2015/2112(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Theresa GRIFFIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to make commitments in the Paris Protocol that are in line with the economic interests of the European Union and of all the Member States;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the EU to recognise the role of non-state actors in achieving and promoting ambitious GHG reduction targets; stresses the need of enhancing the visibility of the transport sector in all the COP21 Conference initiatives as the Agenda of Solutions, "Solutions COP21", bringing together a wide range of actors; invites the Commission to actively support initiatives in the field of sustainable urban mobility and public transport in the framework of the Agenda of Solutions; invites the Commission to support the "Transport Day" side event to the COP21;

Amendment 12 #

Bas EICKHOUT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recognises that in accordance with the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the global carbon budget that is likely to limit the temperature increase to below 2°C requires global cumulative emissions between 2011 and 2100 to stay below 1010 Gtons of CO2;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Deplores the lack of progress and ambition of the negotiations within the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on the development of a global market-based mechanism to reduce aviation emissions; calls on all parties to commit to an effective and structural instrument and measures guaranteeing reductions of CO2 emissions;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the IMO to speed up actions in order to come to an agreement to effectively regulate and decrease emissions from international shipping by the end of 2016;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 16 #

Maria GRAPINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 17 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that without a greater focus on emissions from the transport sector, the overall climate targets will be impossible to reach, as transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow: by 30% over the last 25 years; only a more fully integrated transport policy that incorporates modal shift policies together with technological advancement as well as transport avoidance (e.g. through green logistics and integrated mobility management) will be able to achieve thi; draws attention to the fact that globally agreed rules within the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the International Maritime Organisation are required in order for aviation and maritime CO2 emission targets to be met, which is important for the competitiveness of European industries;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Believes~~Takes the view that without a greater focus on reducing emissions from the transport sector, the overall climate targets will be impossible to reach, as transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow: by 30% over the last 25 years; only a more ~~fully~~ integrated transport policy that ~~incorporates~~provides for modal shift policies together with technological advancement as well as transport avoidance (e.g. through green logistics and integrated mobility management) will be able to achieve this;

Amendment 19 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN, Lucy ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 2 #

Rolandas PAKSAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that the new international climate agreement, which is to be agreed by COP 21, should encourage mainstreaming of low-carbon transport in global policies on climate change and sustainable development;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. BTaking into account that transport is the only sector where GHG emissions have continued to grow by 30% over the last 25 years, that it is responsible for around 25% of GHG emissions and that transport's GHG emissions are projected to increase, strongly believes that without a greater focus on emissions from the transport sector, the overall climate targets will be impossible to reach~~, as transport i~~; stresses theat only ~~sector where greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow: by 30% over the last 25 years; only~~binding GHG reduction targets together with a more fully integrated transport policy that incorporates modal shift policies ~~together with~~and technological advancement as well as transport avoidance (e.g. through green logistics and integrated mobility management) will be able to achieve this;

Amendment 21 #

Tonino PICULA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that without a greater focus on emissions from the transport sector, the overall climate targets will be impossible to reach, as transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow: by 30% over the last 25 years; only the full integration of renewables into the market, a technologically neutral approach to decarbonisation, and a more fully integrated transport policy that incorporates modal shift policies together with technological advancement as well as transport avoidance (e.g. through green logistics and integrated mobility management) will be able to achieve this;

Amendment 22 #

José Inácio FARIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that without a greater focus on emissions from the transport sector, the overall climate targets will be impossible to reach, as transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow: by 30% over the last 25 years; only a more fully integrated transport policy that incorporates modal shift policies together with technological advancement as well as transport avoidance (e.g. through green logistics and integrated mobility management) will be able to achieve this; calls, therefore, for a combination of several instruments, including measures to incorporate negative externalities and involving funding for research and development, funding for large-scale clean transport technology demonstration projects, and the creation of incentives for these technologies to be adopted;

Amendment 23 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN, Lucy ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that urban transport accounts for about 25 % of the CO2 emissions responsible for climate change; therefore emphasises that responsible land use and planning and sustainable transport solutions in urban areas contribute efficiently to the aim of reducing CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission to take measures needed to strongly promote public transport, shared mobility solutions and walking and cycling especially in densely populated areas, and to make proposals to modernise EU regulation, if needed, to promote multimodality and new mobility and logistics services;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the EU to show the path and to play a leading role in implementing concrete measures and legislative initiatives in the transport sector in order to achieve and respect its mitigation commitments; calls on the Commission to submit: - an ambitious legislative proposals to implement the EU's Climate and Energy Policy Framework for 2030, including a specific and binding GHG emission reduction target for the transport sector; - a legislative proposal to maintain a clear emissions-reduction trajectory with long term target setting up ambitious mandatory limits on average CO2 emissions for light and heavy vehicles; - a proposal to establish a European Union framework for distance- based charging including the complete internalisation of external costs also for passenger cars in accordance with the polluter-pays principle in order to promote the use of sustainable modes of transport;

Amendment 25 #

Gesine MEISSNER, Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that 94% of transport – mainly road, air and shipping sectors – is dependent on fossil fuel and therefore urgently need measures to accelerate progress towards early achievement of the White Paper targets by 2030; is of the opinion that improving the energy efficiency of transport should be one of the top priorities of European transport policy; stresses the need to strongly develop the distribution channels of new sustainable and emission-free sources of energy to support the ambitious shift to greener energy and to diminish the unwelcome dependency on fossil fuels and imported energy;

Amendment 26 #

Maria GRAPINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that 94% of transport – mainly road, air and shipping sectors – is dependent on fossil fuel and therefore urgently need measures to accelerate progress towards early achievement of the White Paper targets by 2030; stresses the need to allocate investment funding to speed up progress in the field of transport;

Amendment 27 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that 94% of transport – mainly road, air and shipping sectors – is dependent on fossil fuel and therefore urgently need measures to accelerate progress towards ~~early achievement of the White Paper targets by 2030~~renewable fuels, electricity or low carbon alternatives; considers that the support of early deployment of liquefied natural gas in maritime transport is needed;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that 94% of transport – mainly road, air and shipping sectors – is dependent on fossil fuel ~~and therefore urgently need measures to accelerate progress towards early achievement of the White Paper targets by 2030~~; Globally agreed rules within the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the International Maritime Organisation are required in order for aviation and maritime CO2 emission reductions to be achieved, without affecting the competitiveness of European industries;

Amendment 29 #

Tonino PICULA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that 30% of final energy consumption in Europe is accounted for by transport and that 94% of transport – mainly road, air and shipping sectors – is dependent on fossil fuel and therefore urgently needs measures to accelerate progress towards early achievement of the White Paper targets by 2030;

Amendment 3 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Theresa GRIFFIN, Lucy ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the Communication of the Commission and the objectives of the EU's Contribution to the COP21 Climate Conference; calls on the Commission and the Member States to play a leading role in achieving a transparent and binding international agreement;

Amendment 30 #

Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that 94% of transport – mainly in the road, air and shipping sectors – is dependent on fossil fuel ~~and therefore urgently need measures to accelerate progress towards early achievement of the White Paper targets by 2030~~, owing to the technology that is in use across the board and to the low price of that source of energy;

Amendment 31 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Theresa GRIFFIN, Lucy ANDERSON

4a. Emphasises that the building of the TEN-T network is a priority for European transport policy and calls for the climate commitments made in Paris not to make it difficult for investment needs to be met in this area, in particular as regards building up infrastructure capacity and increasing the availability of transport in central and eastern Europe;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. More than half of the world's population now lives in towns and cities and urban transports are a major contributor of GHG emissions from the transport sector. Therefore, urges the Commissions and the Member States to actively raise awareness on the role of sustainable urban mobility to achieve mitigation commitments.

Amendment 33 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Theresa GRIFFIN, Lucy ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points out that Climate funds should also be used in the transport sector, especially to encourage the development of sustainable urban mobility plans.

Amendment 34 #

Ivan JAKOVČIĆ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that all policies to strengthen the electrification of transport need to accent railways, trams, electrified busses, electric cars, and e-bicycles, need to incorporate the entire lifecycle perspective and need to be based on renewable sources of electricity;

Amendment 35 #

Marie-Christine ARNAUTU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that all policies to strengthen the electrification of transport need to accent railways, trams, and electrified bus~~ses, e-bicycl~~es, need to incorporate the entire lifecycle perspective and need to be based on renewable sources of electricity;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Strongly encourages local public transport authorities and transport operators to become frontrunners to introduce low-carbon fleet and technologies; stresses that all policies to strengthen the electrification of transport need to accent railways, trams, electrified busses, e-bicycles, need to incorporate the entire lifecycle perspective and need to be based on renewable sources of electricity;

Amendment 37 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that all policies to strengthen ~~the electrification of transport need to accent railways, trams, electrified busses, e-bicycles, need~~sustainable modes of transport, including the electrification of transport and the use of intelligent transport systems to incorporate the entire lifecycle perspective and need to be based on renewable sources of e~~lectricit~~nergy;

Amendment 38 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Theresa GRIFFIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that all policies to strengthen the electrification of transport need to accent railways, trams, electrified busses, e- bicycles, need to incorporate the entire lifecycle perspective and need to be based on ~~renewabl~~alternative sources of e~~lectricit~~nergy;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that all good energy mix is necessary in the transport sector by promoting alternative vehicles running with natural gas and biogas and policies to strengthen the electrification of transport need to accent railways, trams, electrified busses, e-bicycles, need to incorporate the entire lifecycle perspective and need to be based on renewable sources of electricity;

Amendment 4 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Theresa GRIFFIN, Lucy ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Invites the Commission to offer its support and expertise to the Parties of the COP21 Conference to set up their national contributions while raising awareness on the role of the transport sector to adopt comprehensive strategies in reducing GHG emissions;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that ~~all~~ policies to strengthen the electrification of transport ~~need to accent railways, trams, electrified busses, e-bicycles,~~ need to incorporate the entire lifecycle perspective and need to ~~be based on~~aim for fully exploiting the renewable sources of electricity;

Amendment 41 #

Bas EICKHOUT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance to take action on other harmful emissions in the sensitive atmosphere such as nitrogen oxides, oxides of sulphur, water vapour and carbon particulates emissions; recent studies1 a show that the climate impact of direct CO2 emissions from aviation is even surpassed by the impact of the above emissions some of which - particularly from triggered condensation trails and cirrus as well as further modify clouds - could be diminished or even entirely avoided by a closer coordination of meteorological services with operational flight rules e.g. on the flight altitude; ___________ 1a DLR study: inclusion of aviation in international climate protection protocols, published 24 April 2015 http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.as px/tabid-10122/333_read- 13363/#/gallery/19180 "In 2005, global carbon dioxide emissions from aviation were responsible for around 1.6 percent of global warming; taking into account the other climate effects of air transport, this value was 4.9 percent."

Amendment 42 #

Pavel TELIČKA, Gesine MEISSNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the need for a step-by-step internalisation of climate impact from transport within a comprehensive package of measures for ‘getting prices right’ in this sector and establishing fair competition between the transport modes. and efficient use of the transport capacity available by promoting the use of transport services that curb pollution, including cabotage services, in all modes of transport;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the focus of EU financial instruments especially on those projects in the transport sector which will have a positive environmental impact, while not excluding any mode of transport;

Amendment 44 #

Maria GRAPINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the need for the uniform application of the Fourth Railway Package in the single market.

Amendment 45 #

Rolandas PAKSAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that both short- and long- term transport mitigation strategies are essential if deep GHG reduction ambitions are to be achieved.

Amendment 46 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Theresa GRIFFIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that the use of space-based assets should be considered in the implementation of measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change, particularly through the monitoring and surveillance of greenhouse gas emissions. Urges the Commission to actively contribute to a global monitoring system of CO2 and CH4. Calls on the Commission to promote efforts towards developing an EU system of measuring GHG emissions in an autonomous and non-dependent manner using and expanding the missions of the Copernicus programme.

Amendment 47 #

Pavel TELIČKA, Gesine MEISSNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that the EU needs to play its leadership role responsibly and acknowledges that if its ambition and goals are not shared in other regions of the world, the EU competitiveness could be hampered.

Amendment 5 #

Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Paris Protocol to include GHG reduction targets that are consistent with a global carbon budget in line with the 2 degree objective for international aviation and maritime shipping; highlights the importance of taking account of the specific situation of island and outermost regions, in order to ensure that environmental performance does not affect mobility and accessibility in these regions in particular;

Amendment 6 #

Gesine MEISSNER, Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the ~~Paris Pro~~European Union to co~~l to include GHG reduction targets that are consistent with a global carbon budget in line with the 2 degree objective for international aviation and maritime shipping~~ntinue working proactively with ICAO and IMO so that these two organisations act to effectively regulate emissions from international shipping and aviation;

Amendment 7 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ismail ERTUG, Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Theresa GRIFFIN, Lucy ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Paris Protocol to ~~include GHG reduction targets that are consistent with a global carbon budget in line with the 2 degree objective for international aviation and maritime shipping~~take into account the particular importance of the transport sector in creating economic growth in Europe, and especially the sector’s potential as regards generating new jobs;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Paris Protocol to include GHG reduction targets that are consistent with a global carbon budget in line with the 2 degree objective for international aviation and maritime shipping; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the inclusion of quantified targets in the Paris Protocol as a top priority;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls ~~for~~on all the Ppar~~is Pro~~ties, including IMO and ICAO, to co~~l to include~~mmit to global GHG reduction targets within the Paris Protocol that are consistent with a global carbon budget in line with the ~~2 degree~~ objective ~~for international aviation and maritime shipping~~to hold the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius;

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2015/06/23 ENVI 230 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the European Council Conclusions of 23rd and 24th October 2014;

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

– having regard to the communication from the participants of the meeting of the seven largest western industrial superpowers in Elmau on 8 June 2015, in which they reiterated their intention to adhere to the commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 % to 70 % by 2050, with it being necessary to ensure that the reduction is closer to 70 % than 40 %;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Recognises that, in order to achieve the objective of eliminating fossil fuel sources in favour of sustainable energy forms and in order to achieve the EU 2030 energy efficiency target of 40%, investing in the research and development of new alternative energy technologies is essential; notes that the electrification of transport is just one valid future incentive for decarbonisation;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need for an effective compliance regime applicable to all Parties under the 2015 agreement; emphasises that the 2015 agreement must promote transparency and accountability through a common rules-based regime including accounting rules and monitoring, reporting and verification arrangements; considers that the transparency and accountability system should develop within the framework of a progressive convergence approach;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Agenda of Solutions

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Hopes that an agenda of solutions will be developed alongside the agreement and countries’ commitments, in order to contribute to the message that governments, civil society and non-state actors are determined to make the transition to low-carbon economies;

Amendment 104 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Jytte GUTELAND, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of maintaining human rights at the core of climate action, and insists that the Commission and the Member States ensure the Paris Agreement recognises that the respect, protection and promotion of human rights, encompassing i.e. gender equality, full and equal participation of women, and the active promotion of a just transition of the workforce creating decent work and quality jobs for all, are a prerequisite for effective global climate action;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on all the Parties to fully identify the whole human rights dimension of climate change and to provide support for poorer countries whose capacities to protect their citizens’ human rights are strained by climate change impacts;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Indicates, in this respect, that the Lima-Paris Action Plan encourages those organising initiatives to speed up their work and attend the Paris Conference to report their initial results;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that the adoption of the new post-Kyoto international climate treaty will contain all the provisions necessary to tackle all different aspects of the human rights dimension of climate change;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the EU and its Member States to work with all civil society actors (institutions, private sector, NGOs and local communities) to develop initiatives in key sectors for reductions (energy, technology, cities, transportation), as well as initiatives on adaptation and resilience in response to adaptation issues, particularly for access to water, food security and risk prevention; calls on all governments and civil society actors to support and strengthen this agenda for action;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Encourages the establishment of mechanisms that will encourage this dynamic of solutions, such as labelling of innovative civil society projects;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

– having regard to the Leaders’ Declaration of the G7 Summit in Elmau on 7-8 June 2015 entitled ‛Think Ahead. Act Together’;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
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~~ that lead to energy efficiency, substantial energy savings, investment in renewable energy, resource efficiency and the phase-down of HFCs, ~~phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and strengthening the role of widespread pricing of carbon,~~ in contributing to closing the gigatonne gap;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
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, increased use of biomass, resource efficiency and the phase-down of HFCs, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and strengthening the role of widespread pricing of carbon, in contributing to closing the gigatonne gap;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
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~~. E~~; emphasises the important role of other policy measures, including energy efficiency, substantial energy savings, renewable energy, resource efficiency and the phase-down of HFCs, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and strengthening the role of widespread pricing of carbon, in contributing to closing the gigatonne gap, which will only be effective if they are global in nature;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
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, to which a collective effort should be dedicated, including energy efficiency, substantial energy savings, renewable energy, resource efficiency and the phase- down of HFCs, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and strengthening the role of widespread pricing of carbon, in contributing to closing the gigatonne gap;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
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-down of HFCs, ~~phasing out~~eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and strengthening the role of widespread pricing of carbon, in contributing to closing the gigatonne gap;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
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-down of HFCs, sustainable production and consumption, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and strengthening the role of widespread pricing of carbon, in contributing to closing the gigatonne gap;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
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-~~down~~out 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 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the need to encourage, in parallel to the development of renewable marine energy, research and innovation in the oceans and deep oceans, in order to find sustainable solutions able to respond to climate challenges;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
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 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Hopes that the Member States will ratify the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol as soon as possible, and that they will encourage the other parties to do the same so that it can enter into force;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

– having regard to the New York Declaration on Forests at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. clarifies that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, due to the reluctance of the main polluters to join it, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore calls on Parties, including EU Member States, to ratify the second commitment period rapidly, as the EP completes its part by giving its consent. ~~Believes that such efforts and transparency is necessary to help understand mutual efforts and build trust among all Parties towards the Paris Conference~~Expresses its great hope that after 2020 more countries will legally undertake to reduce their emissions;

Amendment 121 #

Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Clarifies that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore calls on Parties, including EU Member States, to ratify the second commitment period rapidly~~, as the EP completes its part by giving its consent~~; believes that such efforts and transparency is necessary to help understand mutual efforts and build trust among all Parties towards the Paris Conference;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Clarifies that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore calls on Parties, including EU Member States, to ~~ratify the second commitment period rapidly, as the EP~~complete the ratification process, as soon as possible and in any case before December 2015; notes that Parliament completesd its part by giving its consent; believes that such efforts and transparency is necessary to help understand mutual efforts and build trust among all Parties towards the Paris Conference;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Clarifies that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore calls on Parties, including EU Member States, to ratify the second commitment period rapidly, as the EP completes its part by giving its consent; believes that such efforts, the inclusion of civil society and transparency is necessary to help understand mutual ~~eff~~activities of negotiatorts and build trust among all Parties towards the Paris Conference;

Amendment 124 #

Elisabetta GARDINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Clarifies that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore calls on Parties, including EU Member States, to ratify the second commitment period rapidly, as the EP completesd its part by giving its consent; believes that such efforts and transparency is necessary to help understand mutual efforts and build trust among all Parties towards the Paris Conference;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to specify the conditions needed to increase its emission target to 30% by 2020 and to move beyond 40% by 2030;

Amendment 126 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the European Commission to start, from the work already done on the stability reserve, revising the European Emissions Trading Scheme Directive and then preparing work on distributing effort between Member States;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls for governments and institutional investors to divest from fossil fuels and, as a matter of urgency, phase out all fossil fuel subsidies;

Amendment 128 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Taking note of the assessments regarding carbon price expectations under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), concludes that the ETS alone will not be sufficient to ensure timely decarbonisation of the Union’s power generation system and avoiding carbon lock-in; therefore calls for the Commission to come forward with a proposal to introduce emissions performance standards for both old and new power stations, phasing in the requirements in order to ensure decarbonisation of the EU power sector before 2050;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. calls for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emission budgets which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition, although it notes that certain industrial sectors have already reached the technological limit as regards the possibilities of further reductions in emissions. Stresses that in line with the IPCC’s findings, land use (agricultural, forest and other land uses) has significant cost-effective potential for mitigation and enhancing resilience; highlights that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF);

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 b (new)

– having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner ~~and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emission budgets which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition~~; stresses that in line with the IPCC’s findings, land use (agricultural, forest and other land uses) has significant cost-effective potential for mitigation and enhancing resilience; highlights that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF);

Amendment 131 #

Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emission budgets which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition; stresses that in line with the IPCC’s findings, land use (agricultural, forest and other land uses) has significant cost-effective potential for mitigation and enhancing resilience and that further international cooperation is needed to maximise the carbon sequestration potential of forests, wetlands and oceans; highlights that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF);

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emission budgets which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition; stresses that in line with the IPCC’s findings, land use (agricultural including livestock, forest and other land uses) has significant cost-effective potential for mitigation and enhancing resilience; highlights that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF); emphasises that, in particular, mitigation and adaptation actions in the land use sector requires focus on achieving co-benefits and avoiding trade-offs in line with other sustainable development goals, including for example animal welfare and food security;

Amendment 133 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emission budgets which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition; stresses that in line with the IPCC’s findings, land use (agricultural, forest and other land uses) has significant cost-effective potential for mitigation and enhancing resilience; highlights that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF); calls for the need to reform agricultural practices especially when it comes to the use of fertilisers in order to promote carbon sequestration;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emission budgets which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition; stresses that in line with the IPCC’s findings, land use (agricultural, forest and other land uses) has significant cost-effective potential for mitigation and enhancing resilience; highlights that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF); reiterates that, according to the EEA, nearly one third of the world’s cultivated land is being used to grow animal feed and emphasises that, in the EU alone, 45% of wheat production is used for this purpose; notes moreover, that the demand for food requires significant natural resources, in particular land, water and energy;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Underlines that without significant new mitigation effort focused on the tropical forest sector (REDD+) the achievement of the below 2° C target is likely to be impossible; notes that according to the IPCC, land-based mitigation can cover 20-60% of the global emission cuts by 2030 or 15-45% by 2050, whereas deforestation and forest degradation are responsible for 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Highlights that efforts to create a circular economy can play a significant part in achieving the targets, by discouraging food waste and recycling raw materials;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Parties to include the farm animal sector, which is responsible for approximately 14.5 percent of human- induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in the climate change debate at Paris COP21;

Amendment 138 #

Paul BRANNEN, Seb DANCE, Matthias GROOTE, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Reiterates, therefore, the EU’s own commitment taken in 2008 to help reduce gross tropical forest loss by 50% by 2020 and to halt global forest loss entirely by 2030; underlines that an achievement of these commitments together with restoration of 350 million hectares of forests as called for in the New York Declaration on Forests can reduce 4.5-8.8 billion tons of CO2 per year in 2030;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Emphasises the importance of farm animal production and consumption being considered in the EU’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs);

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)

– having regard to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) 2013 Report ‘Tackling Climate Change through Livestock: a global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities’;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Reiterates the findings of the UN Environment Programme that in order to stop carbon emissions completely by 2070, carbon sequestration through forest growth or carbon capture and storage has to be mobilised in order to sequester the carbon emitted in all sectors of the global economy;

Amendment 141 #

Paul BRANNEN, Seb DANCE, Matthias GROOTE, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)

9d. Notes the effectiveness of the existing REDD+ mitigation mechanism and encourages EU Member States to include it in any climate change mitigation efforts in order to save most of the remaining tropical forests as well as to contribute to the preservation of biodiversity and global precipitation patterns vital for the world’s agriculture;

Amendment 142 #

Paul BRANNEN, Seb DANCE, Matthias GROOTE, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)

9e. Calls on EU Member States to enter into voluntary international mitigation partnerships with those developing countries particularly affected by tropical deforestation in view of providing financial or technical assistance to stop deforestation by means of implementation of sustainable land use policies or governance reforms;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)

9f. Acknowledges the role of trade and private enterprises in generating demand for commodities that might have resulted from illegal deforestation, particularly by illegal conversion of forest land for agricultural use; calls on the Commission to propose robust measures to stop the imports into the EU of goods derived from illegal deforestation; welcomes in this regard a pledge by the Consumer Goods Forum to help eliminate deforestation from the supply chains of soy, beef, paper and palm oil by 2020;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Reiterates the need for the ICAO and the IMO to continue to act to effectively regulate emissions from international aviation and shipping respectively ~~before the end of 2016~~, in line with adequacy and urgency required;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that transport is the second biggest GHG emitting sector, insists on the need to put a range of policies in place aiming to lower emissions from this sector; reiterates the need for the ICAO and the IMO to act to effectively regulate emissions from international aviation and shipping respectively before the end of 2016, in line with adequacy and urgency required;

Amendment 146 #

José Inácio FARIA, Matthias GROOTE, Peter LIESE, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Benedek JÁVOR, Bas EICKHOUT, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jytte GUTELAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Reiterates the need for the ~~ICAO and the IMO~~UNFCCC 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

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 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Reiterates the need for the ICAO and the IMO to act to effectively regulate emissions from i~~Calls on all parties to commit within the Paris Protocol to global GHG reduction targets for international aviation and maritime shipping in line with adequacy and urgency required and to work through the International aCivil Aviation ~~and shipping respectively before the end of 2016, in line with adequacy and urgency required~~Organisation (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to agree to a credible instrument by the end of 2016 that can deliver on achieving the necessary reductions;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Emphasises that the number of regions and countries that are putting a price on carbon pollution is vastly increasing; encourages the Commission to promote links between the EU ETS and other emission trading systems with the aim of creating a future world emissions trading market; highlights that the main benefit of linking carbon markets is cost- efficiency as a result of increasing the pool of emissions reductions available, which would allow countries not only to create a level-playing field but also to increase their climate ambition;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)

– having regard to the European Environment Agency (EEA) 2014 Report ‘Environmental impacts of production- consumption systems in Europe’;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Highlights that an ever broader range of non-state actors are taking action to decarbonise and become more resilient to climate change; recalls that these non-state actors are demonstrating the importance and feasibility of getting on a path to zero carbon with multiple co- benefits in terms of health, jobs and quality of life; emphasises their role in creating momentum ahead of Paris and for the ‘Lima-Paris Action Agenda’;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls for more engagement from all sectors in setting good examples which contribute to reaching the targets set in the agreement;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
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)

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)

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 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that finance will play an essential role in finding an agreement at the Paris Conference and that it ~~seems therefor~~will be necessary to prepare a credible ‘financial package’, in order to support ~~greater efforts for greenhouse gas reduction and~~ adaptation to climate change impacts;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
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 and adaptation to climate change impacts; although it notes that certain countries regarded to be developing countries are significantly richer than certain developed countries that are expected to make a financial contribution;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
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 and adaptation to climate change impacts;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that finance will play an essential role in finding an agreement at the Paris Conference and th~~at it seems therefore necessary~~erefore urges the EU and other countries to prepare a credible ‘financial package’, in order to support greater efforts for greenhouse gas reduction and adaptation to climate change impacts, to provide clarity on how USD 100 billion a year will be raised by 2020 and to ensure an adequate amount of climate finance is provided after 2020;

Amendment 159 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that ~~finance~~means of implementation - including climate- finance, technology transfer and capacity building - 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 and adaptation to climate change impacts; calls for climate finance to be included in the agreement as a dynamic element that reflects the changing environmental and economic realities and supports the enhanced ambition of mitigation contribution and adaptation actions;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 c (new)

– having regard to joint research undertaken by the universities of Cambridge and Aberdeen in 2014 which estimated that greenhouse gases from food production would go up 80% if meat and dairy consumption continued to rise at its current pace and that this would make it harder to meet global targets on limiting emissions;

Amendment 160 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Seb DANCE, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
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’ covering both pre- 2020 and post-2020 periods, in order to support greater efforts for greenhouse gas reduction and adaptation to climate change impacts;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 162 #

Paul BRANNEN, Seb DANCE, Matthias GROOTE, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Considers that the level of ambition necessary to bridge the existing carbon gap on the part of the developing countries is achievable only if significant assistance from the industrialised countries has been mobilised; calls therefore on the industrialised countries to enter into dedicated partnerships with developing countries aimed at helping them meet ambitious climate mitigation objectives, particularly by way of targeted financial assistance, debt reduction or provision of know-how and technologies;

Amendment 163 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Seb DANCE, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Insists on the full respect of the rights of local communities and indigenous peoples particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change; believes that local communities play a key role in the implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Requests the EU to agree on a credible roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance, in line with existing commitments and without displacing existing aid budgets, towards its fair share of USD 100 billion a year by 2020~~; calls for a robust monitoring and accountability framework for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objectives~~, and to address the imbalance between resources flowing to mitigation and adaptation; calls on the EU to encourage all countries to deliver their fair share on climate finance; calls for a robust monitoring and accountability framework for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objectives; recalls that as climate finance from aid budgets increases, the overall aid budget should increase at least at the same rate, as a first step towards full additionality;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Requests the EU to agree on a roadmap for scaling up ~~predictable, new and additional~~ finance, in line with existing commitments, towards its fair share of USD 100 billion a year by 2020; ~~calls for a robust monitori~~notes that it is not feasible to tackle climate change and ~~accountability framework for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objective~~promote sustainable development in isolation, and that international public finance must fulfil both interlinked agendas;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Requests the EU to agree on a roadmap, with the involvement of Member States, for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance, in line with existing commitments, towards its ~~fair~~expected share of USD 100 billion a year by 2020; calls for a robust monitoring and accountability framework for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objectives;

Amendment 167 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Requests the EU and its Member States to agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance, in line with existing commitments, towards its fair share in the overall targeted amount of USD 100 billion a year by 2020 from a variety of public and private sources; calls for a robust monitoring and accountability framework for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objectives;

Amendment 168 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Requests the EU to agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance, in line with existing commitments, towards its fair share of USD 100 billion a year by 2020; recognises the imbalance between adaptation and mitigation finance and calls for steps to close it; calls for a robust governance, monitoring and accountability framework for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objectives;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Requests the EU to agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance, in line with existing commitments, towards its fair share of USD 100 billion a year by 2020, intended predominantly for assisting countries in dealing with the reduction in greenhouse gases and for projects aimed at protecting communities at risk from the effects of climate change; calls for a robust monitoring and accountability framework (perhaps implemented by an independent agency) for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objectives;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible global threat to human societies and the biosphere and must thus be addressed at international level by all Parties;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Emphasises the importance of improving and extending flexibility mechanisms, such as the clean development mechanism, in order to assist countries not included in Annex I to the Kyoto Protocol, boost transfer of clean technology and improve the cost- effectiveness of mitigation policies in countries included in Annex I;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Acknowledges that it is essential to enhance transparency, and demonstrate progress in meeting climate finance commitments and objectives; notes however, that there is no formal burden- sharing arrangement for the individual public finance contributions from developed countries;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. calls for concrete 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 bonds;deleted

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete 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 bonds;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete commitments to be drawn up and applied at national level, intended to deliver additional sources of climate finance, such as the a~~doption of a financial transactions tax and the allocation of emissions trading revenues to climate-related investme~~llocation of emissions trading revenues to investments favourable to the offshoring of activities offering guarantees of a small ecological footprints, 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, and label~~s and fiscal advantage~~s for green investment funds and for issuing green bonds;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete 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 theincluding a timetable, further to the pledge by G-20 countries in 2009, for rationalising and phaseing out ofinefficient fossil fuel subsidies, and 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 bond~~transition to low carbon and climate resilient economies and societies;

Amendment 176 #

Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete 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 and partial use of farming subsidies to guarantee investments for the production and use of renewable energy in farms; 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 bonds;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete 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 multilaterial 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 bonds;

Amendment 178 #

Guillaume BALAS, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete commitments to deliver additional sources of public and private 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 without delay, an ambitious ~~roadmap of~~ commitments of governments, public and multilateral banks in favour of ~~financing the ecological transition~~aligning lending and investment practices with the below 2°C target and divesting from fossil fuels - including phasing out export credits for fossil fuel investments - , specific public guarantees in favour of green investments, labels and fiscal advantages for green investment funds and for issuing green bonds;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance, such as the adoption ~~of a financial transactions tax~~by the 11 Member States participating in enhanced cooperation of a financial transactions tax at the minimum rate of 0.1 % for transactions involving shares and bonds, and 0.01 % for those involving derivatives, such as options, futures, contracts for differences and interest rate- hedging instruments, 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 bonds;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas climate change represents a~~n urgent~~ practical and potentially irreversible threatlity to human societies and the biosphere and must thus be addressed at international level by all Parties;

Amendment 180 #

Pilar AYUSO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete commitments to deliver ~~additional~~sufficient sources of climate finance, ~~such as the adoption of a financial transactions tax and~~without this increasing the tax burden, such as the allocation of a proportion of emissions trading revenues to climate-related investments, ~~and revenues from carbon pricing of transport fuels~~or mechanisms for internalising the external costs of the various modes of transport; considers, however, that market-based mechanisms represent the most efficient way of reducing emissions, while simultaneously keeping industry competitive; 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 dec~~ological transition~~arbonisation of the economy, specific public guarantees in favour of green investments, labels and fiscal advantages for green investment funds and for issuing green bonds;

Amendment 181 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance, such as ~~the adoption of a financial transactions tax~~broad-based pricing of carbon as a globally applicable instrument for managing emissions and the allocation of emissions trading revenues to climate-related investments, and revenues from carbon pricing of international transport fuels; highlights the importance of mobilising private sector capital and of unlocking the required investment in low-carbon technologies; calls for concrete steps ~~including a timetable~~ for the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, an ambitious roadmap of commitments of public sources 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 bonds;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
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 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance, such as t~~he adoption of a financial transactions tax~~o explore initiatives for the adoption of a Fossil Fuel Transaction Tax on Investment-bank level transactions involving finance for or derived from fossil fuels 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 bonds;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Considers that the financial system should incorporate climate risk into investment decisions; calls on the European Commission, the EU Member States and all the parties to the UNFCCC to use all means at their disposal to encourage financial institutions to redirect their investments on the scale necessary to finance a genuine transition to resilient low-carbon economies;

Amendment 185 #

Guillaume BALAS, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Recalls that innovative financial sources are needed in order to ensure that the target of USD 100 billion per year will be reached by 2020 and beyond without displacing existing aid budgets and commitments; calls for deploying the option of allocating revenues from emission trading schemes as international climate finance for the Green Climate Fund:, calls on the Commission to include this option in the revision of the EU ETS and encourage international partners with emission trading schemes to follow their example;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Considers that part of the annual revenue from the financial transaction tax, estimated at EUR 34 billion by the European Commission for the 11 Member States participating in enhanced cooperation, would constitute a credible and substantial contribution to financing the Green Fund;

Amendment 187 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls for an intensification of R&D, innovation and deployment of mature and breakthrough technologies;

Amendment 188 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Bas EICKHOUT, Peter LIESE, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Reiterates its call for dedicating revenues derived from measures tackling international aviation and shipping emissions to be dedicated to international climate finance and the Green Climate Fund;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
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 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas according to thsome scientific evidence ~~presented in the 2014 IPCC AR5, warming of the climate system is unequivocal;~~, climate change is occurring and human activities are ~~the dominant~~very probably one of the causes of this climate change observed ~~warming~~ since the middle of the 20th century; the widespread and substantial climate-change impacts are already evident in natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Encourages the most progressive players to make voluntary commitments to help with the transition to a low-carbon economy, making the most of the best practice already being implemented in the sector; hopes that this mobilisation will be extended and that the commitments will be more structured in future, particularly via the recording platforms incorporated into the Climate Convention;

Amendment 191 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Seb DANCE, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Takes note of the close links between the Financing for Development Conference, the UN Sustainable Development Goals summit and the 21st Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC in 2015; recognises that the impacts of climate change will seriously undermine attempts to achieve the planned post-2015 sustainable development framework, and that the overall development financing framework will need to be aligned with and able to support a low carbon and climate resilient world;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
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 193 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Encourages the promotion of private initiatives from the financial sector, particularly at the G-20 meeting in November 2015, but in general at the numerous specific finance events that punctuate the preparations for the Paris Summit in 2015;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Reiterates the position that ETS auction revenues should be fully earmarked for financing climate action, including for contributing towards international climate finance; calls for the Commission in the ETS review for the post-2020 period and subsequent proposal to assign a significant part of auction revenues to a collective EU contribution to the Green Climate Fund;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that adaptation action is an inevitable necessity and needs to play a central role in the new agreement; calls for a long-term goal on adaptation to be set accordingly;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that adaptation action is an inevitable necessity and needs to play a central role in the new agreement; stresses the need to ensure that all the efforts of all Parties for limiting and adapting to adverse climate change impacts and for enabling climate resilient sustainable development are acknowledged;

Amendment 197 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that adaptation action is an inevitable necessity and needs to play a central role in the new agreement; underlines that acting now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be less expensive to the global and national economies and would make adaptation action less costly;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recognises that adaptation to the adverse impacts of climate change is necessary for all countries to minimise negative effects and to make full use of the opportunities for climate resilient growth and sustainable development, particularly in countries that are highly vulnerable to these impacts, and especially to ensure that food production and economic development can proceed in a climate resilient manner;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls for the implementation of regional adaptation strategies;

Amendment 2 #

Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

– having regard to the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the UNFCCC and the 6th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP6), held in Cancún, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010 and to the Cancún Agreements, where the Parties to the UNFCCC agreed that ‘Parties should, in all climate change- related actions, fully respect human rights’;

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the Doha Climate Change Conference held in December 2012, adopted an amendment to the Protocol establishing a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol (KP CP2), starting on 1 January 2013 and ending on 31 December 2020, with legally binding emission reduction commitments, the inclusion of a new gas (nitrogen trifluoride), an ambition mechanism providing for a simplified procedure to allow a Party to adjust its commitment by increasing its ambition during a commitment period and finally, a provision which automatically adjusts a Party’s target to prevent an increase in its emissions for the period 2013 to 2020 beyond its average emissions for the years 2008 to 2010;

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Notes that adaptation in the agriculture and food sectors is particularly urgent, and for example, that the consumption of meat and dairy products is responsible for a significant fraction of the global environmental impacts caused by EU consumption as a whole1: it contributed, on average, close to 25% of the environmental impacts from the total consumption (domestic final use) of all goods and services in the EU-27, while constituting only 6% of the economic value; 1 European Environmental Agency 2014 Report ‘Environmental impacts of production-consumption systems in Europe’.

Amendment 201 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recognises that the mitigation ambition achieved by Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) has a strong influence on the adaptation efforts needed; calls for a global goal for adaptation and adaptation finance in the Paris agreement along with commitments to develop further approaches to effectively address loss and damage;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that developing countries, - in particular Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States~~, have contributed the least to climate change~~-, are the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and have the least capacity to adapt; calls for adaptation support and loss and damage to be essential elements of the Paris agreement guaranteeing therefore that their adaptation needs will be met both in the short and in the long-term;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that developing countries, in particular Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, have contributed the least to climate change, are the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and have the least capacity to adapt; calls for adaptation support and loss and damage to be essential elements of the Paris agreement guaranteeing therefore that their adaptation needs will be met both in the short and in the long-term; emphasises that the food independence of developing countries, including in relation to seeds and plant- health products, is dependent on their ability to confront climate challenges, and that the development aid granted to these countries should prioritise this issue;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. recalls that certain developing countries, in particular Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, have contributed the least to climate change, are the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and have the least capacity to adapt; calls for adaptation support and loss and damage to be essential elements of the Paris agreement guaranteeing therefore that their adaptation needs will be met both in the short and in the long-term;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that developing countries, in particular Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, have contributed the least to climate change, are the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and have the least capacity to adapt; calls for adaptation support and loss and damage to be essential elements of the Paris agreement ~~guaranteeing therefore that their adaptation needs will be met both in the short and in the long-term~~, and for the developing countries to receive tangible assistance in their transition to sustainable, renewable and low-carbon forms of energy, guaranteeing therefore that their adaptation needs will be met both in the short and in the long-term; calls for serious recognition of the issue of climate refugees and the scope thereof, resulting from climate disasters caused by global warming;

Amendment 207 #

16a. Underlines that developing countries could end up producing more emissions than the developed market economies of the North; stresses, as a consequence, that the emphasis should be on economically and environmentally sustainable development;

Amendment 208 #

Paul BRANNEN, Seb DANCE, Matthias GROOTE, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Emphasises that additional climate change mitigation commitments by EU Member States provided to the developing countries in the form of international agreements would potentially free up parts of public foreign assistance which might be then spent on adaptation and resilience measures which constitute a political priority for a number of the poorest developing countries;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Emphasises that overseas countries and territories (OTCs) particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change should benefit from all aid relating to adaptation to climate change in the same way as Small Island Developing States;

Amendment 21 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the Adaptation Gap 2014 Report produced by UNEP highlights the enormous costs of inaction and concludes that the cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries is likely to reach two to three times the previous estimates of $70-100 billion per year by 2050, leading to a significant adaptation funding gap after 2020 unless new and additional finance for adaptation is made available;

Amendment 210 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls for active support for the elaboration of comprehensive adaptation plans in developing countries based on the practices of local actors and the knowledge of indigenous peoples;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on major developed economies to harness their existing advanced infrastructure to promote, enhance and develop sustainable growth and to commit to support developing countries to build their own capacity to ensure future economic growth in all parts of the world is achieved at no further cost to the environment;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Recalls that the promotion of the generalised opening up of markets at global level runs counter the struggle to reduce emissions, insofar as global commerce and ever more intensive trading encourage deforestation and pollutant emissions in the maritime and air-transportation sectors;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Stresses the importance of the role that the Development Community, OECD and OECD DAC should play in working closely with stakeholders and relevant organisation to assess and mitigate the worst human impacts of climate change, which are expected to be challenging even below a 2°C warming level;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Recalls the principle of EU Policy Coherence in this, the European Year for Development, which seeks to take account of development objectives in all policies that are likely to affect developing countries and therefore calls on negotiators to aim with their COP strategy to minimise contradictions and ensure synergy between the EU negotiating position and different EU policies to benefit developing countries and increase the effectiveness of development cooperation;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need for climate diplomacy to be part of a comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action and, in this context, the importance of the EU to play an ambitious and central role at the conference, speaking with ‘one voice’ in seeking progress towards an international agreement and staying united in that regard;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses, in this context, the importance of the EU to play an ambitious and central role at the conference, speaking with ‘one voice’ and playing the role of mediator in seeking progress towards an international agreement and staying united in that regard;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take a constructive approach to new proposals during the negotiations and be prepared to move beyond its mandate;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Encourages the EU to involve not only the world of science, but also the broader public. Recognises that, according to figures from the Eurobarometer of March 2014, European citizens’ perception of the severity of the effects of climate change is reasonably strong, but not sufficient to allow a good understanding of the problem.

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
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 22 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the climate finance challenge is inextricable from the wider challenges of financing sustainable global development;

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. UEmphasises the leading role of the EU in climate policy and stresses the need for coordination and the establishment of a common position of EU Member States, urges the EU 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; calls on the EU to use its position and achieve closer cooperation on climate issues with neighbouring countries and the acceding countries for EU membership

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Urges the EU and its Member States to continue and intensify ~~its~~their 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, and to reach agreements and commitments, particularly from the United States, aimed at bringing the most significant emissions into line with those of EU citizens, who have already made numerous efforts to reconcile economic development with respect for the environment and climate;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
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 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Notes the intention of the European Commission and Morocco to hold, in autumn 2015, a conference on the ‘ambition gap’, meaning the difference between the parties’ commitments, and the objective of limiting global warming to below 2° C, but calls on the Commission to ensure that the primary objective of such an event will be to make progress towards an agreement by the Paris Summit; to that end, this meeting should encourage a positive and ambitious approach, and enable the parties to have a constructive exchange focused on action;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the EU to suspend negotiations on the transatlantic treaty while the United States has higher average emissions than the EU Member States’ average emissions;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
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 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Also calls for businesses to accept and actively carry out their responsibilities and actively support the climate agreement, including in advance;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Highlights that increased diplomatic efforts ahead and during the Conference are needed especially to find common ground on the nature of differentiation in obligations of Parties in light of their national circumstances and on the role of loss and damage in the agreement;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
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 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Calls for a rapid intensification of discussions within Europe to produce a common position, particularly as regards the various key points of the international negotiations, such as funding, capacity building and technology transfer;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU has decreased its emissions by 19% in 2013 compared to 1990 in the scope of the Kyoto Protocol, while growing its GDP by more than 45%, although these efforts have not been made equally, as certain countries have significantly reduced emissions, whereas others have increased them;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

The European Parliament ~~delegation~~

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas global emissions have increased by more than 50% in 2013 compared to 1990;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the EU has made considerable efforts to reduce its emissions, accounting for 9 % of global emissions in 2014, while suffering a massive decline in its industry;

Amendment 26 #

Da. whereas climate change can enhance competition for resources, such as food, water, grazing lands, and can become the biggest driver of population displacements, both inside and across national borders within the not too distant future;

Amendment 27 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Jytte GUTELAND, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas Parties to the UNFCCC decided at COP18 (Decision 23/CP.18) to adopt a goal of gender balance in bodies established pursuant to the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, in order to improve women’s participation and inform a more effective climate change policy that addresses the needs of women and men equally and to keep track of progress made towards the goal of gender balance in advancing gender-sensitive climate policy;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the United States increased its emissions by 8.4 % between 1990 and 20111 a; ___________ 1a http://www.state.gov/documents/organizat ion/214959.pdf

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the efforts to mitigate global warming should not be seen as an obstacle to striving for economic growth but should, on the contrary, be seen as a driving force in the realisation of new and sustainable economic growth and employment;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
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 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas climate change may not only induce people displacement when and where environmental conditions are not any longer favourable, but also mitigation actions, such as Clean Development Mechanisms, might trigger human rights abuses when not properly designed and monitored;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas if we miss the aims of the two most important goals, mitigation by reducing greenhouse gases and adaptation to climate change, we will have to prepare for the appropriate humanitarian response;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the EU has thus far played a leading role in the efforts to mitigate global warming and must continue to do so in the run-up to a new international climate agreement in Paris at the end of 2015;

Amendment 33 #

Db. whereas the United States has submitted its contribution to the Paris COP 21, in which it proposes reducing its emissions by 26 % to 28 % and whereas this reduction, while certainly significant, is hugely inadequate in comparison with the emissions of EU citizens, despite the levels of economic development being wholly comparable;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas the average CO2 emissions of a US citizen are 17.6 metric tonnes per year, while that of an EU citizen is far lower (for example, 9 for a German, 5.6 for a French person or 3.9 for a Romanian)1 a; ___________ 1a http://donnees.banquemondiale.org/indic ateur/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas the efforts made and the costs borne by EU industry in the context of environmental regulation (in particular, carbon-emissions trading), and whereas all free trade agreements with third countries with less environmentally and climate-friendly legislation will affect the competitiveness of EU companies in comparison with industries that do not have the same social and environmental constraints, putting jobs and the environment at risk;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. recognises the extraordinary scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change and is extremely concerned that the world is severely off track to limit global warming to below 2°C; calls on governments to take, without delay, concrete measures against climate change and towards a global agreement in Paris 2015 to deliver this target, which will determine the obligations of the EU and main global polluters in a symmetrical manner;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the ~~extraordinary~~ scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change and is extremely concerned that the majority of countries of the world isare severely off track to limit global warming to below 2° C; ~~calls on~~invites governments to take, without delay, concrete measures against climate change and towards a global agreement in Paris 2015 to deliver this target;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the extraordinary scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change and is extremely concerned that the world is severely off track to limit global warming to below 2° C; calls on governments to take, without delay, concrete measures against climate change and towards a global agreement in Paris 2015 ~~to deliver this target~~between the main polluter countries including emerging countries, on the one hand, and developing countries and the least developed countries, on the other, so that the latter can experience economic development that is more environmentally friendly and decarbonised;

Amendment 39 #

1. Recognises the extraordinary scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change and is extremely concerned that the world is severely off track to limit global warming to below 2°C, with a carbon gap likely to reach 50% of the scale of mitigation required; calls on governments to take, without delay, concrete measures against climate change and towards a global agreement in Paris 2015 to deliver this target;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16

– having regard to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Synthesis Report of November 20124 entitled ‘The Emissions Gap Report 201~~2’,~~4’;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the extraordinary scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change and is extremely concerned that ~~the world is severely off track to~~current energy policies are out of touch with the objective of limiting global warming to below 2°C; calls on governments to take, without delay, concrete measures against climate change and towards a global agreement in Paris 2015 to deliver this target;

Amendment 43 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the extraordinary scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change and is extremely concerned that the world is severely off track to limit global warming to below 2°C; calls on governments to take, without delay, concrete measures against climate change and towards a global agreement in Paris 2015 to deliver this target; welcomes therefore the encyclical ‘laudato si’ and the G7 declaration of 8th of June 2015;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that the increasing growth rate of the global population and resulting overpopulation of the planet has profound consequences on climate change due to increased energy consumption and production of emissions; recognises the clear link between overpopulation and climate change. Expresses concern regarding the ever more widespread phenomenon of climate migration;

Amendment 46 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in line with the IPCC AR5 findings, the global carbon budget available after 2011, if there is to be a likely chance of keeping the rise in global average temperature below 2°C, is 1010 Gtons of CO2; emphasises that all countries need to contribute and that delaying action will increase costs and reduce options; underlines the findings of the New Climate Economy report ‘Better Growth, Better Climate’ that countries at all levels of income have the opportunity to build lasting economic growth at the same time as reducing the immense risks of climate change;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in line with the IPCC AR5 findings, the global carbon budget available after 2011, if there is to be a likely chance of keeping the rise in global average temperature below 2°C, is 1010 Gtons of CO2; emphasises that all countries need to contribute and that delaying action will increase costs and reduce options; recommends that agreements and conventions should aim at involving EU accession countries in the European Union’s climate programmes;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that limiting the rise of global temperature to an average of 2°C does not guarantee avoiding significant adverse climate impacts; calls on the Conference of Parties to assess the possibility to limit the rise of global temperature to an average of 1,5°C;

Amendment 5 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Seb DANCE, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

– having regard to the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2014;

Amendment 50 #

Paul BRANNEN, Seb DANCE, Matthias GROOTE, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes the findings of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report concluding that even the full cessation of carbon emissions from the industrialised countries will not ensure the achievement of the below 2° C target without significant new commitments by developing countries;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers it essential that all countries submit their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) before COP 21, so as to create a ripple effect and demonstrate that all countries are moving in the same direction, in accordance with their national situations; considers that the INDCs could also include adaptation measures, since these constitute a priority for a great many countries;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Expects the European Commission to assume a pro-active role in negotiations; calls on it to make it clear that the climate challenge is the top strategic priority of this Commission and to organise itself in a way which reflects this, at all levels and across all policy areas;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that climate change is worsening the loss of biodiversity;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Reminds the parties and the UN itself that individual action is as important as the actions of governments and institutions; therefore calls for a request for efforts on campaigns or actions to raise public awareness of and inform the public about the small and large gestures that contribute to combating climate change in developed and developing countries;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
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 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Notes the G7 commitment to decarbonise the global economy over the course of this century and to transform the energy sector by 2050; recalls that a decarbonisation is needed much earlier in order to be in line with science and have a likely chance to stay below 2 degrees Celsius; calls on parties in a position to do so to deliver on implementing national decarbonisation targets and strategies by prioritising phasing out of emissions from coal as the most polluting source of energy;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Indicates that countries lacking the necessary capacities for drawing up their national contribution can benefit from support mechanisms such as the Global Environment Facility, the United Nations Development Programme or the Global Climate Change Alliance, as well as from European support;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Acknowledges the importance of research and development in combating climate change, and calls on the parties to spare no efforts to support scientists and foster any new technologies that could contribute to achieving any reduction targets that may be set, as well as actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

An ambitious, global, legally binding and respectful of human rights agreement

Amendment 6 #

Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17

– having regard to the World Bank reports entitled ‘Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4 C Warmer World Must be Avoided’, ‘Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience’ and ‘Climate Smart Development: Adding up the Benefits of Climate Action’,deleted

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the 2015 protocol must be ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim at phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter; calls for the EU to work with its international partners to ~~that end~~wards an ambitious but realistic agreement which takes into account the differences between the parties;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the 2015 Protocol must be ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim at phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter; calls for the EU to work with its international partners to that end; the EU is perceived as a leader in the fight against climate change and, accordingly, needs to show examples of good practice and motivate international partners to fight against climate change;

Amendment 62 #

Frédérique RIES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the 2015 Protocol must be ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim at ~~phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter~~the maximum possible reduction in global carbon emissions by 2050 while preparing for a decarbonised world economy; calls for the EU to work with its international partners to that end;

Amendment 63 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
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 phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter; calls for the EU to work with its international partners to that end~~to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the upper end of the latest IPCC recommendation of 40-70% by 2050 compared to 2010 and reach near zero emissions by the end of the century, so as to keep the world on a cost-effective emission trajectory compatible with the ‘below 2°C’ objective and that a global greenhouse gas emissions peak will be reached as soon as possible; calls for the EU to work with its international partners to that end; underlines that the agreement must provide a predictable framework which encourages investments and scaling by business of efficient carbon reductions and adaptation technologies;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
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 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights that the EU alone will not achieve the target to keep temperatures at 2°C below pre-industrial levels; notes that it is therefore essential that the Paris Agreement secures emission reduction commitments from all parties that are ambitious and fair and which in aggregate keep the 2°C goal within reach;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises that this agreement should be flexible to take account of national circumstances, the respective needs and capacities of developing countries, and the specific features of some countries, particularly the least developed countries and small islands;

Amendment 67 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that an ambitious and legally binding international agreement would help to address the carbon leakage and competitiveness concerns of the relevant sectors and in particular the energy intensive sector;

Amendment 68 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Seb DANCE, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Warns against aiming for global emission reduction pathways that allow for significant carbon emissions in 2050 and beyond, as this would imply great risks and relying on unproven, energy intensive and costly technologies to remove and store CO2 from the atmosphere; depending on the level of the overshoot, the ability of such emissions pathways to maintain climate change below 2°C depends on the availability and widespread deployment of biomass to energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and afforestation without plausible land availability, as well as the use of other unknown, yet to be developed, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies;

Amendment 69 #

Frédérique RIES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that, unlike the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris agreement will have to rest on non-binding but credible and verifiable commitments, in order to halt global warming at 2° C; considers that the Paris agreement should include provisions aimed at revising greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets upwards at regular intervals, without having to organise an international conference with an uncertain outcome each time;

Amendment 7 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

– having regard to the encyclical ‘laudato si’;

Amendment 70 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Emphasises that the agreement has to address mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation;

Amendment 71 #

Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presented before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme under the UNFCCC which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, will ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow to reinforce the global level of ambition ~~of reduction commitments~~ in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-year commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy while recognising that the European Council has agreed a 10-year timeline for the first EU contribution;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presented before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, will ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow to reinforce the level of ambition of reduction commitments in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-year commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy; calls on the EU to set a target for 2025 accordingly;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presented before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, will ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow to reinforce the level of ambition of reduction commitments in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-year commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregate~~d INDC presen~~ effect of INDCs submitted before Paris and the ~~necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction~~level required to keep temperatures at 2°C below pre-industrial levels, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme ~~which will start~~ in 2016 in order to define ~~the~~ additional reduction measures and provide for regulatory flexibility and investor certainty; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, ~~will~~to ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and ~~will allow to reinforce~~facilitate revisions to the level of ambition of reduction commitments in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support l~~egally binding 5-year~~ong-term commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presented before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, will ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow to reinforce the level of ambition of reduction commitments in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-year commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy or any new technical progress that could enable a greater level of ambition;

Amendment 76 #

Elisabetta GARDINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presented before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, will ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow an assessment on whether to reinforce the level of ambition of reduction commitments in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-year commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy;

Amendment 77 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presented before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, will ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow to reinforce the level of ambition of reduction commitments in light of the below 2˚C objective in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-year commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy and the implementation of existing commitments, without the need for the agreement to be ratified each time;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presented before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures. Calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, will ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow ~~to increase~~ the level of ambition of reduction commitments to be adjusted in accordance with the most recent scientific data. Calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-year commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines that, according to the FAO1 a, the livestock sector also has the potential to significantly reduce its emissions as an important emitter of greenhouse gas; ___________ 1a http://www.fao.org/3/a- i3437e/index.html

Amendment 8 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)

– having regard to the leaders’ declaration of the G7 summit entitled ‘Think ahead. Act together’;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Urges the EU and its Member States to take into account the following FAO estimates: - GHG emissions along the livestock supply chains represent 14,5 % of all human-induced emissions; - feed production-processing and fermentation from ruminants are the two main sources of livestock GHG emissions; - included in feed production, land-use accounts for about 9% of the livestock GHG emissions;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Highlights the following assessment of the EEA1 a: ‘food is the household consumption category with the highest embedded environmental pressures, causing more than one third of acidifying air pollutant emissions and one sixth of greenhouse gas and ozone precursor emissions’; ___________ 1a European Environmental Agency (EEA) 2014 Report ‘Environmental impacts of production-consumption systems in Europe’, p. 51

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line with upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 95 % below 1990 levels by 2050; considers that a binding EU 2030 50 % reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels is the absolute minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover calls for a binding EU 2030 energy efficiency target of 40 %, in line with research on cost-effective enNotes that the European Union is currently responsible for approx. 10 % of global emissions and by 2030 its global share in emissions is to fall to approx. 4 %; in this respect it warns that only joint global action by the main polluters at the vergy ~~saving potential and a~~least is capable of brindging ~~EU 2030 target of producing at least 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources;~~about a real reduction in emissions originating from human activity;

Amendment 83 #

Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line with upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 95% below 1990 levels by 2050; considers that a binding EU 2030 50% reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels is the absolute minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover calls for 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 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sourcesobjective, in the context of necessary reductions according to the IPCC by developed countries as a group, to reduce its GHG emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line with ~~upper limit of~~ the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to by 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050; ~~considers that a~~reaffirms the binding EU 2030 540% reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels ~~is the~~, which represents the most ambitious pledge ahead of the negotiations in Paris and an absolute minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover calls for 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 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls for general reinvigor~~Underlines the importance of ensuring strategic orientations of the EU’s climate policy, notably with respect to consensus on ETS, non-ETS, interconnections and energy efficiency, which w~~ould~~ill help build momentum in international climate discussions ~~and are~~ in line with upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 95% below 1990 levels by 2050; considers that a binding EU 2030 50% reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels is the absolute minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover calls for 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 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sourcesthe EU’s objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050;

Amendment 86 #

Zoltán BALCZÓ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 87 #

Elisabetta GARDINI

Amendment 88 #

Guillaume BALAS, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line with upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 95 % below 1990 levels by 2050; considers that a binding EU 2030 50 % reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels is the absolute minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover, given that combating climate change requires a holistic approach, calls for 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 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources;

Amendment 89 #

Pilar AYUSO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls for general reinvigora~~Expresses its satisfaction ofthat the EU~~’s climate policy which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line~~ leads the way as regards climate policy proposals; supports the Commission in its objective of achieving a legally binding, ambitious, equitable, dynamic and transparent agreement, as well as a minimum emissions reduction in 2050 of at least 60 % below 2010 levels, which is consistent with the upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions tobetween 80 and 95 % below 1990 levels by 2050~~; considers that~~, and with a binding EU 2030 540 % reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels is the absolute minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover calls for 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 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sourc; agrees with the Commission that there is currently no need for the EU to take on any higher conditional target; emphasises the need for countries to set their own commitments related to their responsibilities and capacities;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

– having regard to the proposal for a Council directive implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax (COM(2013) 71 final);

Amendment 90 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy~~Stresses the importance of the EU’s commitment to play a leading role in fighting against climate change which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line with ~~upper limit of~~ the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050; considers that a binding EU ~~2030 50% reduction target for~~target of at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels is the ~~absolute~~ minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover calls for 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 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources;

Amendment 91 #

Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line with upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 95% below 1990 levels by 2050; considers that a binding EU 2030 50% reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels is the absolute minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; emphasises the need to keep the door open for raising ambition beyond 40% domestic, including the use of international market mechanisms; moreover calls for 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 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources;

Amendment 92 #

Benedek JÁVOR, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and a~~re in line with upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 95% below 1990 levels~~lign with the need for decarbonising the EU economy ahead of a global carbon phase out by 2050; considers that a binding EU 2030 560% reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels is ~~the absolute minimum~~ required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover calls for 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 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the parties to work towards linking emissions trading schemes, as linkage increases liquidity and functioning of carbon markets thereby reducing price volatility, increases the available abattment opportunities and increases cost-effectiveness and reduces the risk of carbon leakage;

Amendment 94 #

Paul BRANNEN, Seb DANCE, Matthias GROOTE, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls upon EU Member States to adopt complimentary commitments, additional to any agreed greenhouse gas reduction targets, to reduce up to 1 billion tons of CO2 per year outside of the EU before 2030 in order to enable the world to achieve the below 2° C target;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Emphasises the need not only for ambitious policy, but for a cultural change in society as a whole, in order to meet the targets set;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that forms of renewable energy must increasingly be used as the basis of our energy supply in order to achieve an economy that is no longer reliant upon fossil fuels; notes that, in order to achieve that objective, Member State governments must continue to invest in renewable energy sources and new forms of alternative energy;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
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 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Further emphasises that the EU should spare no efforts in Paris to involve the parties in said holistic approach, combining reduced emissions with a new energy model based on energy efficiency and renewable energy;

Amendment 99 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Emphasises the importance of a structured and constructive dialogue between governments, the business community, cities, regions, international organisations, civil society and academic institutions in order to mobilise robust global action towards low carbon and resilient societies as it involves both state and non-state actors; therefore, welcomes the Lima-Paris Action Agenda;

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Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Industry and Competitiveness

Amendment 10 #

Miriam DALLI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Draft opinion
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 global binding agreement to be concluded in Paris which contains a strong commitment to limit temperature increases to a maximum of 2o C 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 data and technology;

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for actions to better understand and mitigate the impact of climate change and pressure from human activities on the marine environment and coastal areas and to significantly reduce these damages; stresses that the development and full exploitation of the potential of the blue economy can support climate mitigation and adaptation goals;

Amendment 101 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Encourages the development and roll- out of technologies such as CCS to help lower emissions

Amendment 102 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights the importance of sustainable bioeconomy in climate change mitigation; calls for biobased products, especially when substituting energy intensive materials, to be recognized for their carbon storage qualities; notes that biobased products and CO2 neutral bioenergy replacing fossil fuels decrease CO2 emissions;

Amendment 103 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that the protection and cultivation of forests and grassland has a fundamental role to play in offsetting emissions, and that EU soil management guidelines should be drawn up so that the carbon-mitigating potential of the soil can be exploited to the full;

Amendment 104 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Noting the International Energy Agency assessment that a global increase of natural gas, in particular production of unconventional gas even with best technologies would result in a CO2 emissions trajectory consistent with temperature rise of more than 3.5°C, and taking into account the gaps identified in the EU regulatory regime for shale gas activities, the risks and the negative climate, environmental and health impacts involved, urges Member States not to authorise any new unconventional hydraulic fracturing operations in the EU;

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls that transport is the second biggest GHG emitting sector after energy; insists on the need to put a range of policies in place aiming to lower emissions from this sector and the need for more ambitious EU initiatives for developing and deploying alternative fuels infrastructure, for further incentivising the production and use of advanced biofuels and for speeding up the electrification of transport;

Amendment 106 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses the importance of infrastructure investment developed with Member States to facilitate the free trade of energy across borders

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines that the size of forest carbon sequestration depends both on the size of their land cover, their density and the quality of forest management;

Amendment 108 #

Roger HELMER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Commend~~Notes the USN a~~nd China on their commitment to playing a more significant global climat~~ttempt to pretend that the pro~~le; points to the economic benefits that strong global commitments bring for the competitiveness of EU industry; regret~~posed Paris Agreement is not a treaty in order to bypass the request for Congressional ratification; notes that some developed countries continue to increase their emissions per capita.

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Commends the US and China on their commitment to playing a more significant global climate role; is encouraged that these signals will help lead to a positive and ambitious outcome in Paris; points to the economic benefits that strong global commitments bring for the competitiveness of EU industry; regrets that some developed countries continue to increase their emissions per capita.

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU's leadership on climate change mitigation and adaption, including the creation of new skills, and jobs ~~and growth that it brings; notes the crucial need for a global binding agreement to be concluded in Paris and~~within an economic system that is compatible with the physical limits of our planet, in accordance with the seventh environment action programme to 2020 1 a ; underlines the strong coherence that must always be ensured between the climate change-related goals with the preservation of endangered biodiversity; notes the crucial need for a global binding agreement to be concluded in Paris, since our climate system has come dangerously close to a non-return tipping point; stresses that continued EU leadership requires the full commitment of all parties to this agreement; insists onthat this agreement should include binding provisions for conducting a regular, transparent performance review based on the most up- to-date scientific knowledge, data, and technology; __________________ 1a "Living well, within the limits of our planet" (COM(2012)0710)

Amendment 110 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Commend~~Notes the US’s and China ~~on their~~’s commitment to playing a more significant global climate role~~; points to the economic benefits that strong global commitments bring for the competitiveness of EU industry~~, and calls on them to translate that commitment into practical action; regrets that some developed countries continue to increase their emissions per capita.

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Commends the US and China on their commitment to playing a more significant global climate role; ~~points to the economic benefits~~stresses that the EU needs to play a greater role in promoting a global system of commitments and action to counter climate change, given that stronger global commitments ~~bring for~~would benefit the competitiveness of EU industry; ~~regrets~~considers it unacceptable that some developed countries continue to increase their emissions per capita in spite of overwhelming scientific evidence and the impact climate change is already having on people’s day-to-day lives.

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Commends the U~~S and~~nited States of America and the People Republic of China on their commitment to playing a more significant global climate role; points ~~to the economic benefits~~ that strong global commitments ~~bring for the competitiveness of EU industry; regrets that some developed countries~~, creating true long-term value for all citizens, are an essential part of a system of reinforced international relations, oriented towards long-term peace, solidarity and sustainability; regrets that some developed countries, for the sake of meeting short- term national goals, continue to increase their emissions per capita.

Amendment 113 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Commend~~Urges the US and China onto fulfil their commitment tos and thereby play~~ing~~ a more significant global climate role; points to the environmental, social, and economic benefits that strong global commitments bring ~~for the competitiveness of EU industry;~~and regrets that some developed countries continue to increase their emissions per capita.

Amendment 114 #

Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Emphasises that many countries are moving quickly towards a new, sustainable economy, for various reasons, including climate protection, resource scarcity and efficiency, energy security, innovation or competitiveness;

Amendment 115 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Miroslav POCHE, Martina WERNER, Clare MOODY, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Seb DANCE, Paul BRANNEN, Clare MOODY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Welcomes the efforts made on cooperation between the EU and the United States' Department of Energy, particularly around climate change technology research; Considers that there is much potential for further research cooperation between the EU and other major economies; Stresses that the results of publicly funded research should be made freely available;

Amendment 116 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reminds the Parties and the UN itself that action by individuals is just as important as action by governments and institutions. Calls, therefore, for greater efforts to be made, via information and awareness-raising campaigns and measures, to inform the public and raise their awareness of the small steps and major action they can take to help combat climate change in developed countries and in developing countries.

Amendment 12 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers it essential, if the proposed goals are to be attained, to bring nature and society into a harmonious, sustainable relationship;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
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 14 #

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Christian EHLER, Herbert REUL, Markus PIEPER, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Eva KAILI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the importance of an effective, binding global agreement to be reached at the Paris Conference and points out that continued absence of such an agreement will not only further endanger the competitiveness of EU's economy and expose it to the risk of carbon leakage but will also put in question the EU's far-reaching and ambitious unilateral commitments in the area of GHG emissions reduction; calls on the Commission and Member States to review the EU's emission targets should COP21 fail to produce a binding global agreement;

Amendment 15 #

Dario TAMBURRANO, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Whereas today in the EU more than EUR 1 trillion is invested in fossil fuels by economic operators such as banks, insurance companies and pension funds, that in some cases do not even have the obligation to be transparent in terms of investments choices hindering or even impeding a more complete and correct evaluation of the EU financial assets; whereas it is of vital need that political decision-makers act immediately and with determination to remain under the 2°C limit, in order to avoid incommensurable financial losses and prevent consequent economic and social damages;

Amendment 16 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Edouard MARTIN, Paul BRANNEN, Clare MOODY, Martina WERNER, Seb DANCE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recommends a minimum spending commitment of at least 2% GDP on climate change mitigation and adaptation, at both the national level and the EU as a whole;

Amendment 17 #

Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that the EU must spare no effort in Paris to encourage the Parties to adopt a holistic approach combining the reduction in emissions with a new energy model based on energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Amendment 18 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider withdrawing from the UNFCCC if a global binding agreement of this kind is not concluded in Paris;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
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 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Points out that the climate and energy package the EU adopted unilaterally in 2009 had a procyclical effect, serving to exacerbate the economic crisis that was already under way at that time; calls on the Commission not to put forward any further unilateral measures in this area, and if it does, to make a careful assessment of their impact on the macro- economic cycle before doing so;

Amendment 20 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for an inclusive participation of local communities affected by the related mitigation and adaptation processes and projects; underlines the importance of decentralising energy production, namely by favouring local cooperatives, citizens' renewable energy projects and activities aimed at stimulating self-production and consumption fostering the transition from a fossil to a renewable economic system;

Amendment 21 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Edouard MARTIN, Clare MOODY, Paul BRANNEN, Miroslav POCHE, Seb DANCE, Martina WERNER, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the need to strengthen coordination and climate risk management at the EU level and to create a clear EU adaptation strategy; Recommends the implementation of ambitious and binding targets on CO2 emissions and renewable energy, at both national and EU level, to enable and ensure the transition to a sustainable and secure economy;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ~~should other major competitors of the EU's energy-intensive industr~~article 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 ~~similar~~comparable 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 aga~~aimed 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 leakage~~rative complexity;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and, should other major competitors of the EU’s energy-intensive industries fail to make similar commitments on GHG reductions, ~~carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary~~strengthened; considers it vital that ~~sustainabl~~the European agribusiness isand manufacturing sectors are protected against carbon leakage;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Stress~~Welcomes that ~~shoul~~China and other major competitors of the EU's energy-intensive industries ~~fail to make similar commitments on GHG reductions,~~are introducing carbon trading or other pricing mechanism which will eliminate the alleged risk to carbon leakage; p~~rovisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon~~oints out that free allocation does not remove the incentive to shift production to installations outside EU ETS and results in windfall profits where costs are passed through where increased auctioning will lead to higher revenues that can be used for industry innovation support to avoid investment leakage;

Amendment 25 #

Edouard MARTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU's energy-intensive industries fail to make similar commitments on GHG reductions, ~~carbon leakage provisions will~~measures need to be taken to prevent carbon leakage, bey maintain~~ed in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that~~ing carbon leakage provisions in the reformed ETS or by establishing a suyst~~ainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon leakage~~em of Border Carbon Adjustment;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU’s energy-intensive industries fail to make similar commitments on GHG reductions, carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is ~~protec~~supported, a~~gainst carbon leakage~~nd stresses the need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels in the food production sector;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU's energy-intensive industries fail to make similar commitments on GHG reductions, carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon leakage; emphasises that if our international partners fail to commit responsibly and credibly on GHG reductions, such a failure would risk having far-reaching implications on a plurality of areas of collaboration;

Amendment 28 #

Philippe DE BACKER, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ~~should other major competitors of~~ the EU’s major energy- intensive industries ~~fail to make similar commitments on~~have to be committed to GHG reductions, and that carbon leakage provisions ~~will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon leakage~~must be tightened up and complied with;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU's energy-intensive industries fail to make similar commitments on GHG reductions, carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; Stresses that the most energy- efficient companies in every sector exposed to a high trade intensity and a high share of carbon costs should be fully protected from carbon leakage; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon leakage;

Amendment 3 #

Roger HELMER, David COBURN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 30 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav POCHE, Paul BRANNEN, Clare MOODY, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU's energy-intensive industries fail to make similar commitments on GHG reductions, carbon leakage provisions will be maintained ~~in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon leakag~~and where necessary more long term solutions will be considered, including carbon- border adjustments; considers it vital that key European industries, including agribusiness and energy intensive industries, are protected against carbon leakage and that sectoral specific roadmaps are developed to help guide industries to a truly sustainable future;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses that the Agreement should account for the parallel global objective of ensuring food security;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new)

(2) Notes that it is essential to maintain the competitiveness and economic viability of food production and to prevent the displacement of EU production to third countries;

Amendment 33 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Paul BRANNEN, Miroslav POCHE, Miroslav POCHE, Miriam DALLI, Edouard MARTIN, Martina WERNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Seb DANCE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that delays in taking action will increase the cost of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and will narrow the range of technology options available; considers that early action will have a positive impact on the long-term competitiveness of European industries and energy producers;

Amendment 34 #

Roger HELMER, David COBURN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Proposes that sufficient funds be earmarked at EU and national level to help businesses adapt to and move towards carbon-free technologies and processes consistent with sustainable development;

Amendment 35 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav POCHE, Miriam DALLI, Edouard MARTIN, Martina WERNER, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Seb DANCE, Clare MOODY, Theresa GRIFFIN, Paul BRANNEN, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Insists that any agreement should contain, as a key component, the concept of a 'Just Transition' to a low carbon future, which includes decent quality job creation, enhanced social dialogue and policies to support the workforce in energy and related industrial sectors;

Amendment 36 #

Dawid Bohdan JACKIEWICZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Encourages the Commission, in order to maintain a level playing field for EU industry and the energy sector, to promote~~ Notes that there has been no Global Warming for the last fifteen years; underlinkes ~~between~~that 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~~has wasted vast amounts of money on expensive and intermittent renewables, forced up the price of energy and undermined European industrial competitiveness;.

Amendment 38 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Encourages~~Calls on 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 to establish safeguards for ensuring that linking the EU ETS and other emission trading systems does not undermine EU's commitment to at least 40% domestic greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2030; highlights that since the main objective of ETS linking is to reduce costs for companies it should enable a strengthened climate target at no additional cost;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
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 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the number of regions and countries that are putting a price on carbon pollution is vastly increasing; 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; highlights that the main benefit of linking carbon markets is cost- efficiency as a result of increasing the pool of emissions reductions available, which could allow countries to not only to create a level-playing field but also increase their climate ambition;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
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~~enhancing their effectiveness in significantly reduceing global emissions ~~and increase industrial competitiveness~~in an economically beneficial manner;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
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 the Commission's plans for a comprehensive, structural, post-2020 reform of the EU- ETS as a means to enabling it to be a cost-effective tool to reduce GHG emissions;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
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, after the reviews which will enhance its performance, and other emission trading systems, with the aim of creating a future world emissions trading market system; beyond helping to create an effective "hard cap" for emissions, such a trading system should embed into product, services and transport prices the world- wide external cost of carbon emissions, in order to significantly reduce global emissions and ~~increase~~to ensure fair industrial competiti~~veness~~on;

Amendment 44 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Warns against the effects of deregulation and liberalisation in international trade, which is causing energy consumption and global goods flows to increase, thus adding to atmospheric GHG concentrations; believes that safeguarding and promoting local consumption, by means of shorter supply chains, is a way to encourage complementary relationships in international trade, as opposed to competition among products, producers, and countries, and hence to increase employment and the numbers of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises;

Amendment 45 #

Adam GIEREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to maintain fair competition on the EU market by imposing surcharges on energy-intensive goods imported from third countries to offset the additional costs incurred by EU manufacturers in meeting CO2 emissions charges;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
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 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the need to ensure long-term price stability for emissions allowances and a predictable regulatory environment which directs investment towards measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fosters the transition to a low-carbon economy;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Encourages the Commission to develop alternative tools with the goal of creating a powerful market signal directed against both carbon consumption and carbon production; such tools must take into account that since every form of fossil energy releases carbon, the most effective road for curbing emissions consists in stopping or at least seriously limiting extraction; highlights, in syntony with the IMF working paper "How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies?" 1 b , that the massive extraction subsidies granted by the EU and many of its international partners are damaging the environment, imposing large fiscal costs, discouraging investments and inducing multiple inefficiencies; __________________ 1b WP/15/2015

Amendment 49 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Takes the view that global trade liberalisation has been leading to higher energy consumption and GHG emissions, and that the EU must therefore call for the resulting impacts to be systematically studied and assessed;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
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 ~~global~~n 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 50 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Points to the importance of an objective, integrated, cross-cutting, and systematic approach to climate change, widening the range of means employed to reach reduction targets and avoiding reliance on market-based instruments alone;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
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 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists on the global phase-out of, following a definite schedule that should become a section of the agreement, of these and other environmentally, socially and economically harmful subsidies, which distort competitiveness, discourage international cooperation, and hinder innovation;

Amendment 53 #

Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav POCHE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists on the global phase-out of environmentally and economically harmful subsidies~~, which distort competitiveness and hinder innovation~~;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists on the global phase-out of environmentally and economically harmful subsidies, which distort competitiveness and hinder innovation; stresses the need for Europe to show the way by taking the lead in the elimination of fossil fuels subsidies in all EU Member States;

Amendment 55 #

Dawid Bohdan JACKIEWICZ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists ~~on the global phase-out of environmentally and~~ that energy subsidies must respect technology-neutral approach which levels the playing field for development of all low-emission tecohno~~mically harmful subsidies, which~~logies, recognizes that selective subsidy schemes supporting only certain technologies distort competitiveness and hinder innovation;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists on the global phase-out of ~~environmentally and economic~~fossil fuel and other environmentally harmful subsidies, which distort ~~competitiveness~~internal energy market and hinder innovation;

Amendment 57 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Miroslav POCHE, Edouard MARTIN, Seb DANCE, Clare MOODY, Paul BRANNEN, Theresa GRIFFIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists on the global phase-out of environmentally ~~and economically~~ harmful subsidies, which distort competitiveness ~~and hinder innovation;~~, hinder innovation, and generally slows the greening of the EU economy; However, recognises that subsidies can, if utilised correctly, aid the development of a sustainable economy and can be a vital component in the development of new technologies critical to climate action.

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists on the global phase-out of environmentally and economically harmful subsidies, which distort competitiveness and hinder innovation; stresses the need for increased investment and support for businesses which demonstrate a clear commitment to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions;

Amendment 59 #

Dawid Bohdan JACKIEWICZ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Morten MESSERSCHMIDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points to the importance of assessing the potential for making economies less carbon intensive by reducing dependence on fossil fuels; considers that such assessment must be based on technical and scientific studies and cover the same time-frame as the reduction targets laid down; maintains that the EU has to set an example both by taking its own initiatives and by promoting cooperation with its international partners;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Recognizes 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 global ~~binding~~ agreement binding the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters 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 data and technology;

Amendment 60 #

Philippe DE BACKER, Kaja KALLAS, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Supporting the Development and Deployment of Climate Technologies;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on Member States to fully comply with the Commission's State Aid Guidelines for Environmental Protection and Energy 2014-2020, and to opt for a market-based approach if providing public support;

Amendment 62 #

Roger HELMER, David COBURN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Maintains that assessment is needed in order to determine how effectively market-based instruments can serve to achieve the goal of global GHG reduction and what implications they might entail in social and environmental terms;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of ~~non-action; 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~~EU climate goals and unilateral green-economy ~~sector~~policies; highlights the need to preserve existing copyright and intellectual property rights in technology and knowledge transfer to third countries;

Amendment 64 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action; 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~~notes that there are different ways of encouraging innovation in a market- based economy; calls on the Commission to assess the various mechanisms for rewarding frontrunner businesses, which differ in their capacity to trigger innovation and to transfer and deploy technologies globally; furthermore calls for recognition of the right of developing countries to take full advantage of the flexibility afforded by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS);

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
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 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action; 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 by increasing the number of qualified people working in the industry and disseminating knowledge, insights and best practice in technical, administrative and financial circles, as it is those circles that determine how swiftly and how effectively use is made of new green technologies; highlights the need to preserve existing copyright and intellectual property rights in technology and knowledge transfer to third countries;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action; stresses that a concerted global political and financial push for clean energy innovation and R&D in new renewable technologies 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 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the serious ~~negativ~~and irreversible consequences of non-action or of a gap between scientific recommendations and the level of ambition of the commitments made by the Parties; 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 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action at global level; 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; emphasises that any action taken by the EU must be consistent with its reindustrialisation targets; highlights the need to preserve existing copyright and intellectual property rights in technology and knowledge transfer to third countries;

Amendment 7 #

Dario TAMBURRANO, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes 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 global binding agree~~crucial need for a global binding agreement under which all industrialised countries and emerging economies make similar commitments to be concluded in Paris and stresses that ~~continued EU leadership requires~~ the full commitment of all parties to this agreement if the EU is to play a leadership role; insists on a regular, transparent performance review based on the most up- to-date data and on technological neutrality;

Amendment 70 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Edouard MARTIN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Seb DANCE, Clare MOODY, Paul BRANNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action, confirmed by a widespread consensus of the scientific community, whose findings must orient our long-term policy decisions; stresses that a concerted global political, social and financial ~~push~~commitment for clean energy innovation is crucial to meet~~ing~~ 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~~the flourishing of an economy compatible with the physical limits of our planet and to better absorb the potential impacts of a carbon bubble;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Believes that the increased deployment of clean energy technologies where they have the greatest impact is dependent on building and maintaining a strong innovation capacity both in developed and emerging countries;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Notes that the required cuts in emissions are dependent on the increased development and deployment of low- carbon technologies;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Recognises that building technological capacity requires effective financing mechanisms; reiterates the Commission’s calls for assurances that the poorest and most vulnerable countries will receive priority support under the Green Climate Fund (GCF);

Amendment 76 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Requests that the roles of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) and the Technology Executive Committee in facilitating technological development for Climate Change mitigation and adaption are fully recognised and supported;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
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 78 #

Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav POCHE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the need to provide financing for climate actions in developing countries and insists on making concrete commitments to capitalise the Green Climate Fund and jointly mobilise 100 billion USD per year by 2020 from a variety of sources, public and private, bilateral and multilateral; in this regard encourages the exploration and use of alternative sources of finance such as a financial transactions tax and carbon pricing of transport fuels within the IMO and ICAO frameworks;

Amendment 79 #

Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5e. Scientific Research, Technological Development and Innovation, including Space Policy

Amendment 8 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Clare MOODY, Paul BRANNEN, Miroslav POCHE, Seb DANCE, Martina WERNER, Miriam DALLI

Draft opinion
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 global binding agreement to be concluded in Paris ~~and stresses that continued EU leadership requires~~that ensures a reduction in emissions to remain within the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2°C Scenario; stresses that the EU should press for the full commitment of all parties to this agreement; insists on a regular, transparent performance rev~~iew~~aluations based on the most up- to-date scientific data and technologyies, including an adjustment mechanism to assess, and where necessary adjust, INDCs;

Amendment 80 #

Clare MOODY, Theresa GRIFFIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Martina WERNER, Edouard MARTIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Paul BRANNEN, Seb DANCE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Insists that the European Commission uses the Covenant of Mayors to inform its negotiating position, as cities, regions and local communities will be key actors in ensuring climate action legislation and measures are effectively implemented at the local level;

Amendment 81 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Miroslav POCHE, Edouard MARTIN, Martina WERNER, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Paul BRANNEN, Clare MOODY, Theresa GRIFFIN, Seb DANCE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that the EU should increase its efforts on technology transfers for least developed countries, reinforcing the REACT and CELA programmes, and replicating these in other regions; considers that the current time period for a climate change related technology to reach the global market, normally several decades, is too long and is a serious limit on the global impact of such technologies;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recognises the importance of research and innovation in combating climate change and calls on the Parties to spare no effort to support researchers and promote the new technologies that can help attain the reduction targets which may be set, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation measures;

Amendment 83 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
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 84 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Miroslav POCHE, Edouard MARTIN, Martina WERNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Theresa GRIFFIN, Seb DANCE, Clare MOODY, Paul BRANNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Insists that energy efficiency should play a vital role in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; Considers the current EU Council's non-binding energy efficiency target of 27% by 2030 to be insufficient; Calls on the EU, in the event of an agreement being achieved at COP 21, to revise and increase its 2030 energy efficiency targets and make such targets legally binding.

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)

5f. Considers that EU space policy and the investments therein, including the launch of satellites which play an important role in monitoring industrial accidents, deforestation, desertification etc., plus collaboration with partners in third countries, can play a major role in monitoring and addressing the effects of Climate Change worldwide;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)

5g. Energy

Amendment 87 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)

5h. Highlights the huge potential to reduce emissions through increased energy efficiency and clean energy deployment; considers that maximising the efficiency of energy use worldwide is the first step towards reducing energy- related emissions while also contributing to the challenge of alleviating energy poverty;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the enormous carbon storage potential of the bioenergy sector; calls for bioenergy, together with grassland and forestry, to be recognised for their emission-mitigating qualities; notes in this regard, that total carbon emissions from forests decreased by more than 25 percent between 2001 and 2015 1 c , mainly due to a slowdown in global deforestation rates; __________________ 1cAccording to estimates published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the ~~enormous carbon storage potential of the bioenergy sector; calls for bioenergy, together with grassland and forestry, to be recognised for their emission-mitigating qualitie~~importance of maintaining and increasing the enormous carbon storage represented by land and existing forests;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s leadership on climate change mitigation and adaption, including the creation of knowledge, skills, jobs and growth that it brings; notes the crucial need for a global 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,~~that these requirements be regularly updated on the basis of a transparent performance review which is itself based on the most up-to-date data and technology;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 91 #

Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav POCHE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the enormous carbon storage potential of the bioenergy sector; highlights that bioenergy and renewable raw materials provide an important contribution for green growth and for the decarbonisation of the economy; calls for bioenergy, together with grassland and forestry, to be recognised for their emission-mitigating qualities;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the ~~enormous carbon storage potential of the bioenergy sector; calls for bioenergy, together with~~ importance of maintaining and increasing carbon storage represented by (grass)land and forest~~ry, to be recognised for their emission-mitigating qualitie~~s; recognizes the need to establish a coherent accounting framework for emissions and removals from these sectors;

Amendment 93 #

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Miroslav POCHE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Seb DANCE, Clare MOODY, Paul BRANNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the enormous carbon storage potential of the bioenergy sector; calls for bioenergy, together with grassland and forestry, to be recognised for their emission- mitigating qualities; additionally notes, that when combined with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology, biomass as a fuel for energy generation could potentially lead to negative emissions, as recognised by the IPPC;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the enormous carbon storage potential of thclimate-resilient forests and a sustainable bioenergy sector; calls for ~~bioenergy~~forests, together with grassland and ~~forestry~~peatlands, 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 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the ~~enorm~~need to encourage the research aboust carbon storage ~~potential of the bioenergy sector; calls for bioenergy, together~~, taking into consideration the uncertainties still existing in the field, and the effective difficulties encountered in its implementation; calls to pay a special attention to the bioenergy sector, acting synergically with grassland ~~and~~, forestry~~, to be recognised for their emission-mitigating qualitie~~ and soil management techniques, such as biochar, in order to be able to exploit their emission-mitigating qualities, which must be balanced with other equally important goals like preservation of biodiversity and food security; considering that anyway the best storage of carbon is in untapped fossil sources, prudently kept in their original geological reservoirs;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that the bioeconomy has the potential to substantially contribute to re- industrialisation and the creation of new jobs in the EU and the rest of the world;

Amendment 97 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Notes that the potential for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), which will contribute to the EU target to reduce at least 40% of GHG emissions by 2030 based on 1990 levels, should be accounted for in the Agreement;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
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 99 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Taking note of the assessments regarding carbon price expectations under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), concludes that the ETS alone will not be sufficient to ensure timely the transition towards a future powered by entirely renewable energy sources and avoiding carbon lock-in; therefore calls for the Commission to come forward with a proposal to introduce emissions performance standards for both old and new power stations, phasing in the requirements in order to ensure the EU power sector to be fully based on renewables well before 2050;

source: 560.917

2015/07/10 DEVE 61 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Underlines that climate change poses a major threat to poor and least developed countries (LDCs); stresses that~~Stresses that the latest Assessment Report (5AR) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has shown evidence that the warming of our climate system is unequivocal and that human activities are the dominant cause of observed climate change since the middle of the 20th century; underlines that climate change poses a major threat to poor and least developed countries (LDCs), as they lack the capacities to manage climate risks; stresses that the internationally adopted objective of limiting global warming to 2◦C remains as important as ever, since failure to limit global warming to 2°C ~~may~~will undermine development gains;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. PEmphasises that COP 21 represents a unique opportunity to tackle climate change and to make the link with UN work on the post-2015 development agenda; points to the links between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate change and abnormal weather conditions, and the incidence and gravity of natural disasters, land degradation, food crises, large-scale migratory flows and conflicts; notes that such phenomena have a negative impact on the global effort to achieve the sustainable development goals, as climate change amplifies existing vulnerabilities and lead to escalating humanitarian crisis;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points to the links between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate change and abnormal weather conditions, and the incidence and gravity of natural disasters, land degradation, food crises, humanitarian crises, large-scale migratory flows and conflicts; notes that such phenomena have a negative impact on the global effort to achieve the sustainable development goals;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points to the links between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate change and abnormal weather conditions, and the incidence and gravity of natural disasters, land degradation, food crises, increasingly difficult access to drinking water, large- scale migratory flows and conflicts; notes that such phenomena have a negative impact on the global effort to achieve the sustainable development goals;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points to the links between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate change and abnormal weather conditions, and the incidence and gravity of natural disasters, land degradation, food crises, large-scale migratory flows and conflicts; notes that such phenomena have a negative impact on the global effort to achieve the sustainable development goals and have a more dramatic impact on the poorer and vulnerable groups;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Regrets the severity of the new problems caused by climate change, in particular the decline in living conditions in small island states and the issue of 'climate refugees'; draws attention to the fact that climate-related developments in f Africa could contribute to an escalation of the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean; calls for the Paris Agreement to attach particular importance to these issues and intoduce specific funding mechanisms in response the challenges arising in this connection;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that climate change is not a stand-alone environmental issue but a development agenda, for which the EU should give high priority; considers that climate change mitigation and adaptation need to be effectively mainstreamed in the post-2015 global development framework as a cross-cutting issue in a visible and ambitious manner;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the EU to take the lead in the fight against climate change at the COP 21 in Paris, including on climate finance; in particular, calls on the EU to step up its climate ambition by 2030 to ensure that the future UN climate agreement ("Paris Protocol") is up to the challenge of maintaining climate change well below 2°C compared to the pre-industrial level, while respecting the right to sustainable development; to that effect, calls on the EU to commit to reduce its domestic greenhouse gases emission by 60% by 2030 compared with 1990;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Insists upon the need to establish in COP 21 in Paris a common system for accounting greenhouse gas emissions to ensure that the implementation of national contributions is transparent and quantifiable;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Calls on Parties to the "Paris Protocol" to make a collective commitment to shift public support away from fossil fuels towards climate resilience and universal and fair access to sustainable energy;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Stresses that in order to reduce GHG emissions in developing countries, it is necessary to put~~Encourages developing countries to minimize their GHG emissions by putting in place mechanisms that would increase the use of efficient energy sources and industrial capacities with zero or low carbon footprint; encourages equally developing countries to invest among others in small-scale, off-grid and decentralised renewable energy projects; to that effect, urges the EU to scale up its programmes on renewable energies and energy efficiencies and "disaster risk reduction", with the aim to decrease dependency on fossil fuels; calls equally on the EU to scale up its assistance in developing countries in sustainable agriculture to cope with climate change, by targeting its support on small-scale farmer, crop diversification, agro-forestry and agro-ecological practises;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that climate change poses a major threat to ~~poor and least developed countries (LDCs); stress~~the growth of developing countries, especially the least developed countries and small island states; points out that, while the latter are not responsible for the effects of climate change, they are the most vulnerable to them; notes that failure to limit global warming to 2°C may undermine development gains;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that in order to reduce GHG emissions in ~~developing countries~~the globe, it is necessary to put in place mechanisms that would increase the use of efficient energy sources and industrial capacities with zero or low carbon footprint in all countries taking into account the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibility;

Amendment 21 #

Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that in order to reduce GHG emissions in developing countries, it is necessary to put in place mechanisms that would ~~increase the use of efficient energy sources and industrial capacities with zero or low carbon footprint~~use only renewable, non-fossil, low- or zero-carbon energy sources;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that in order to reduce GHG emissions in developing countries, it is necessary to put in place mechanisms that would increase the use of ~~efficient~~renewable energy sources and would improve energy efficiency and the use of industrial capacities with zero or low carbon footprint;

Amendment 23 #

Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that in order to reduce GHG emissions in developing countries, it is necessary to put in place mechanisms that would increase the use of efficient, alternative energy sources and industrial capacities with zero or low carbon footprint;

Amendment 24 #

Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that in order to reduce GHG emissions in developing countries, it is necessary to put in place mechanisms that would increase the use of efficient energy sources and industrial capacities with zero or low carbon footprint, in addition to complementary mechanisms to make the most of natural resources; points out that in order for this effort to change the energy paradigm to be inclusive, it should be backed up by training measures for rural communities, for those who live in remote areas and for the most vulnerable categories, promoting the establishment of new professions;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the level of ambition displayed at the Paris conference will be crucial to the success of the post-2015 development agenda; underlines the importance of mainstreaming climate change in all development cooperation programmes and in all anti-poverty and sustainable development strategies;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Emphasises the ultimate need for enhanced capacity in terms of prevention, resistance, natural disaster risk reduction and adaptation in developing countries; calls for these challenges to be made a top priority in the context of infrastructural, urban development, agricultural and investment policies and urges that the necessary technologies be developed to combat climate change;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Stresses that funding for measures to combat climate change is an important element of the Paris Agreement; supports the creation of innovative sources of additional funding for measures to combat climate change, including taxes on financial transactions and carbon taxes on international air and sea transport, as well as emissions trading arrangements; welcomes efforts at EU and international level to identify other additional resources such as public- private funding;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

~~4. Draws attention to the fact that climate- related developments in parts of Africa could contribute to an escalation of the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean;~~deleted

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. DNotes with concern that 166 million people were forced to leave their home because of floods, windstorms, earthquakes or other disasters between 2008 and 2013; in particular, draws attention to the fact that climate- related developments in parts of Africa could contribute to an escalation of the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean; deplores that the status of climate refugee is not yet recognised as such, and leaves a legal loophole affecting victims that cannot benefit of the refugee status;

Amendment 3 #

Elly SCHLEIN, Seb DANCE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that climate change poses a major threat to poor and least developed countries (LDCs) and will be a major obstacle against the achievement of the SDGs; stresses that failure to limit global warming to 2°C may undermine development gains;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the importance of stepping up reconstruction efforts in the wake of natural disasters and underlines the need to develop mechanisms commensurate with losses and damage sustained as a result of climate change and natural disasters in developing countries;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. IStresses the need to make the Paris Protocol legally binding and applicable to all countries; insists that efforts to tackle global climate change should be undertaken jointly by both developed and developing countries~~; stresses that the EU must intensify its pursuit of a legally binding international agreement ensuring that mitigation and adaptation efforts are increased~~ following the "common but differentiated responsibility" principle; but recalls that without providing predictability on the climate finance regime, developing countries cannot make commitments regarding mitigation and adaptation actions; stresses that the EU must intensify its pursuit of a legally binding international agreement ensuring that mitigation and adaptation efforts are increased; underlines that in order to be effective and credible, the EU's climate diplomacy must take into account the priorities of their partners, including the need to deliver adequate, stable and predictable climate finance; an adequate balance between adaptation and mitigation as well as a functioning mechanism to address effectively loss and damages;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Insists that efforts to tackle global climate change should be undertaken jointly by both developed and developing countries; stresses that the EU must intensify its pursuit of a legally binding international agreement involving as many countries as possible – including the biggest emitters – ensuring that mitigation and adaptation efforts are increased;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Insists that efforts to tackle global climate change should be undertaken jointly by both developed and developing countries taking into account the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibility; stresses that the EU must intensify its pursuit of a legally binding international agreement ensuring that mitigation and adaptation efforts are increased; believes that innovative sources such as carbon pricing or international transport and allocations of revenues from a financial transaction tax would help meet the increasing financial needs for climate action globally;

Amendment 34 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Seb DANCE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Insists that efforts to tackle global climate change should be undertaken jointly by both developed and developing countries; stresses that the EU must intensify its pursuit of a legally binding international agreement ensuring that mitigation and adaptation efforts are increased; for example, it would be advisable not to overlook the fluorinated greenhouse gases covered by Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council, since these gases are very widespread and are emitted by both private individuals and industry, thus playing a key role in global climate change;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recognises that the impacts of Climate changes will guide the Global actions to eradicate poverty and end displacement and conflicts; urges for a stronger Policy Coherence for human and sustainable development in order to implement the t international summits conclusions of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Financing for development Conference, UN SDGs, the COP 21 and the first World Summit for Humanitarian action;

Amendment 36 #

Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for a concentrated effort against land-grabbing through the promotion of adequate safeguards to prevent it considering that Land-use change alone is responsible for approximately 20 per cent of global emissions of carbon dioxide each year and that unsustainable farming practices contribute to climate change, endanger food security, and pollute the environment;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the EU and developed countries to scale up its funding for mitigation, adaptation, technology development and transfer and capacity building in developing countries; Reiterates its call on the EU and the other developed countries to honour their collective commitment to provide new and additional climate finance – from public and private bilateral and multilateral sources – amounting to USD 100 billion by 2020; ~~stresses~~to that effect, calls on the EU to increase financial support to climate action in developing countries, by using new sources of finance, such as ETS auction revenues, financial transaction tax as well as levies on fossil fuel emissions resulting from international aviation and maritime transport; stresses that separate accounting of climate finance is needed to track the additionality of financing commitments; stresses equally that country ownership and the integration of climate objectives into national development strategies are key to an effective use of climate finance;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates its call on the EU and the other developed countries to honour their collective commitment to provide climate finance – from public and private bilateral and multilateral sources – amounting toquest the EU to agree on a binding roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance towards their fair share of USD 100 billion a year by 2020; stresses that country ownership and the integration of climate objectives into national development strategies are key to an effective use of climate finance; recognise that private finance in the context of climate finance cannot replace public finance; emphasises the need for transparent reporting and accountability and to ensure the implementation of relevant social and environmental safeguards regarding private finance climate, and calls for a framework in where any infringement has to be sued, without accepting impunity;

Amendment 39 #

Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates its call on the EU and the other developed countries to honour their collective commitment to provide climate finance – from public and private bilateral and multilateral sources – amounting to USD 100 billion by 2020; stresses that country ownership and the integration of climate objectives into national development strategies are key to a~~n effective use of climate finance~~ use of finance that is tied to energy efficiency and to the use of renewable energy;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that climate change poses a major threat to poor and least developed countries (LDCs); stresses that failure to limit global warming to below 2°C may undermine development gains, such as poverty eradication, inequality reductions and sustainability;

Amendment 40 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Seb DANCE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates its call on the EU and the other developed countries to honour their collective commitment to provide climate finance – from public and private bilateral and multilateral sources – amounting to USD 100 billion by 2020; stresses that country ownership and the integration of climate objectives into national development strategies are key to an effective use of climate finance; urges the European Union to secure the necessary means to play a leading role in this context;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Supports a global mitigation and adaptation finance goal, based on national regional adaptation plans, to help to close the efficiency gap and to ensure an strategy for Disaster Risk reduction as stated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk reduction;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

~~7. Recognises the need to make further progress on the issue of loss and damage.~~deleted

Amendment 43 #

Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recognises the need to make further progress on the issue of loss ~~and damage~~, damage and the relevant liabilities.

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recognises the need to make further progress on the issue of loss and damage.; calls upon the EU to assume a pro-active role in addressing the global climate crisis in particular by establishing climate action as a strategic priority at all levels and across all sectors in domestic and external policies and actions;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development, public incentives for the production of crop-based biofuels (such as the binding 10% EU target for renewable energy in transport or subsidies) must be removed, as such measures could act as incentive to deforestation, which is already responsible for 20% of GHG emissions, other land use changes and land grabbing while affecting the right to food in third countries.

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Considers it important for the EU to promote low carbon development pathways across all relevant areas and sectors and calls the EU to propose sustainable production and consumption patterns, including indicators on ways the EU plans to reduce consumption and decouple economic activity from environmental degradation;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Recalls on the importance of ensuring food sovereignty and nutrition security and on the importance sustainable agriculture and fisheries;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for any free trade agreement negotiated by the European Union to have as a crosscutting objective a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (in line with the specific EU objectives) and generally contribute to combating climate change at global level, bearing in mind the vital importance of ensuring consistency with regard to EU development policy; notes that free trade agreements not including these climatic objectives and provisions could, under no circumstances, be signed or ratified by the EU;

Amendment 49 #

Elly SCHLEIN, Seb DANCE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers important to ensure that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) acts as an institution that prioritize the needs of climate-impacted people in developing countries, acting strictly in the public interest and engaging with private companies and financiers only to the extent they can guarantee compliance with high environmental, social and human rights standards, implementing robust and transparent processes and prohibiting engagement with private sector actors involved in money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance activities, fraud and corruption;

Amendment 5 #

Seb DANCE, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that climate change poses a major threat to poor and least developed countries (LDCs); stresses that failure to limit global warming to 2°C up to 2050 may undermine development gains, as emerged in the 2009 Copenhagen Conference;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Expects the European Commission to assume a pro-active role in negotiations; calls on it to make it clear that the climate challenge is the top strategic priority to this Commission and to organise itself in a way which reflects this, at all levels and across all policy areas.

Amendment 51 #

Seb DANCE, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls for concrete commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance, such as exploring the potential adoption of a Fossil Fuel Transaction Tax on Investment-bank transactions for, or derived from fossil fuel commodities trading. 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 bonds;

Amendment 52 #

Seb DANCE, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Calls for a commitment for an allocation of climate finance towards supporting development goals that are at risk of being undermined by climate change, with particular reference to the food security objectives as laid out in the Millennium Development Goals and reiterated in the Post 2015 development Agenda.

Amendment 53 #

Seb DANCE, Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Calls on major developed economies to harness their existing advanced infrastructure to promote, enhance and develop sustainable growth and to commit to support developing countries to build their own capacity to help ensure future economic growth in all parts of the world is achieved at no further cost to the environment.

Amendment 54 #

Seb DANCE, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7e. Calls on the EU and its Member States to clearly define the role of private finance in the context of additional leverage of funding, while recognising that this cannot replace the need for public finance, in particular for adaptation, to emphasise the need for transparent reporting and accountability of such finance and to ensure the implementation of relevant social and environmental safeguards;

Amendment 55 #

Seb DANCE, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)

7f. Calls on the EU to help settle ongoing discussions around additionality of climate finance to development aid and to stop the diversion of existing aid to climate finance by providing guarantees to developing countries that climate finance that qualifies as ODA will be part of an overall ODA budget that is rising at least at the same rate. Calls for a robust monitoring and accountability framework for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objectives to help provide clarity on these issues;

Amendment 56 #

Seb DANCE, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)

7g. Stresses the importance of the role that the Development Community, OECD and OECD DAC should play in working closely with stakeholders and relevant organisation to assess and mitigate the worst human impacts of climate change, which are expected to be challenging even below a 2°C warming level.

Amendment 57 #

Seb DANCE, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)

7h. Recalls the principle of EU Policy Coherence in this, the European Year for Development, which seeks to take account of development objectives in all policies that are likely to affect developing countries and therefore calls on negotiators to aim with their COP strategy to minimise contradictions and ensure synergy between the EU negotiating position and different EU policies to benefit developing countries and increase the effectiveness of development cooperation.

Amendment 58 #

Seb DANCE, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)

7i. Highlights the importance of policy scrutiny to ensure that policies aimed at mitigating climate change do not inadvertently undermine communities rights to land, water and food; such as in the case of biofuels.

Amendment 59 #

Seb DANCE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)

7j. Recognises and proposes action on the implications of high carbon food sources and related agricultural emissions, such as methane and nitrous oxide; Also calls for action on deforestation arising from change of land use for feed and pasture with an aim to avoid emissions associated with food source markets. Calls for action to be taken to raise awareness of the climate impacts of high impact food production methods and to help businesses and people change behaviour. Demands that side measures, including action on curbing food waste should be part of national mitigation plans, especially in those countries with higher than average levels of consumption;

Amendment 6 #

Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that climate change poses a major threat to poor and least developed countries (LDCs); stresses that failure to limit global warming to 2°C ~~may~~will undermine development gains;

Amendment 60 #

Seb DANCE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 k (new)

7k. Recalls the importance of monitoring, reporting and reducing maritime and air transport GHG emission reductions, and the need for swift progress and ambition in reaching satisfactory and timely outcomes before 2016, on the part of both the International Maritime Organisation and the International Civil Aviation Organisation, in line with the scale and urgency of the climate challenge; calls for dedicating revenues derived from these to post-2020 international climate finance and the Green Climate Fund;

Amendment 61 #

Seb DANCE, Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 l (new)

7l. Considers that while Less Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States have contributed the least to climate change, they are disproportionately affected by the adverse consequences and are often in a lesser position to mitigate and adapt to these changing conditions. Calls therefore for a strong focus in the Paris agreement for supporting adaptation and mitigation measures for Less Developed Countries through technology transfer and finance.

Amendment 7 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Seb DANCE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 8 #

Seb DANCE, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that climate change poses a major threat to poor and least developed countries (LDCs); stresses that failure to limit global warming to 2°C may undermine development gains; and acknowledges that whereas the Paris agreement aims to put the world on a course for not more than a 2°C warming scenario; a 2°C warming scenario will still bring significant loss and damage to environment and communities and more than this will bring catastrophic effects;

Amendment 9 #

Seb DANCE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Draws attention to the recent Adaptation Gap report produced by UNEP which estimates that the cost of adapting to climate change in Africa alone, even assuming international efforts keep global warming below 2°C this century, will rise to US$50 billion per year by 2050. Considers that even if all cost- effective adaptation is realised, there will be further ‘residual’ damages where adaptation is no longer possible. Recognises that these residual damages will double the adaptation costs in the period 2030-2050;

source: 560.890

2015/07/14 AFET 41 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Stresses that, under Article 3(5) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) the aim of the EU in its relations with the wider world is to contribute to solidarity and to the sustainable development of the Earth, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law; States that, under Article 191(1) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union, EU policy on the environment shall promote measures at international level to combat climate change;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the ~~importance of climat~~severity of the dangers associated with climate change; calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) to prioritise diplomacy on climate policy goals in order to build support for a strong, fair and comprehensive agreement; stresses the importance of the EU as a key player in climate diplomacy and emphasises the need to speak with one voice; calls on the Member States to coordinate their positions in this regard with those of the EU; underlines that the EU and the Member States have an enormous foreign policy capacity and must mobilise this network based on political will in order to secure the objectives; calls on the parties involved in environmental aspects of the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations t~~o take into account~~ry to incorporate into the agreement provisions on the implementation of the Paris Conference conclusions;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that climate change could have serious effects on regional and global stability as global warming may affect disputes over territory, water and other resources; calls on the EU and Member States to integrate security challenges arising from climate change into their security strategies;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points to the urgent resolution adopted on 5 June 2015 by the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (entitled ‘The Europe-Latin America position on issues related to climate and climate change in the context of the Summit of 2015 in Paris (COP 21)’), which stresses that ‘the level of international collective effort is still well below what is required to achieve a below 2 degree outcome’ and therefore calls for strong guarantees with a view to reaching an agreement by including a precise roadmap and effective funding for the Green Climate Fund;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Urges all the parties to promote scientific and technological cooperation and improve their resource allocation, and therefore invites them to follow the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP);

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that climate diplomacy should be part of the comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action, treating the climate as a global common good that belongs to everyone and must be protected by everyone; calls for a debate on a forward-looking strategy at EU level to address the strategic and political consequences for sectors of the economy, administrations and citizens, allowing the EU to respond to and prepare for climate- induced geopolitical instability and paying particular attention to cooperation with countries most afflicted by the impacts of climate change, bearing in mind the impacts that the climate will have on populations, in particular the most vulnerable populations; urges Western countries therefore to help other countries in their process of adapting to climate change, providing financial assistance for national adaptation programmes of action (NAPA);

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that climate diplomacy should be part of the comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action; recognises that climate change will affect countries with varying degrees of severity with the Least Developed Countries being most disproportionately affected due to lack of resources available for climate mitigation and climate adaption; recognises that the transformations of the Arctic represents a major effect of climate change on EU security; calls for a debate on a forward- looking strategy at EU level to address the strategic and political consequences~~, allowing the EU to respond to and prepare for climate-induced geopolitical instability and~~ of climate-induced geopolitical instability, allowing the EU to respond to resource related conflicts and climate refugees paying particular attention to cooperation with countries most afflicted by the impacts of climate change;

Amendment 16 #

Klaus BUCHNER, Tamás MESZERICS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that climate diplomacy should be part of the comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action; calls for a debate on a forward-looking strategy at EU level towhich should focus on climate change prevention policies and address the relevant strategic and political consequences, allowing the EU to respond to and prepare for ~~climate-induced~~ geopolitical instability induced by climate change and paying particular attention to cooperation with countries most afflicted by ~~the~~its impacts ~~of climate change~~;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that climate diplomacy ~~should be~~is an integral part of the comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action; calls for a debate on a forward-looking strategy at EU level to address the strategic and political consequences, allowing the EU to respond to and prepare for climate-induced geopolitical instability and ~~paying particular attention to~~stepping up cooperation with countries most afflicted by the impacts of climate change;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that one of the main causes of this future instability will be the enduring gap between developed and developing countries as a result of developing countries’ limited access to technological innovation; calls for changes to be made to the way development aid is provided, with a view to placing greater emphasis on technological advancement and innovative approaches to the fight against climate change;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Regrets that the developed countries refused to strengthen their objectives at the most recent climate summit in Lima in December 2014, while the latest IPCC reports have appealed for efforts to be speeded up and greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced; regrets that, by signing an agreement outside the UN framework shortly before the Lima Summit, China and the United States have opened up a significant breach in the legally binding climate commitments; stresses the need to reach a binding agreement with the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters; emphasizes that the idea that the agreements are ‘voluntary’ is jeopardising the possibility of reaching a legally binding agreement among the parties;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. Acknowledges the fundamental importance of a stable climate system for food security, energy production, water and sanitation, infrastructure and preserving biodiversity and terrestrial and marine ecosystems and for peace and prosperity globally; acknowledges the danger of inaction on mitigating climate change and stresses the urgency of reaching an agreement in the Paris Climate Conference;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Condemns the fact that multinationals are lobbying with the aim of deriving economic gain from the issue of climate change and pushing through false green solutions: carbon trading, pollution offsets, REDD, CO2 capture and storage; COP21 sponsorship;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that Parliament should use its role and influence in international parliamentary networks to step up efforts to secure an ambitious, legally binding international agreement in Paris;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Urges the EU to continue and intensify its diplomatic efforts ahead of and during the Conference, with a view to improving its understanding of the positions of its partners, and to encourage other parties to take effective measures to stay compliant with the 2°C objective;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the action plan for climate diplomacy, which states that the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States must together implement a strategic, coherent and cohesive climate diplomacy plan throughout 2015; stresses that the Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of July 2011 and June 2013 endorsed the joint EEAS and Commission non-papers, which identified three strands of action for climate diplomacy, and that the action plan must form an integral part of this strategy; highlights the crucial role the EEAS can take in promoting EU positions ahead of and during the Paris summit; and in creating mutual understanding between all parties involved on how to gain international support for climate resilient development;

Amendment 24 #

Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Welcom~~Notes the action plan for climate diplomacy, which states that the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States must together implement a strategic, coherent and cohesive climate diplomacy plan throughout 2015 and in subsequent periods and calls for the European Parliament to be actively involved in that plan; stresses that the Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of July 2011 and June 2013 endorsed the joint EEAS and Commission non-papers, which identified three strands of action for climate diplomacy, and that the action plan must form an integral part of this strategy;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the action plan for climate diplomacy, which states that the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States ~~must~~ together should implement a strategic, coherent and cohesive climate diplomacy plan throughout 2015; stresses that the Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of July 2011 and June 2013 endorsed the joint EEAS and Commission non-papers, which identified three strands of action for climate diplomacy, and that the action plan must form an integral part of this strategy;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines the importance of dialogues between the EU and national parliaments, local authorities, civil society, the private sector and the media within and outside the EU, considering that they play an increasing role in the climate debate and that these dialogues will contribute to a transparent and inclusive agreement;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that climate change is producing a strong impact in access and availability of water; urges to include, among the topics of COP21, a strategic management of water resources and a long-term adaptation plans, in order to incorporate a climate resilient water approach in the future global climate agreement; is convinced that Climate resilient water infrastructure is also key for development and poverty reduction;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the action plan must come with clearly defined objectives and strategies for achieving those objectives;

Amendment 29 #

Marita ULVSKOG, Jytte GUTELAND, Bodil VALERO, Soraya POST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of maintaining human rights at the core of climate action, and insists that the Commission and the Member States must ensure that the Paris Agreement recognises that respect for, and protection and promotion of, human rights, encompassing inter alia gender equality, full and equal participation of women, and the active promotion of a just transition of the workforce creating decent work and quality jobs for all, are a prerequisite for effective global climate action;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the importance of climate change, including the potential stability and security threat it poses; calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) to prioritise diplomacy on climate policy goals in order to build support for a ~~stro~~transparent and dynamic legally binding agreement, containing, fair and ~~comprehensive agreement~~ambitious commitments from all Parties based on evolving global economic and geopolitical circumstances; stresses the importance of the EU as a key player in climate diplomacy and emphasises the need to speak with one voice; ~~calls on the Member States to coordinate their positions in this regard with those of the EU;~~ underlines that the EU and the Member States have an enormous foreign policy capacity and must mobilise this network ~~based on political will in order to secure the objectives; call~~in order to find common ground on the main topics onf the pPar~~ties involved in environmental aspects of the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations to take into account the Paris Conference conclusions~~is agreement, being mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology development and transfer, transparency of action and support, and capacity- building;

Amendment 30 #

Marita ULVSKOG, Jytte GUTELAND, Bodil VALERO, Soraya POST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Observes that Parties to the UNFCCC decided at COP18 (Decision 23/CP.18) to adopt a goal of gender balance in bodies established pursuant to the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, in order to improve women’s participation and inform a more effective climate change policy that addresses the needs of women and men equally and to keep track of progress made towards the goal of gender balance in advancing gender-sensitive climate policy;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in close cooperation with the Member States, to develop strategic priorities for the external climate and climate change policy enshrined in the general foreign policy objectives and to ensure that the EU’s delegations increase their focus on climate monitoring issues, and requests that all EU policies and actions should take climate change policy into account; calls on the EU to cooperate more closely on climate issues with neighbours and candidate countries.

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to develop strategic priorities for the external climate policy enshrined in the general foreign policy objectives and to ensure that the EU’s delegations increase their focus on ~~climate monitoring issues~~monitoring countries' efforts to mitigate or adapt to climate change and on providing support in terms of capacity building; calls on the EU to cooperate more closely on climate issues with neighbours and candidate countries.

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to develop strategic priorities for the external climate policy enshrined in the general foreign policy objectives and to ensure that the EU’s delegations increase their focus on climate monitoring issues and have the resources they require in order to take effective action in this area; calls on the EU to cooperate more closely on climate issues with neighbours and candidate countries.

Amendment 34 #

Klaus BUCHNER, Tamás MESZERICS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Luxembourg Presidency to make reaching an agreement in the Paris Climate Conference a priority; Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to develop strategic priorities for the external climate policy enshrined in the general foreign policy objectives and to ensure that the EU’s delegations increase their focus on climate monitoring issues; calls on the EU to cooperate more closely on climate issues with neighbours and candidate countries.

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to develop strategic priorities for the external climate policy enshrined in the general foreign policy objectives and to ensure that the EU’s delegations increase their focus on climate policies and climate monitoring issues; calls on the EU to cooperate more closely on climate issues with neighbours and candidate countries urging the alignment of their policies with the EU climate targets.

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that climate change is expected to bring about significant changes in migration patterns throughout the developing world; calls on the EU to support communities in the developing countries, especially the least developed countries, adapt to climate change and increase resilience to environmental risks;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on all the Parties to fully identify the whole human rights dimension of climate change and to provide support for poorer countries whose capacities to protect their citizens’ human rights are strained by climate change impacts;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in close cooperation with the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, to ensure that differences as regards the effects of climate change in countries in the north and south of Europe are taken into account; notes that countries in the south of Europe are most vulnerable and will be most affected by rising temperatures, an increase in extreme weather events, heatwaves, droughts and more irregular rainfall; calls, therefore, for specific studies and financial resources with a view to drawing up climate adaptation plans, particularly in the most vulnerable areas such as coastlines;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

2a. Believes close, ongoing cooperation with the EU’s neighbours to be the best means of narrowing the policy differences on climate change; calls, in this connection, on the Member States and the EEAS to appoint climate change contact persons in all EU delegations and Member-State embassies;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the importance of ~~climat~~the fight against climate change; calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) to prioritise diplomacy on climate policy goals in order to build support for a ~~strong, fair and comprehensive agreement~~n ambitious, transparent and legally binding agreement in keeping with scientific data on the climate, international human rights obligations and the principles of the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with particular regard to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities; stresses the importance of the EU as a ~~key~~ player in climate diplomacy and emphasises the need ~~to speak with one voice~~for the Member States jointly to coordinate their objectives and negotiating strategies; calls on the Member States to coordinate their positions in this regard with those of the EU; underlines that the EU and the Member States have an enormous foreign policy capacity and must mobilise this network based on political will in order to secure the objectives; welcomes, in this context, the 45 national contributions on the fight against climate change already announced by COP21, and invites those states that have not yet done so to contribute promptly before the summit; calls for a fair agreement under which those countries that have polluted most bear differentiated climate responsibility, since they should shoulder more of the financial commitments, and calls on the parties involved in environmental aspects of the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations to ~~take into account the Paris Conference conclusions~~abandon this agreement that has been negotiated against the people and to the detriment of the climate;

Amendment 40 #

Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that the EU should do more to promote a global system of commitments and specific action to counter climate change, given that a more ambitious global approach would help to make EU business more competitive.

Amendment 41 #

Urmas PAET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that climate change topic should be an integral part of development policy and it has to be taken into account in the planning of humanitarian aid and development policy budget.

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the importance of climate; calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) to ~~prioritise~~step up diplomacy on climate policy goals in order to build support for a strong, fair and comprehensive agreement; stresses the importance of the EU as a ~~key~~n important player in climate diplomacy ~~and emphasises the need to speak with one voice; calls on the Member States to coordinate their positions in this regard with those of the EU~~; underlines that the EU and the Member States have an enormous foreign policy capacity and must mobilise this network based on political will in order to secure the objectives; calls on the parties involved in environmental aspects of the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations to take into account the Paris Conference conclusions;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges th~~e importance of climate~~at climate change will be one of the great challenges of the 21st century; calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) to prioritise diplomacy on climate policy goals in order to build support for a strong, fair and comprehensive agreement that respects human rights; stresses the importance of the EU as a key player in climate diplomacy and emphasises the need tofor it to play a central and ambitious role at the conference, speaking with one voice and taking on the role of mediator in seeking an international agreement; calls on the Member States to coordinate their positions in this regard with those of the EU; underlines that the EU and the Member States have an enormous foreign policy capacity and must mobilise this network based on political will in order to secure the objectives; calls on the parties involved in environmental aspects of the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations to take into account the Paris Conference conclusions;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the importance of climate; calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) to prioritise diplomacy on climate policy goals in order to build support for a strong, fair and comprehensive agreement; stresses the importance of the EU as a ~~key~~leading player in climate diplomacy and emphasises the need to speak with one voice; calls, in this connection, for intra-European dialogue to be stepped up with a view to formulating a joint position, in particular on the key issues in the international negotiations; calls on the Member States to coordinate their positions in this regard with those of the EU; underlines that the EU and the Member States have an enormous foreign policy capacity and must mobilise this network based on political will in order to secure the objectives; calls on the parties involved in environmental aspects of the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations to take into account the Paris Conference conclusions;

Amendment 8 #