it necessary to improve cooperation between local governments, regions and also at a cross-border level, particularly in cooperation with third countries, ton the matter of preventing major pollution incidents, and other natural and man made disasters in order to avoid long-term effects; urges the Commission to plan the drafting of legislative acts onlegislation for a sustainable chemical industry;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. recognises that the integration of environmental policies must be guaranteed in all sectoral policies, an important role incumbent on local and regional authoritdesigned to mitigate biodiversity loss and climate change must be guaranteed in all sectoral policies; stresses the importance of the correlation between specific features at local and regional levelauthorities and the strategies required to implement these policies;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of Cohesion Policy in achieving the EU 2020 objectives and therefore welcomes the focus of the Commission proposal for a Cohesion policy after 2013 on moving towards a low carbon economy;