2017/2086(INI) | [ParlTrack]

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Citation -1 (new)

- having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948,

Amendment 10 #

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Recital A

A. whereas climate change can lead to migration ~~and its impact~~that does not fit within current international frameworks; whereas the protection of internally displaced people due to environmental reasons has not received sufficient attention; whereas the impact of climate change is felt, particularly and to a disproportionate and increasing extent, by ~~poor~~ countries ~~and poor people, even though it is the world’s richest countries that bear the main responsibility for climate change~~least responsible for global warming and by populations most dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods or with least capacity to respond to natural disasters;

Amendment 11 #

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Recital A

A. whereas ~~climate change can lead to migration and its impact is felt, particularly and to a disproportionate and increasing extent, by poor countries and poor peopl~~the adverse effects of climate change will be felt harder in the least developed countries, in the most vulnerable communities and in sensitive island regions which have insufficient tools to prepare for and to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, even though it is the world’'s richest countries that bear ~~the main~~a historic responsibility for climate change;

Amendment 12 #

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas climate change can lead to migration and its impact is felt, particularly and to a disproportionate and increasing extent, by poor countries and poor people, even though it is the world’s richest countries, especially those that have never been governed by women, that bear the main responsibility for climate change;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas climate change can lead to migration and its impact is felt, particularly and to a disproportionate and increasing extent, by poor countries and poor people~~, even though it is the world’s richest countries that bear the main responsibility for climate change~~;

Amendment 14 #

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Recital A

Amendment 15 #

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Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas climate change compounds the already existing (through numerous socioeconomic, institutional, cultural and political structural determinants) gender disparities influential in the gender-based division of social roles, in the numerous constraints, risks and workload that make up a woman's everyday lot, in young girls dropping out of school and in access to healthcare;

Amendment 16 #

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Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas women are central to solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate challenges;

Amendment 17 #

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Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas impact of climate change such as drought, floods extreme weather events and reduced food and water security affect women and men differently, due to factors such women’s economic disadvantage, limited access to and control over productive resources, more restricted rights, limited mobility, and less chances to shape decisions and influence policy, as officially recognized in the international climate change negotiations since the 13th Conference (COP13) held in Bali in2007;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the effects of climate change are felt first by the poorest and most at risk populations, and whereas with women accounting for 70 % of the 1.2 billion people earning less than one dollar a day, it is women who are affected the most by the consequences of climate change;

Amendment 19 #

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Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas women are more vulnerable to climate change; whereas climate change exacerbates gender inequalities in relation to, among others, human trafficking and access to health services;

Amendment 2 #

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Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to the UN guiding Principles on International Displacement of 1998 and to the nomination by the United Nations Human Right Council of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons in November 2016,

Amendment 20 #

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Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas equality between women and men is a core principle of the European Union and its Member States, and its promotion one of its principal objectives;

Amendment 21 #

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Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas according to the UN International Organisation for Migration 200 million people could be displaced due to climate change by 2050;

Amendment 22 #

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Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas climate action is a major priority and cannot afford the luxury of disregarding the intellectual and active contribution of one half of humanity;

Amendment 23 #

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Recital B

B. whereas there is a direct link B. between climate change, environmental degradation, food security and migration and these phenomena directly or indirectly threaten the full enjoyment of human rights, including the rights to life, water and sanitation, food, health, housing;

Amendment 24 #

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Recital B

B. whereas there is a direct link between climate change, environmental degradation, food security and migration; whereas climate policy has a direct impact on gender equality and women empowerment;

Amendment 25 #

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Recital B

B. whereas the~~re is a direct link between climate change, environmental degradation, food security and migration~~ adverse impact of climate change jeopardizes normal access to basic elementary rights such as food, water and natural resources, climate change may lead to economic disaster and political and social instability which can be a trigger for conflict and climate- induced displacement and fleeing;

Amendment 26 #

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Recital B

B. whereas there is a direct link between climate change and its impact on, environmental degradation, food ~~security~~and water security, human health and migration;

Amendment 27 #

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Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas climate change can be seen as a catalyst for environmental and humanitarian problems because its adverse effects are directly related to environmental degradation, the loss of property and livelihoods, a reduced level of health and food security, including uncertain harvesting, crop failures, lesser yields and a loss of biodiversity; whereas the negative consequences of climate change undermines a country's development prospects;

Amendment 28 #

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Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas extractive projects in natural areas of special interest endanger local communities and other vulnerable groups, including women, and worsen climate change;

Amendment 29 #

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Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Africa and its population is particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change exposure;

Amendment 3 #

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Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 35/20 on Human Rights and Climate Change from 22 June 2017,

Amendment 30 #

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Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that climate change exacerbates existing inequalities, that rural women in developing countries are particularly vulnerable, as they are often dependent on natural resources, do much of the agricultural work, particularly in food production for the family, a~~nd have responsibility for collecting water and fuel~~re very often responsible for the bulk of unpaid work in households and communities and have responsibility for collecting water and fuel, being in the front line women are the first facing injustice and poverty;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that women and girls are amongst the most vulnerable groups affected by climate change; stresses that rural women in developing countries are particularly vulnerable, as they are often dependent on natural resources, do much of the agricultural work, particularly in food production for the family, and have responsibility for collecting water and fuel;

Amendment 32 #

Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that rural women in developing countries are ~~particularly vulnerable~~more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than men, as they are often dependent on natural resources, do much of the agricultural work, particularly in food production for the family, and have responsibility for collecting water and fuel;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that people in the rural ~~women~~areas in developing countries are particularly vulnerable, as they are often dependent on natural resources, ~~do much of the agricultural work~~agriculture directly linked to environmental conditions, particularly in food production for the family, and have ~~responsibility for collecting~~more difficult access to water and fuel;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that the right to dispose of their own natural resources is an inalienable right of nations and that respect for this right by the European Union and its Member States shall be a condition for all cooperation with third countries;

Amendment 35 #

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Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the utmost importance of educational and economic opportunities for all women; in this regard fully supports launched entrepreneurship programmes aimed to contribute to women’s full participation in the society;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that the empowerment of all women and girls is an explicit goal to achieve across all the Sustainable Development Goals;

Amendment 37 #

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Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Believes that innovation in agriculture can contribute to the cultivation of agricultural crops that are more resilient to climate change, resulting in better and more predictable yields and providing higher income levels for farmers, households and local communities;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Believes that food sovereignty in third countries is essential for their development and a key factor in their stability in addressing the consequences of climate change;

Amendment 39 #

Andi CRISTEA

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Paragraph 2

2. Believes that climate change requires a rights-based response with effective participation of women in decision-making at all levels, including international climate negotiations, with a view to developing gender-sensitive and rights-based approaches in order to address underlying inequalities; stresses the necessity to provide systematic funding for women’s participation in international processes;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Believ~~Stresses that climate change requires a gender-sensitive and a human rights-based response wi; calls for the effective participation of women in decision-making at all levels, including international climate negotiations~~, with a view to developing gender-sensitive and rights-based approaches in order to address underlying inequalitie~~; in this regard, insists that the Commission and the Member States actively advocate for an increased role of women in such negotiations;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that climate change requires a ~~rights-based response with effective participation of women~~n effective globally agreed response involving equally both men and women from a wide social spectrum in decision-making and execution at all levels, including international climate negotiations, with a view to developing gender-sensitive and ~~rights-based~~adequate approaches in order to address underlying inequalities;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that climate change requires a rights-based response with effective participation of women in decision-making at all levels, including international climate negotiations, with a view to d~~eveloping gender-sensitive and rights-based approaches in order to address underlying inequalities~~rawing on their knowledge and experience in the decision-making process, so as to ensure that their rights are upheld in the event of migration due to climate change;

Amendment 43 #

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that positive climate change requires a rights-based response with effective participation of more women in decision-making at all levels, including international climate negotiations, with a view to developing gender-sensitive and rights-based climate approaches in order to address underlying inequalities;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that climate change requires a rights-based response with effective participation of women in decision-making processes at all levels, including international climate negotiations, with a view to developing gender-sensitive responses and rights- based approaches in order to address underlying inequalities;

Amendment 45 #

Andi CRISTEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the necessity for women to be involved in the implementation and execution of environmental policy at national and local level, taking into consideration that the knowledge and experience of local women can be used to ensure policy effectiveness;

Amendment 46 #

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Paragraph 3

Amendment 47 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

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Paragraph 3

Amendment 48 #

James CARVER

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Paragraph 3

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

- having regard to the Declaration of the Stockholm UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1973 and the UN Rio Declaration on environment and development in 1992;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for an international legal definition of ‘climate refugees’ and for strong diplomatic action by the international community with a view to amending the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and introducing the category of ‘environmental refugees’; calls on the Commission to establish a panel of experts to discuss the creation of a European legal status for “climate refugees” that takes into account genre, in the absence of an international codification;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes with concern that climate- related displacement of populations of which women with children and young girls constitute vulnerable groups who are exposed to violation of their basic rights; Calls for an international legal definition of ‘climate refugees’ and for strong diplomatic action by the international community with a view to amending the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and introducing the category of ‘environmental refugees’;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Calls for an~~Is open to a debate over establishing international ~~legal~~ definition of ‘climate refugees’ and for strong diplomatic action by the international community with a view to amending the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and introducing the category of ‘environmental refugees’the term ‘climate migrants’ and calls for the issue of climate migration to be placed on the international agenda in order to bring new coordinated solutions;

Amendment 53 #

3a. Believes that big companies have a major responsibility in climate action; calls, therefore, on Member States to ensure that companies which come under their national law do not disregard human rights or the social, health and environmental standards to which they are subject when moving to, or doing business in, a third country; calls for sanctions to be imposed on EU companies which do not abide by these standards or do not offer victims of human rights violations for which they are directly or indirectly responsible satisfactory compensation; calls too on the EU and its Member States to become fully involved in the UN’s work on implementing a binding instrument against multinationals that do not adhere to these standards;

Amendment 54 #

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Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Requests that climate - induced displacement and fleeing triggered by climate change is taken seriously, reminds that climate justice can be rectified by swift, fair and ambitious climate action, by achieving our internationally agreed targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and limiting the effects of climate change while giving implementation to sustainable and structured solutions to the phenomenon of climate - induced displacement and migration; calls for strengthened international cooperation in order to provide sufficient humanitarian, technological and financial support to ensure climate resilience and to power sustainable development opportunities in sensitive or affected regions;

Amendment 55 #

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Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Condemns again the economic, social and political interference in the affairs of third countries resulting from World Bank and IMF structural adjustment plans and the free-trade agreements – known officially as ‘economic partnership agreements’ – concluded by the EU; stresses that these policies have led to seizure of land and resources and to economic, social, political and humanitarian crises that drive people into exile and have a major impact on climate change and on the poorest populations, particularly women;

Amendment 56 #

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Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Stresses the importance to states of their recovering their sovereignty over their natural wealth by introducing democratic oversight of the activities of foreign transnational companies and developing their own national infrastructure to exploit, process and market their own raw materials; supports the principle by which ‘any agreement, convention, arrangement or other act which has the consequence of depriving the nation, natural persons or legal persons of all or part of their means of subsistence drawn from their natural resources or wealth shall, without prejudice to international provisions on economic crimes, be considered looting and be punishable by law’; believes that an audit of the natural resources exploited and the consequences thereof for the people could be a suitable tool with which to begin this natural resources recovery process;

Amendment 57 #

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Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Believes that climate migration exposes women to many different forms of violence during their journey; calls for this to be taken seriously into account such that effective solutions result;

Amendment 58 #

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify and mainstream issues of respect for women’s rights~~, and to promote gender equality and~~ to live in the same climate conditions as men, and to ensure proportional number of men and women among admitted climate and environmental refugees, and promote climate justice through its country and regional strategy programmes, the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and its dialogues on human rights with third countries.

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify and mainstream issues of respect for women’s rights, and to promote gender equality and justice for those driven to migration by climate ~~justic~~change through its country and regional strategy programmes, the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and its dialogues on human rights with third countries.

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

- having regard to the Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate Action,

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to ~~identify and mainstream is~~secure a gender sensitive approach which ensures ~~of respect for~~that women’s rights, ~~and to~~the promoteion of gender equality and climate justice are mainstreamed through its country and regional strategy programmes, the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and its dialogues on human rights with third countries.

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Calls on the international community to promote education of girls and women in various disciplines, including natural science and technology in order to empower them in making responsible decisions when it comes to management and sustainable use of natural resources.

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the necessity of taking gender into account in managing the consequences of climate change, notably through policies on water, transport, health and energy, as this will increase the real impact of these policies and their social effectiveness for the whole of society;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to review and suspend trade agreements, including trade subsidies such as GSP+, whereby beneficiaries neglect environmental regulations that have disproportionate impacts on women, or whereby the violations of environmental conventions inflame socio-political tensions that prevent sustainable development;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to create an indicator of ecological vulnerability that takes into account the genre perspective and a list of most vulnerable countries in order to monitor the effect of climate change on women;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the international community to take into consideration a gender perspective and women’s specific priorities when financing initiatives and supporting new technologies to address climate change.

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes the UN Women’s Flagship Programming Initiatives and the Global Climate Change Alliance’s projects and programmes which create a cross-cutting link between gender and climate change;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls for gender to be included as a general and cross-cutting objective in all climate warming policies and means for adaptation and aid addressing its consequences, rather than restricting it to a specific sector;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Welcomes the work of the UN Special Representative on Human Rights and the Environment and of the UN Human Rights Council in this area, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to support these efforts, including through financial assistance;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Regrets that the COP21 framed climate change as a purely technical and economic issue, lacking a human rights and gender perspective;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

- having regard to the Joint Africa - EU Strategy,

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Stresses the obligation for States, including EU Member States, to assess and provide information about the effects of climate change, notably on women, and to provide for effective remedies for climate-related violations of human rights, notably for groups particularly vulnerable to environmental harm, including women, children and indigenous peoples;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)

- having regard to the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020, adopted on 26 October 2015,

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)

- having regard to the UN doctrine of “responsibility to protect (R2P)";

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Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Whereas parties under the Paris Agreement (COP 21) have committed to respect and promote human rights, namely gender equality and empowerment of women, when taking action to address climate change;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that women are more exposed than men to risks related to climate change, and that they are the main victims of poverty and of inequality of rights, particularly owing to the socio- cultural barriers which, in most developing countries, prevent them from having access to land, credit and technology;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that women and children are the population sector most dependent on natural resources for their subsistence; notes that it is essential to enhance women’s autonomy and reduce discriminatory practices in order to overcome the challenges of climate change and develop effective resilience;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Notes that women are the most exposed to natural disasters, and that such disasters exacerbate gender disparities;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that the role of women ‘as agents of change to drive climate decisions and investment, and to benefit from them accordingly, has so far been modest; considers that a paradigm shift is needed that puts gender concerns at the centre of climate management efforts and investments; in particular, deplores that women are underrepresented in the key climate-change related sectors of science - such as energy, engineering, transportation, information technology (IT) and computing – as skilled workers, professionals or decision-makers;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Deplores the fact that the role of women ‘as agents of change to drive climate decisions and investment, and~~Believes that climate decisions and investments should engage all parts of society, including women and other vulnerable groups of society, in order to allow them to benefit from them accordingly~~, has so far been modest~~; considers that a paradigm shift is needed that puts gender concerns at the centre of climate management efforts and investments;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that the role of women ‘as agents of change to ~~drive~~contribute to climate decisions and investment, and to benefit from them accordingly, has so far been modest; considers that a paradigm shift and a new approach is needed that puts gender concerns at the centre of climate management efforts and investments;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the need to make climate finance gender-responsive; welcomes the recent progress in multilateral finance mechanisms in terms of gender policy; welcomes equally private sector’s initiatives which aim to enhance their corporate social responsibility by paying a premium for projects that add sustainable criteria, including promoting livelihoods and educational opportunities for women; notes, however, that only 0.01% of all worldwide funding supports projects address both climate change and women’s rights, according to UNDP; encourages the private sector and other climate finance mechanisms at national and global level to engage in gender mainstreaming during all phases of the project cycle, namely design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the need to make climate finance gender-responsive; encourages the private sector and other climate finance mechanisms at national and global level to engage in gender mainstreaming during all phases of the project cycle, namely design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; calls on the EU and its member states not to publicly co-finance climate programmes which do not comply with the highest international standards on human rights and gender equality;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 19 #

Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the need to make ~~climate finance~~the financing of both adaptation to climate change and mitigation of its effects gender-responsive; encourages the private sector and other climate finance mechanisms at national and global level to engage in gender mainstreaming during all phases of the project cycle, namely design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Member States to mainstream the gender dimension in the design, implementation, follow-up and evaluation of national environmental policies and in reporting on such policies, and to ensure full and equal participation by women in decision-making at all levels, particularly in climate change strategies; calls for women also to participate in management and decision-making in the allocation of funding to prevent natural disasters;

Amendment 21 #

Heidi HAUTALA, Florent MARCELLESI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Deems that the three financial mechanisms under the UNFCCC - the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Adaptation Fund (AF) should unlock additional finance for more gender- responsive climate investment policy;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Urges the need to identify and promote programmatic approaches that have been proven to be gender-responsive such as Population, Health and Environment Programmes (PHE) (among others), that provide an integrated solution to health, gender and environmental challenges, including climate change response and contribute to the achievement of the respective SDGs.

Amendment 23 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that women’s empowerment is central to the achievement of the SDGs; urges the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to mainstream ~~gender into their climate policies and~~women’s education to enable them to improve their management of the natural resources at their disposal; notes that women’s emancipation and education also contribute to guaranteeing their rights with a view to the demographic transition which is indispensable in the context of any serious development ~~cooperation~~policy;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that women’s empowerment is central to the achievement of ~~the~~ SDGs; notes with concern that gender- based barriers exist in international and national policy processes on climate change; urges the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to mainstream gender into their climate policies and development cooperation; in particular, urges the EU to make development aid conditional to the inclusion of human rights-based and gender-sensitive climate change policy criteria;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that women’s empowerment is central to the achievement of the SDGs; urges the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to mainstream gender into their climate policies and development cooperation; calls, furthermore, for gender diversity in decision-making bodies, as well as the actual empowerment of women, to be looked at once again, so as to guarantee women’s participation in the processes of decision-making, planning and implementation;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that women’s empowerment is central to the achievement of the SDGs; notes that women’s economic autonomy presupposes access to social security, land, basic social services and public services; urges the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to mainstream gender into their climate policies and development cooperation;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that women’s empowerment is central to the achievement of the SDGs; urges the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to mainstream gender into their climate policies and development cooperation; highlights the importance of including gender considerations into all EU policies with an impact on development cooperation, including in all trade and investment frameworks;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that the collection of sex- disaggregated data and gender statistics are a preliminary step towards conducting proper gender analysis on climate change; but notes that in many countries, gender statistics on environment are lacking; calls for the EU to upgrade capacity- building in developing countries’' national statistical systems , for the purposes of collecting gender statistics on the environment; in particular, calls on the OECD to improve data collection (such as data on resilience and vulnerability post- disaster) and further gender analysis of the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms and its impacts;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that the collection of sex- disaggregated data ~~and~~specific to the situation of each country and of gender statistics are a preliminary step towards conducting proper gender analysis on climate change; calls for the EU to upgrade capacity- building in developing countries’ national statistical systems , for the purposes of collecting gender statistics on the environment in order to improve the evaluation of, and find solutions to, the varying consequences of climate change;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Re~~call~~minds that ~~gender disparities in the ownership of and access to resources (such as land, credit and technology), coupled with sociocultural barriers, increase the exposure of those resources to~~due to sociocultural and economic barriers, poverty and the dependence to local resources for their livelihood, women are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of climatice risks;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes with concern that although they predominate in world food production (50 to 80%), women own less than 20% of land, according to UNDP; notes that increasing commercial demands on and for land are also creating challenges for poor women to gain or retain secure and equitable land access;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for the creation of an environmental indicator making it possible to analyse growth models, modes of consumption and lifestyles and their influence on climate change;

Amendment 32 #

Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to address the gender-differentiated investment risks to sustainable agriculture; calls for the EU to help developing countries reform laws and eliminate practices that restrict women’s ownership of and access to productive resources, advisory or financial services;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to address the gender-differentiated investment risks to sustainable agriculture; calls for the EU to help developing countries reform discriminatory laws that restrict women’s ownership of and access to ~~productive resources~~means of production, access to financial instruments and technologies, particularly in the field of agriculture;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to address the gender-differentiated investment risks to sustainable agriculture; calls for the EU to help developing countries reform laws that restrict women’s ownership of and access to productive resources; highlights, furthermore, how vulnerable women are in certain sectors, such as the rural sector, which is still more affected by climate change;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that the adoption of the SDG places Policy Coherence for Development at the core of Agenda 2030; urges the EU to frame its energy policy according to these principles; notes with concern that European measures intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and emissions from transport in the EU have led to increased demand for biofuels, a demand that can be met only by importing the latter from developing countries; underlines that it results in land use changes, which affect vulnerable people, especially women; calls on the EU to address these concerns in the ongoing reform of the Renewable Energy Directive;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes the fact that the Paris Agreement includes references to gender balance, and insists that helping countries implement their climate objectives or attain their intended nationally determined contributions under COP21 will only be possible if we take advantage of the knowledge, foresight, participation and action of all sections of our societies, especially women;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls that forests support the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people and 80% of all terrestrial biodiversity and help absorb 30% of carbon emissions;

Amendment 38 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls the pivotal role of forests in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, the delivery of ecosystem services and the safeguarding of livelihoods; considers that REDD+ action should address structural inequalities around land and forest tenure; takes the view that, in the context of the REDD+ programme, women should be the first to benefit from targeted training on eco- diversity, the preservation of plant life, sustainable forestry and awareness- raising about the protection and variety of tree species; also takes the view that such training should feature the sustainable exploitation of resources, particularly bees and flowers, with a view to establishing partnerships with European businesses particularly in the agri- foodstuffs and cosmetic industries;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that gender disparities in the ownership of and access to resources (such as land, credit and technology), coupled with sociocultural barriers, increase the exposure of those resources to climatic risks; for instance, notes with concern that climatic stress on water and forest resources often leads to women having to travel longer distances for a longer time to fetch water or wood, limiting accordingly their economic perspectives;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls the pivotal role of forests in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, the delivery of ecosystem services and the safeguarding of livelihoods; notes however that while women in forest-dependent communities contribute considerably to the management of forests, they do not often benefit from forest-related investments and are excluded in relevant decision making; stresses the critical role that gender equality and women’s empowerment play in the long-term success of REDD+; considers that REDD+ action should address structural inequalities around land and forest tenure;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls the pivotal role of forests in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, the delivery of ecosystem services and the safeguarding of livelihoods; considers that REDD+ action should address structural inequalities around land and forest tenure; stresses the need for third countries to tackle the lack of clarity and security of tenure rights which enable individuals and communities to participate in decision making processes that establish rights and responsibilities within REDD+ action and the ability of individual and communities to benefit from REDD+ activities; underlines the need to overcome the specific impacts on women, who often merely possess usufruct rights to the land, meaning they have no decision-making power when it comes to managing or benefiting from the REDD+ process;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls the pivotal role of indigenous women and women farmers in the protection of forest ecosystems; recalls the pivotal role of forests in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, the delivery of ecosystem services and the safeguarding of livelihoods; considers that REDD+ action should address structural inequalities around land and forest tenure; calls for the strengthening of the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly women;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls the pivotal role of forests in terms of environmental sustainability, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, the delivery of ecosystem services and the safeguarding of livelihoods; considers that REDD+ action should address structural inequalities around land and forest tenure;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes that desertification and the loss of water resources have a major impact on the daily life of women, particularly women farmers; calls for women’s rights to own and use land to be guaranteed, particularly by agrarian reform schemes;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recalls that decentralised sustainable energy technologies increasingly become the most cost- effective energy options for the poor; calls for supporting women’s entrepreneurship in the energy sector so as to reduce their time dedicated to unpaid domestic and care work;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Stresses the need to protect and recognise small farmers, particularly women, as key economic actors whose rights to the use and ownership of land need to be protected by binding legal mechanisms against land-grabbing;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. SNotes that the international community has set itself the target of ensuring universal access to modern sources of energy by 2030; notes that the lack of universal access to energy sources of sufficient quality and in sufficient quantity impacts in particular on healthcare, access to drinking water, agriculture, growth and jobs; stresses the need to address the gender-differentiated investment risk in energy in order to accelerate universal access to energy;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. SRecalls that women face energy poverty, e.g. using low-burning and health risk materials for everyday use; calls for policies that will enable access to affordable, reliable and modern energy sources, in line with SDG 7; stresses the need to address the gender-differentiated investment risk in energy in order to accelerate universal access to energy;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. SRecalls that in most developing countries women are the primary household energy managers and can also be powerful agents of change in the transition to sustainable energy; stresses the need to address the gender- differentiated investment risk in energy in order to accelerate universal access to energy;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that gender disparities in the ownership of and access to resources (such as land, credit and technology), coupled with sociocultural barriers, increase the exposure of those resources to climatic risks; points out, furthermore, that these have more of an impact in developing countries, giving rise to poverty and scarcity of resources, particularly among women; takes the view that gender considerations, as well as climate change programmes, should therefore be a central focus of policies and programmes in developing countries;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. SRecalls that women are generally more affected by climate-related disasters than men because of underlying gender inequalities and discrimination; stresses the need to address the gender- differentiated investment risk in energy in order to accelerate universal access to energy;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Reiterates that Member States have obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to take concrete steps to address the gender- related dimensions of disasters in a changing climate through i.e. the adoption of targeted, country-specific policies, strategies, legislation, budget;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that renewable energies could engender a new economy and trigger a virtuous circle between climate change, poverty reduction and growth; notes also that climate agreements are incentives to the renewables-based electrification of developing countries;

Amendment 53 #

Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recalls the climate change impact on the energy sector and highlights that, within the latter, women and men have different gender-defined roles; emphasizes the need to incorporate gender mainstreaming into energy policies and programmes to improve its effectiveness and efficiency;

Amendment 54 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Welcomes the Commission’s call for proposals on "Women & Sustainable Energy" making €20 million available to implement activities promoting women's entrepreneurship in the sustainable energy sector in developing countries and encourages the Commission to increase this amount in the following editions;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to ~~engage wi~~promote the e~~xisting climate finance frameworks at all levels, so as to ensure that gender perspectives are integrated into disaster risk reduction and adaptation efforts.~~mancipation of women in order to work towards food security and tackle the potential risks of environmental disasters caused in particular by poor land management;

Amendment 56 #

Heidi HAUTALA, Florent MARCELLESI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for gender-sensitive action to ensure that women are not only seen as beneficiaries of climate action, but also as clean energy technology entrepreneurs, guaranteeing that women, with their unique abilities and knowledge, are involved in designing and implementing programmes;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for the identification and reinforcement of specific gender sensitive strategies that support the gender and social dimensions references by the global climate authority- the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This includes their reference to voluntary, rights-based family planning as a potential adaptation strategy.

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses the importance of the transfer of environmentally friendly technology and the need to honour the financial commitments made in particular at the Paris Climate Conference and under the Green Climate Fund, to enable developing countries to transition to a carbon-free growth policy;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for gender equality-focused trainings for EU officials especially for the ones dealing with development and climate policies;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that gender disparities in the ownership of and access to resources (such as land, credit and technology), coupled with sociocultural barriers, increase the exposure of those resources to climatic risks; points out that women can help to bring about change through the adoption of innovative practices to mitigate the devastating effects of climate change;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls for consideration to be given to the introduction of the term ‘climate refugee’ in the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees;

Amendment 61 #

Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI, Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Calls on the Commission to promote gender equality in the context of climate justice in regional aid programmes, in the Human Rights and Democracy Action Plan, and in dialogue with third countries;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that gender disparities in the ownership of and access to resources (such as land, public services, credit and technology), coupled with sociocultural barriers, increase the exposure of those resources to climatic risks;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Urges the development of policies, or the better implementing of the existing policies in order to properly respond to women’s economic, medical and psychological needs in crisis and post- disaster situation; stresses that women’s lack of savings and limited mobility, in particular in rural areas, could result in them being placed in inadequate shelters, where their safety is endangered;

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Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

~~— having regard to the United Nations Convention of 18 December 1979 on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),~~deleted

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas climate change occurs globally, but has a greater destructive impact on the countries and communities least responsible for global warming; whereas the impacts on the populations most reliant on natural resources for their livelihoods and/or which have the least capacity to respond to natural hazards, such as droughts, landslides, floods and hurricanes, are greater;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of Key Messages on Human Rights and Climate Change is a significant step forward in ~~increasing the rights of climate-displaced person~~considering the adverse impact of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights; whereas Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement give global leaders a cross- cutting normative foundation for developing such a framework through elaborating existing UN instruments further;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas the adoption in 2017 by the UN Human Rights Council of Key Messages on Human Rights and Climate Change is a significant step forward in increasing the rights of climate-displaced persons; whereas Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement give global leaders a cross- cutting normative foundation for developing such a framework through elaborating existing UN instruments further;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas the EU has a clear legal framework that requires it to respect and promote gender equality and human rights in its internal and external policies; whereas EU climate policy can have a significant impact on the protection of human rights and the promotion of gender- responsive climate policies globally; whereas democracy, respect for human rights and equality of opportunity between men and women contribute to sustainable development and environmental protection;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas the EU has a clear legal framework that ~~requir~~encourages it to respect ~~and promote gender equality and~~ human rights in its internal and external policies; whereas EUthe EU’s climate ~~policy can have a significant impact on the protection of human rights and the promotion of gender-responsive climate policies globally~~change proposals could shape the policies of Member States in this area, without being binding;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas the EU has a clear legal framework that requires it to respect and promote ~~gender equality~~social justice and human rights in its internal and external policies; whereas EU climate policy can have a significant impact on the protection of human rights and the promotion of ~~gender- responsive climate policie~~climate policies that take account of these rights globally;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital S

S. whereas the EU can effectively improve legal and policy settings to support climate justice and the development of an international framework safeguarding the rights of climate-displaced persons while respecting gender equality, particularly focusing on the future Global Compact for Migration and the work of the Task Force on Displacement under the UNFCCC’s Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage;deleted

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital S

S. whereas the EU can – provided that the EU will operate within the limits of powers under the Treaties – effectively improve legal and policy settings to support climate justice and the development of an international framework safeguarding the rights of climate- displaced persons while respecting gender equality, particularly focusing on the future Global Compact for Migration and the work of the Task Force on Displacement under the UNFCCC’s Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital S

S. whereas the EU can effectively improve legal and policy settings to support climate justice and the development of an international framework safeguarding the rights of climate- displaced persons while respecting gender equality, particularly focusing on the future Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the work of the Task Force on Displacement under the UNFCCC’s Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital S

S. whereas the EU can effectively improve legal and policy settings to support climate justice and the development of an international framework safeguarding the rights of climate- displaced persons while respecting ~~gender equality~~human rights, particularly focusing on the future Global Compact for Migration and the work of the Task Force on Displacement under the UNFCCC’s Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)

Sa. whereas migration flows caused in recent years by armed conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa have significantly impaired EU international policy, resulting in internal conflicts; whereas it is necessary, in the light of the negative effects of this crisis and its long- lasting nature, to take significant preventive measures that would prevent similar phenomena, which may be caused by expected climate migration, from occurring in the future;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas it is not an established fact that climate change has been induced by human activities, as it is only an assumption that is still being researched, a sense of perspective should be kept when analysing these issues, as climate change, i.e. global warming, may to a large extent be ascribed to natural processes that affect our planet and that are not primarily influenced by humankind;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises that ~~gender equality is a catalyst for sustainable development and the management of climate challenges; stresses that women~~all members of society are not only victims, but also powerful agents of change who, on the basis of full participation, can formulate and execute efficient climate strategies and/or solutions in relation to adaptation and ~~mitigation and can build~~can strengthen climate resilience as a product of their diverse areas of experience and practical knowledge across sectors ranging from agriculture, forestry and fisheries to energy infrastructures and sustainable cities;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises that gender equality is a ~~catalyst~~prerequisite for sustainable development and the efficient management of climate challenges; stresses that women are not only victims, but also powerful agents of change who, on the basis of full participation, can formulate and execute efficient climate strategies and/or solutions in relation to adaptation and mitigation and can build climate resilience as a product of their diverse areas of experience and practical knowledge across sectors ranging from agriculture, forestry and fisheries to energy infrastructures and sustainable cities;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recognises that women and girls are the best sources of knowledge of their circumstances and needs and therefore should be consulted in all issues related to them; recognises that statistically women are more concerned about climate change (EIGE); recognises that women as innovators, leaders, organisers, educators and care givers have throughout centuries found ways in difficult situations to provide and meet the needs of their families, and have huge potential to be innovators for the future as well; Encourages building on good practices such as the electronic portal about climate change and gender created as part of Finland’s presidency in the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for the safeguarding of civil and political rights and for the promotion of gender balance at all levels of the decision-making process, including in policy-making and in the context of cooperation with development in the area of social policies and programmes and sustainable development;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recognises the fundamental importance of the role of women as regards having an understanding of and sharing agricultural practices within communities in many regions of the world;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the growing awareness of women’s and children’s problems in high-level climate talks;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines the importance of documenting the good work that is going on to enable women’s participation and to exchange good practices;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission to consider the social and environmental impacts of its trade and foreign development policies, including the impact of its actions regarding women; Further calls on the Commission to make the social and environmental norms in the chapters on sustainable development in the trade agreements that it is negotiating binding and to apply sanctions in the event of non-compliance;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recognises that development policies in the areas of health, education, empowerment, in addition to environmental policy, are fundamental to sustainable development and ultimately solving climate change; Recognises that how these are incorporated to addressing growing trends such as urbanisation will greatly impact climate change;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the importance of shifting the emphasis from women’s representation to meaningful participation in climate actions and to invest in training and capacity building to reach this goal;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the outcomes of climate change policy should be monitored in a gender sensitive way to ensure that adaptation and mitigation responses promote gender equality, poverty eradication and sustainable development;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Recognizes that the inclusion of women in national climate change delegations and as negotiators is vital in closing the already existing gender gap during negotiations and will result in strengthened gender language in the climate change negotiations;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Points out that Sustainable Development Goal 13 “Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts”- addresses women’s participation in climate actions with a target (13b) proposed to “Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change related planning and management in least developed countries, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Regrets that all the contributions to gender work by Parties within the UNFCCC are voluntary; urges the Commission, together with the Member States, to reiterate their support to the development, adoption and financing of the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan (GAP), complemented by a comprehensive and multiannual work programme that includes financing, priority action areas, timelines, key indicators of achievements, a definition of the responsible actors and monitoring and review mechanisms;deleted

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Regret~~Notes that all the contributions to gender work by Parties within the UNFCCC are voluntary; strongly encourages the Commission, together with the Member States, to reiterate their support to the development, adoption and financing of the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan (GAP), complemented by a comprehensive and multiannual work programme that includes financing, priority action areas, timelines, key indicators of achievements, a definition of the responsible actors and monitoring and review mechanisms;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that women’s and girls’ education and empowerment are not only fundamental for their health, well-being, and empowerment but also significant for sustainable development; Underlines that population growth and a lack of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights is considered to be exacerbating the effects of climate change, as well as outpacing and undermining poverty alleviation efforts;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. underlines the necessity to take temporary special measures in order to advance the goal of gender balance in formal and informal bodies established pursuant to the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol and to implement a mechanism to sanction regional groups and constituencies that do not respect the principle of parity in nominations;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure, in line with the EU:s commitments to gender equality and human rights, that subsequent EU Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) include consistent reporting on gender equality and human rights dimensions;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to report on gender and human rights impacts and climate action in their Universal Period Review reports to the Un Human Rights Council;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Member States to adhere to Decision 21/CP.22 on Gender and climate change, which ‘Invites Parties to appoint and provide support for a national gender focal point for climate negotiations, implementation and monitoring’;deleted

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the injustice of climate change is that those who are most vulnerable to climate change and least responsible for causing it are those who will suffer most;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the ~~Member States to~~developing countries to consider the relevance of adhereing to Decision 21/CP.22 on Gender and climate change, which ‘Invites Parties to appoint and provide support for a national gender focal point for climate negotiations, implementation and monitoring’;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on all stakeholders to encourage the empowerment of women and their awareness by improving their knowledge on the protection before, during and after climate-related disasters, along with actively involving them in disaster anticipation, early warning systems and risk prevention, which is an important part of their role in resilience- building in the event of a disaster;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to lead by example and adopt targets and timelines for achieving the goal of gender balance in delegations to the UNFCCC;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure, where appropriate, that all investments into mitigation and adaptation are based on gender analysis;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Recognises that women, who perform the majority of unpaid household and care work also make the majority of everyday consumer decisions and therefore, provided with accurate information and options, can impact sustainability through these choices; for example, research has shown that with choosing local food, consumers could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by up to 5%;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Calls on Member States to ensure that women are equal participants and beneficiaries of all consultations, decision-making, programmes and funding related to climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses the need to see concrete steps to include more women in climate change negotiations with concrete measures; Calls on the Commission to facilitate and support the networking of women organisations and civil society activities;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Recalls the European Parliament resolution on the climate change conference in Durban (COP 17) and its commitment to ‘strive for female representation of at least 40% in all relevant bodies’ for climate financing;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to ~~secure~~adopt a gender-~~sensitive~~responsive and rights based approach in the work of Warsaw Task Force on Displacement, mandated by UNFCCC (COP 22) to develop recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimise and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change, which acknowledges that women and girls belong to the most vulnerable groups affected by climate displacement;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to secure a ~~gender~~human rights-sensitive approach in the work of Warsaw Task Force on Displacement, mandated by UNFCCC (COP 22) to develop recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimise and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change, which acknowledges that women and girls belong to the most vulnerable groups affected by climate displacement;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the discussion on climate change should be held in a manner that fully respects human dignity;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to secure a gender-sensitive approach in the work of Warsaw Task Force on Displacement, mandated by UNFCCC (COP 22) to develop recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimise and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change, which acknowledges that women and girls belong to the most vulnerable groups ~~affect~~displaced by climate ~~displacement~~change;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to eliminate all obstacles to ensure the full participation of women in sustainable development policies; it is further recommended that all instruments concerning the environment and development, which could lead to effective gender equality, be reinforced;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission to integrate climate change into all development programmes at all levels; further calls for the increased participation of rural and indigenous women in decision-making processes, planning, implementation, and in the formulation of policies and development programmes concerning climate change;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to secure – while fully respecting their respective powers – a gender-sensitive approach within its work on the Platform on Disaster Displacement (the Nansen Initiative) and its ‘Agenda for the protection of cross-border displaced persons in the context of disaster and climate change’;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to ~~secure a gender-sensitive approach within its~~ work on the Platform on Disaster Displacement (the Nansen Initiative) and its ‘Agenda for the protection of cross-border displaced persons in the context of disaster and climate change’;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the ~~Commission, together with the Member States, to secure a gender-sensitive approach~~Member States, to secure an approach sensitive to all, men and women, without any discrimination, within its work on the Platform on Disaster Displacement (the Nansen Initiative) and its ‘Agenda for the protection of cross- border displaced persons in the context of disaster and climate change’;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to collect gender- disaggregated data when planning, implementing and evaluating climate change policies, programmes and projects, including through a strengthened EIGE;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to gather gender- specific data with a view to conducting an impact assessment for women in the area of climate policy;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to contribute to the Global compact for safe orderly and regular migration, with a view to safeguarding climate justice, providing human rights- based input and mainstreaming gender equality throughout the global compact;deleted

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the ~~Commission and the~~ Member States to contribute to the stability of Europe, and of the world, by instructing the EU to halt its migration policy; calls on the Member States to close all migratory routes which also act as incentives; calls on the Member States to urgently work towards stability through the Global compact for safe orderly and regular migration, with a view to safeguarding climate justice, providing human rights- based input and mainstreaming ~~gender~~ equality between men and women throughout the global compact;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas those with fewer resources to adapt to climate change will be hardest hit by the impact of climate change;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to contribute to the Global compact for sSafe o, Orderly and rRegular migration, with a view to safeguarding climate justice by acknowledging climate change as a driver of migration, providing human rights- based input and mainstreaming gender equality throughout the ~~global~~ compact consistent with the needs of climate displaced people;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls Core commitment 4 of the EU’s commitments for the World Humanitarian Summit, to Ensure that humanitarian programming is gender responsive; Calls on the Commission to ensure this commitment is reflected within the implementation of the Disaster Preparedness ECHO programme and the implementation of the Action Plan for Resilience in Crisis Prone Countries (2013-2020) and the Resilience Marker;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Strongly condemns the use of sexual violence against displaced and migrant women; considers that special attention should be given to migrant women and girls who have been victims of violence throughout their journey, ensuring that they have access to psychological and medical services;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to target the programmes to the areas affected by disasters, to step up their efforts to deliver aid to these regions and to solve problems induced by disasters in these regions, while paying particular attention to the situation of women and children who suffer the most from the consequences of disasters;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of building capacity for collecting, compiling and analysing gender-disaggregated data for planning, implementing and evaluating climate, environment and energy policies and budgets; encourages the extensive use of the Environment and Gender Index (EGI);

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for attention to be directed to the particular situation of Christians migrating from North Africa and the Middle East, who very often face discrimination, humiliation or violence due to their religious affiliation;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States, working together with civil society organisations on the ground, to support, strengthen and implement monitoring mechanisms in reception centres for the displaced and migrants which do not have the necessary minimum conditions to prevent gender- based violence, with a view to stopping all types of harassment of women and girls;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Commission, in the context of its foreign policy, to work together with civil society and human rights organisations to ensure that the human rights of refugees and displaced persons in reception centres are upheld, particularly in respect of vulnerable women and girls;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that the EU’s financial commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) have increased, but the human resources capacity to manage this increasing volume of work has not; stresses that the EU is not delivering on the strong institutional commitment to GEWE in relation to climate change, notably as set out in the overarching policies governing development cooperation, namely the SDGs and the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP);

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas all action taken to address climate change will not be solved by unilateral action; rather, they require extensive action based on the consensus of the parties;

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that the EU’s financial commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) have increased, but the human resources capacity to manage this increasing volume of work has not; stresses that the EU ~~is not delivering on the~~has to show a strong institutional commitment to GEWE in relation to climate change, notably as set out in the overarching policies governing development cooperation, namely the SDGs and the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP);

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recognises the possibilities for integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation and women’s economic empowerment goals particularly in developing countries; calls on the Commission and Member States to explore in relevant projects and mechanisms, such as in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, how women could be provided paid employment opportunities to carry out the environmental services that they currently provide on a voluntary basis, for example reforestation, afforestation of cleared land and the conservation of natural resources;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Proposes the creation of a fund to support women delegates’ participation in the UNFCCC negotiations;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that gender equality and climate change is not a priority area in the EU GAP and that gender-sensitive indicators have not been adequately developed or integrated into results reporting and that internal accountability and funding for GEWE results remain weak; deplores that the only objective relating to climate and women’s participation in the GAP’s accompanying joint staff working document (SWD(2015)0182), objective 20, on equal rights enjoyed by women to participate in and influence decision-making processes on climate and environmental issues has as an indicator (20.1) the number of deaths per 100 000 from climate-related and natural disasters – average over the last ten yearsConsiders that a multi-faceted risk management programme and a civil protection plan should be a priority activity area in the context of climate change;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Re~~gret~~calls that gender equality and climate change is not a priority area in the EU GAP and that gender-sensitive indicators have not been adequately developed or integrated into results reporting and that internal accountability and funding for GEWE results remain weak; deplores that the only objective relating to climate and women’s participation in the GAP’s accompanying joint staff working document (SWD(2015)0182),the GAP II provides an EU foreign policy agenda with four thematic pillars, including the horizontal one on shifting Commission services and the EEAS institutional culture, fully respecting the principle of equality between men and women; Notes that the least progress has been made on objective 20, on equal rights enjoyed by women to participate in and influence decision- making processes on climate and environmental issues ~~has as an indicator (20.1) the number of deaths per 100 000 from climate-related and natural disasters – average over the last ten years~~; Calls for further efforts to implement this objective;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that gender equality and climate change is not a priority area in the EU GAP on gender equality and women’s empowerment and that gender-sensitive indicators have not been adequately developed or integrated into results reporting and that internal accountability and funding for GEWE results remain weak; deplores that the only objective relating to climate and women’s participation in the GAP’s accompanying joint staff working document (SWD(2015)0182), objective 20, on equal rights enjoyed by women to participate in and influence decision-making processes on climate and environmental issues has as an indicator (20.1) the number of deaths per 100 000 from climate-related and natural disasters – average over the last ten years;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Regrets the fact that rural and indigenous women are not afforded greater decision-making power within families and communities, nor are they granted equal access to natural resources or land ownership; if given the chance, they could produce more resistant crops while ensuring greater food security and potential surpluses and economic revenues;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Directorates-General responsible for gender equality, development and energy and climate respectively to include gender equality in a structured and systematic manner in their climate change and energy policies for the EU and not focus exclusively on the external dimension; urges, in particular, the Directorate- General for Justice and Consumers and the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) to step up their awareness of and work on GEWE as it relates to climate justice; stresses the necessity for the Directorate- General for Climate Action (CLIMA) to allocate resources to staff the position for a gender focal point (GFP); Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop a principle of ‘climate justice’; insists that the greatest injustice of our failure to tackle climate change effectively would be the detrimental effects on poor countries and populations, and on women in particular;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Directorates-General responsible for ~~gender~~ equality between men and women, development and energy and climate respectively to include ~~gender~~ equality ~~in a structured and systematic manner~~between men and women in their climate change and energy polic~~ies~~y for the EU ~~and not focus exclusively on the external dimension~~; urges, in particular, the Directorate- General for Justice and Consumers and the Directorate- General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) to step up their awareness of and work on GEWE as it relates to climate justice; ~~stresses the necessity for the Directorate- General for Climate Action (CLIMA) to allocate resources to staff the position for a gender focal point (GFP);~~

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the respective Directorates~~-General responsible for gender equality, development and energy and climate respectively to include gender equality~~ to include social solidarity and human rights in a structured and systematic manner in their climate change and energy policies for the EU and not focus exclusively on the external dimension; urges, in particular, the Directorate- General for Justice and Consumers and the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) to step up their awareness of and work on ~~GEWE~~human rights as it relates to climate justice; ~~stresses the necessity for the Directorate- General for Climate Action (CLIMA) to allocate resources to staff the position for a gender focal point (GFP);~~

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the gender dimension can be integrated in all phases of the climate change and environment policies cycles;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Directorates-General responsible for gender equality, development and energy and climate respectively to include gender equality in a structured and systematic manner in their climate change and energy policies ~~for the EU and not focus exclusively on the external dimension~~; urges, in particular, the Directorate- General for Justice and Consumers and the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) to step up their awareness of and work on GEWE as it relates to climate justice; ~~stresses the necessity for the Directorate- General for Climate Action (CLIMA) to allocate resources to staff the position for a gender focal point (GFP);~~

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recognises that~~, without leadership commitment and the institutional incentives that should flow from that leadership, improvements to technical guidance and the like will not~~ improvements to technical guidance will not be sufficient on their own to transform the EU’s effectiveness on GEWE;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recognises that, without leadership commitment and the institutional incentives that should flow from that leadership, improvements to technical guidance and the like will not transform the EU’s effectiveness on ~~GEWE~~the protection of human rights;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recognises that~~, without leadership commit~~ equality between ment and ~~the institutional incentives that should flow from that leadership, improvements to technical guidance and the like will not transform the EU’s effectiveness on GEWE~~women falls within the exclusive remit of the Member States, and that the respect of subsidiarity is enshrined in the EU’s treaties; recognises that only the Member States are empowered to take decisions on male/female equality;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls for further introduction of the concept of climate justice in terms of global CO2 quotas, divided per person, and monitored, with a plan and mechanism for compensation from those that over-use their quota to those than under-use theirs;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to take the initiative to produce a comprehensive communication with the title ‘Gender equality and climate change – building resilience in mitigation and adaptation strategies’, with a view to addressing its strong institutional commitment on gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) and the current weaknesses in institutional coordination;deleted

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to take the initiative to produce a comprehensive communication with the title ‘Gender equality and climate change – building resilience and promoting climate justice in mitigation and adaptation strategies’, with a view to addressing its strong institutional commitment on gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) and the current weaknesses in institutional coordination;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to take the initiative to produce a comprehensive communication with the title ‘~~Gender equality~~Social justice and climate change – building resilience in mitigation and adaptation strategies’, with a view to addressing its strong institutional commitment on ~~gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE)~~social justice and human rights and the current weaknesses in institutional coordination;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop indicators to evaluate the gender impact of projects and programmes and to promote gender budgeting in climate-related policies, whether these policies are conducted at international, national, regional or local levels;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to produce gender- disaggregated data and integrate the gender aspect in government policies and policy guidelines with a view to creating new employment opportunities for women in combating climate change;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the impact of climate change should be considered to affect all spheres of life (i.e. the social, cultural, economic and political spheres), both at local and global level;

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to use gender budgeting to identify how budget allocations for climate change contribute to promoting gender equality, including by establishing monitoring and evaluation systems;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on its parliamentary committees to give greater importance ~~to gender mainstreaming when working within their areas of competence on the cross-cutting issues of climate change, sustainable development and human rights~~and greater attention to the needs of EU citizens; calls on each parliamentary committee to stay within its area of competence;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on its parliamentary committees to give greater importance to ~~gender mainstreaming~~human rights and social justice when working within their areas of competence on the cross-cutting issues of climate change~~, sustainable development and human rights~~;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on its parliamentary committees to ~~give greater import~~enhance to gender mainstreaming when working within their areas of competence on the cross-cutting issues of climate change, sustainable development and human rights;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop indicators to evaluate the gender impact of projects and programmes and to promote gender budgeting in climate-related policies, whether these policies are conducted at international, national, regional or local levels;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission to further improve the number of women in climate change decision making positions;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Notes that there is a strong presence of women in agricultural activities in the rural areas of regions directly affected by global warming; Notes that the Commission and the Member States must, therefore, in their foreign policy, support women as a major player in the fight against global warming;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Recalls that the inclusion in EU foreign policy of issues relating to the promotion of equality between men and women and the elimination of discrimination should continue to contribute to women playing a central role in decision-making, policy formation, the management, conservation and monitoring of natural resources and of the environment, and in efforts to combat climate change;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12d. Therefore calls on the Commission to encourage and support the creation of networks between women’s organisations and actors of civil society to promote the exchange of experience and best practices;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12d. Also notes the importance of the participation of women's organisations in rural areas in the development of climate policies and measures at local, regional, national and international levels;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas the negative effects of climate change may be compounded by problems such as malnutrition or communicable diseases, e.g. malaria;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)

12f. Notes that women’s participation in the labour market in rural areas includes a wide spectrum of jobs that goes beyond conventional agriculture, and stresses in this regard that women in rural areas can be agents of change in moving towards sustainable and ecologically sound agriculture and can play an important role in the creation of green jobs

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)

12f. Also calls on the Commission to implement programmes through which the transfer of modern technologies and know-how can help developing communities and regions to adapt to climate change while working with women, who represent 70 % of the agricultural workforce in disaster-prone countries;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 h (new)

12h. Notes that it is crucial to continue and step up policy-making efforts that are aimed at supporting and promoting female entrepreneurship in decent work and the removal of barriers to and social prejudices against women founding and managing businesses;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 i (new)

12i. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to promote land ownership and access to credit for rural women, to enable them to become economically independent and to fully participate in and benefit from sustainable rural development;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 j (new)

12j. Calls, therefore, on the Commission and on the Member States to support a balanced redistribution between men and women of land ownership in terms of quality, area and rights; Considers it possible to achieve this by promoting the systematic distribution of land to women via the removal of all land tenure policies and practices that are discriminatory towards women;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 k (new)

12k. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to promote legislative reforms that would contribute to facilitating women’s access to justice at national and supranational level by removing, in particular, barriers which reduce the direct access of civil society organisations and of individuals to the competent judicial authorities;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 l (new)

12l. Is convinced that the support of women in agriculture should be accompanied by global policies and ambitious public and private investment plans at national, regional, local and international level and which should mitigate the effects of threats facing women in agriculture as a result of climate change, and which should support the adaptation of farms in rural areas to green agriculture whilst protecting the ecosystem including water resources and soil fertility which farmers need to provide food security;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 m (new)

12m. Calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to promote new financing solutions, revised upwards, and additional funding, particularly regarding adaptation activities which would directly benefit women, who are more vulnerable to the impact of climate change;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

~~— having regard to the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action from the Fourth World Conference, in particular its critical area of concern K (Women and the Environment),~~deleted

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas disasters result, inter alia, in a greater risk of violence against women and children, also due to limited opportunities for income generation and limited access to food and shelter; women and girls are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation, as they strive to access food, shelter or other basic necessities for families1a; 1aUN Women 'Leveraging co-benefits between gender equality and climate action for sustainable development Mainstreaming Gender Considerations in Climate Change Projects'. http://unfccc.int/files/gender_and_climate _change/application/pdf/leveraging_cobe nefits.pdf

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the impacts of climate change ~~are different for women and men; whereas women are more vulnerable, face~~expose women to higher risks and burdens ~~for various reasons~~, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights, to social and cultural norms ~~and their diverse intersectional experiences based on ethnicity, identity, sexual orientation, religion, function and age etc.~~;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the impacts of climate change are different for women and men; whereas women are more vulnerable, face higher risks and burdens for various reasons, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights, to social and cultural norms and their diverse intersectional experiences based on ethnicity, identity, sexual orientation, religion, function and age etc.; whereas women are not only more vulnerable to the effects of environment and climate change, but also effective actors in relation to mitigation and adaptation strategies, as well as a driving force for an equitable and sustainable model of growth;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the potential impacts of climate change a~~re different for women and men; whereas women~~ffect women and men evenly, depending on their place of residence rather than on their gender; whereas women, children and the elderly are more vulnerable, face higher risks and burdens for various reasons, ranging from e.g. unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities ~~and land rights, to social and cultural norms and their diverse intersectional experiences based on ethnicity, identity, sexual orientation, religion, function and age etc.~~or religious persecution;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the impacts of climate change are experienced different ~~for~~ly by women and men; whereas women are more vulnerable, face higher risks and burdens for various reasons, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights, to social and cultural norms ~~and their diverse intersectional experiences based on ethnicity, identity, sexual orientation, religion, function and age etc.~~, family roles, including responsibility for food production and water collection in many parts of the world, and their diverse intersectional experiences;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas women are particularly vulnerable to climate change and experience its effects disproportionately because of their social roles in providing water, food and combustible materials to the family and caring for others;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas women can play a vital role as agents of change within their communities and in decision-making positions and must be empowered to do so while connecting high-level women leaders with grassroots women leaders;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas climate change is not gender-neutral and does have gender- differentiated effects;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas women are responsible for more than 70% of water chores and management worldwide;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

— having regard to the Demographic Exploration for Climate Adaptation (DECA) developed by UNFPA, which combines population data with the geography of climate hazards providing a policy tool for reducing disaster risks,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~climate impacts exacerbate gender inequalitie~~natural disasters have adverse effects ion ~~relation to discrimination, threats to health, loss of livelihood,~~access to health care, and to livelihood resources; whereas natural disasters cause displacement, forced migration, poverty, increase the risk of human trafficking, violence, food insecurity, access to infrastructure and essential services; whereas there is a need for a gender-transformative approach, which links the analysis of climate impacts to a critical reflection on masculinities, norms, consumption patterns and their impact on climate changend reduce the access of the affected communities to infrastructure and essential services;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas climate impacts ~~exacerbate gender inequalities in relation to discrimin~~adversely affect societies as a whole, in particular children and the elderly, in relation, to threats to health, loss of livelihood, displacement, forced migration, poverty, ~~human trafficking, violence,~~ food insecurity, access to infrastructure and essential services; whereas there is a need for a gender-transformative approach, which links the analysis of climate impacts to a critical reflection on masculinities, norms, consumption patterns and their impact on climate change;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas climate impacts exacerbate gender inequalities in relation to discrimination, threats to health, loss of livelihood, displacement, ~~forced~~ migration, poverty, human trafficking, violence, food insecurity, access to infrastructure and essential services; whereas there is a need for a gender-~~transformative approach, which links the analysis of climate impacts to a critical reflection on masculinities, norms, consumption patterns and their impact on climate change~~responsive approach;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas climate impacts exacerbate gender inequalities in relation to discrimination, threats to health, loss of livelihood, displacement, forced migration, poverty, human trafficking, violence, food insecurity, access to infrastructure and essential services; whereas there is a need for a gender-transformative approach, which links the analysis of climate impacts to a critical reflection on ~~masculinities, norms,~~ consumption patterns and their impact on climate change;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas research shows that climate change denial is strongly correlated with accepting patriarchal or hierarchical structures and pursuing a populist nationalist agenda; whereas climate change is an inconvenient truth for nationalism and patriarchy as it requires collective action between states and between all actors in society at all levels and calls for gender equality and the renouncement of a western hegemonic masculine identity as it links to climate footprints;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas women are still under- represented in climate change decision- making bodies at the national level in EU Member States, but not in the relevant EU directorates-general (DGs) such as DG Climate Action and DG Energy where 40 % of positions in each DG are held by women;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas women play a crucial role in water abstraction and management in third world countries, as they are often the ones collecting, using and distributing water, not just in the home but also in farming;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas women are the first victims of climate change and can, at the same time, play a fundamental role as agents of change;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas climate Justice refers to identifying, reflecting on and implementing interventions that are needed to address gender biases and tackle climate change;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas women play a key role in the community as the main figures responsible for raising children and caring for the family; whereas indigenous women also play a productive role and are responsible for ensuring the subsistence of the family, often carrying out agricultural work, gathering forest products and rearing livestock, thus becoming directly dependent on the availability of and access to natural resources;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

— having regard to the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which came into force in December 1996, in particular Art. 5 of the General Provisions,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas women’s household duties, including acting as breadwinners and carers, can make them more vulnerable to the negative impacts of environmental change;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas women have developed a deep understanding of, and a capacity to adapt to, climate change, and have adopted strategies for using the available resources rationally and responsibly; whereas women, given their dual role as mothers and educators, are in a position to promote changes in the negative habits and behaviours of their own children and relatives;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas household duties form a very important part of an environmental awareness strategy, for example by saving energy and water and recycling;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas the risk of energy poverty is a growing problem that should be tackled by providing affordable, efficient and stable generation capacities, promoting local energy sources and investing in energy efficiency;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas droughts and water shortages force women to work more in order to provide their households with water and food;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)

Cf. whereas due to women's caring role they are more inclined to make sacrifices for their families during disasters, e.g. by consuming smaller food portions1a; 1aUN Women 'Leveraging co-benefits between gender equality and climate action for sustainable development Mainstreaming Gender Considerations in Climate Change Projects’ http://unfccc.int/files/gender_and_climate _change/application/pdf/leveraging_cobe nefits.pdf

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)

Cg. whereas young women and girls often drop out of school in order to help their mothers perform housekeeping duties, thus they are more often exposed to violence and forced marriage;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)

Ch. whereas women, especially poor women, are more vulnerable to disasters; an analysis of 141 countries found that more women than men die as a result of natural hazards1a; 1a UN Women 'Leveraging co-benefits between gender equality and climate action for sustainable development Mainstreaming Gender Considerations in Climate Change Projects' http://unfccc.int/files/gender_and_climate _change/application/pdf/leveraging_cobe nefits.pdf

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C i (new)

Ci. whereas marrying off minor girls is one of the economic strategies employed by families during disasters1; this constitutes a cruel abuse of human rights and rights of the child, and has catastrophic consequences for the lives of minor girls1a; 1ahttps://www.unicef.org/protection/57929 _58008.html

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C j (new)

Cj. whereas due to women's caring role they are more inclined to make sacrifices for their families during disasters, e.g. by consuming smaller food portions1a; 1aUN Women 'Leveraging co-benefits between gender equality and climate action for sustainable development Mainstreaming Gender Considerations in Climate Change Projects' http://unfccc.int/files/gender_and_climate _change/application/pdf/leveraging_cobe nefits.pdf

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

— having regard to Article 8 of the Paris Agreement,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas women’s ~~unequal~~voluntary participation in decision-making processes and the labour market~~s compounds in~~ fosters real gender equalit~~ies~~y and ~~often prevent~~enables women ~~from~~to fully contribut~~ing~~e to and participat~~ing~~e in climate policy-making, planning and implementation. However, women should themselves show their willingness to meet these challenges. Furthermore, women should not be artificially required to undertake activities that are inconsistent with women’s natural role as mothers and their basic right to bring up children;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~women’s unequal participation in decision-making processes and labour markets compounds inequalities and~~the lack of women’s involvement in decision-making processes often prevents women from fully contributing to and participating in climate policy-making, planning and implementation;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas Art. 5 of the General Provisions of the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) recognises the role of women in rural communities and in the regions most affected by desertification and drought, encouraging the same level of participation by men and women in combating desertification and the effects of drought;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the achievement of gender balance and the meaningful participation of women in any process ultimately depend on correcting the structural foundations of gender-based inequality;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the Parties to the UNFCCC decided at COP 18 (Decision 23/CP.18) to adopt the goal of achieving gender balance in the bodies established pursuant to the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol in order to improve women’s participation, ensure 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;deleted

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the Parties to the UNFCCC decided at COP 18 (Decision 23/CP.18) to adopt the goal of ~~achieving gender balance in the bodies established pursuant to the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol in order to improve~~improving women’s participation, and ensureing 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 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

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

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the Lima Work Programme on Gender, adopted at COP 20 (Decision 18/CP.20), brings pressure to bear in relation to gender equality in the representation of Parties and promotes gender sensitivity in developing and implementing climate change policy;deleted

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality on Women and Climate Change (2011/2197),

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the Lima Work Programme on Gender, adopted at COP 20 (Decision 18/CP.20), ~~brings pressure to bear in relation to gender equality~~calls on Parties to advance gender balance in their representation ~~of Parties~~ and promotes gender sensitivity in developing and implementing climate change policy; whereas Parties are encouraged to support training and awareness-raising for female and male delegates on issues related to gender balance and climate change;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas during natural disasters, women and children are 14times more likely to die than men1a; 1ahttps://www.mrfcj.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/11/MRFCJ- _Womens-Participation-An-Enabler-of- Climate-Justice_2015.pdf

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas the Paris Agreement (COP 21) establishes that gender- responsive climate action must be integrated into all aspects of the implementation of the Agreement;~~deleted

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Paris Agreement (COP 21) establishes that ~~gender-~~Parties should consider their resp~~ons~~ective coblimgat~~e action must be integrated into all aspects of~~ions with regards to, amongst other issues human rights and gender equality, when taking action to address climate change in their implementation of the Agreement;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Paris Agreement (COP 21) establishes that ~~gender-responsive~~ climate action must be integrated into all aspects of the implementation of the Agreement;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) clearly defined the link between gender, the environment and sustainable development and asserted that women have an strategic role to play in the development of sustainable and ecologically sound consumption and production patterns, including the need for women to participate on an equal basis in making decisions about the environment at all levels;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas mechanisms for funding adaptation and mitigation measures, for loss and damage or for climate displacement will remain inefficient unless they incorporate ~~women’s~~ full participation of the members of any given society and stakeholders in design processes, decision- making and implementation; whereas taking ~~women’s~~ knowledge of educated women and men living in an area into account can lead to advances in ~~disaster management~~mitigating the effects of disasters, boosting biodiversity, improveing water management, enhanceing food security, preventing desertification, protecting forests, ensureing a swift ~~transi~~adaptation to ~~renewable energy technologi~~the use of modern technologies in the field of energy sources and supporting public health;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas mechanisms for funding adaptation and mitigation measures, for loss and damage or for climate displacement will remain inefficient unless they incorporate women’s full participation in design processes, decision-making and implementation~~; whereas taking women’s knowledge~~, including the participation of grassroots women; whereas taking women’s knowledge, in particular local and indigenous knowledge, into account can lead to advances in disaster management, boost biodiversity, improve water management, enhance food security, prevent desertification, protect forests, ensure a swift transition to renewable energy technologies and support public health;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas mechanisms for funding adaptation and mitigation measures, for loss and damage or for climate induced displacement will ~~remain in~~be more efficient ~~unless~~if they incorporate women’s full participation in design processes, decision- making and implementation; whereas taking women’s knowledge into account can lead to advances in disaster management, boost biodiversity, improve water management, enhance food security, prevent desertification, protect forests, ensure a swift transition to renewable energy technologies and support public health;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the Parties to the Paris Agreement have acknowledged that climate change is a common concern of humankind, and that Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, ~~respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local comm~~ensure they provide, regardless of the community affected, access to health care, food and shelter, uniti~~es, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity~~l natural disaster victims find a permanent home;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

— having regard to Women and Gender Constituency: Position Paper on the 2015 New Climate Agreement1a, 1ahttp://womengenderclimate.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/06/WGC_FINAL_1 June.pdf

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the Parties to the Paris Agreement have acknowledged that climate change is a common concern of humankind, and that Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations, ands well as the right to development, ~~as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and~~plus intergenerational equity;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas climate justice may not links human rights and development,; it should rather safeguard~~ing~~ the rights of the most vulnerable and shar~~ing~~e the burdens and benefits of climate change and its impacts equitably;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the UN estimates that 781 million people aged 15 and over remain illiterate and nearly two thirds of them are women1a, while access to information and education through appropriate communication channels is vital for ensuring their independence, especially during disasters; 1aUN, The World's Women 2015, https://unstats.un.org/unsd/gender/chapte r3/chapter3.html

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas in African agriculture, women produce over 90% of the basic foods and at the same time they own only about 1% of the arable land;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas, according to the UN, 58 million children of primary school age are out of school worldwide and more than half of these are girls and nearly three quarters live in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia1a; 1aUN, The World's Women 2015, https://unstats.un.org/unsd/gender/chapte r3/chapter3.html

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)

Jc. whereas disasters have a major impact on education, health, structural poverty and population displacement;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)

Jd. whereas there is a clear link between the occurrence of disasters and reductions in the level of school attendance;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the UN Sustainable development goals (SDGs) acknowledge the link between achieving gender equality and the achievement of all SDGs, including goal 13 on climate change, providing for the possibility of tackling the root causes of the weaker socio- economic position of women and thus strengthening their resilience to climate change;deleted

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the consequences of climate change are contributing to major migration flows from south to north, but in most cases, the migrants concerned are unable to travel beyond the borders of their own countries and are therefore simply gathering in nearby cities, triggering a process of unregulated urbanisation on the outskirts of major cities, giving rise to poverty;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the impacts of climate change in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia could force more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030, fuelling conflicts and driving ~~displacement~~migration; whereas the UN Convention to Combat Desertification estimates that 135 million people could be displaced by 2045 as a result of desertification; whereas the UN International Organisation for Migration forecasts that 200 million people could be climate-displaced by 2050; whereas it is a long time frame and whereas the directions of migration might change, consideration should be given to possible changes in the legal framework that is currently being developed;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)

— having regard to EIGE’s 2016 report “Gender in environment and climate change”1a, 1a http://eige.europa.eu/rdc/eige- publications/gender-environment-and- climate-change

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the impacts of climate change in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia could force more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030, fuelling conflicts and driving displacement; whereas the UN Convention to Combat Desertification estimates that 135 million people could be displaced by 2045 as a result of desertification; whereas the UN International Organisation for Migration ~~forecasts that~~notes in its assessment of evidence that forecasts for the number of climate displaced by 2050 ~~million people could be climate-displaced by 2050~~vary from 25 million to 1billion people with a figure of 200 million people being the most widely cited estimate;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the impacts of climate change in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia could force more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030, fuelling conflicts and driving displacement; whereas the UN Convention to Combat Desertification estimates that 135 million people could be displaced by 2045 as a result of desertification; whereas the UN International Organisation for Migration forecasts that ~~200 million~~the number of people ~~could b~~who are climate-displaced may be around 200 to 250 million by 2050;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas the activities carried out by multinational companies, state-run economic development projects, in conjunction with a lack of government policies for the protection of health, education and the wellbeing of communities, are the main factors behind the violations of the rights of indigenous women and their territories, as well as forced displacement and the loss of land and food sovereignty;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas, in certain regions, almost 70 % of all women in employment work in the agricultural sector and produce up to 90 % of some agricultural products, yet they are often excluded from talks about the actions and issues linked to climate change;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas ~~gender equality~~social justice and the right to development is inherent in the concept of climate justice; whereas ~~women who bear~~ the brunt of climate change ~~also bear the brunt of climate displacement, whereas climate displacement affects women more severely~~is borne by society as a whole, which also includes the brunt of climate migration;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas gender equality and the right to development is inherent in the concept of climate justice; whereas women who bear the brunt of climate change also bear the brunt of climate induced displacement, whereas climate displacement affects women more severely;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas gender equality and the right to development is inherent in the concept of climate justice; whereas women who bear the brunt of climate change also bear the brunt of climate displacement, whereas climate induced displacement affects women more severely;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. where as in many countries, women continue to be economically dependent on their spouses; lower proportions of women than men have their own cash income from labour as a result of the unequal division of paid and unpaid work; and in some developing countries, women’s access to land and other assets, and women’s control over household economic resources, may be restricted or limited;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)

Mb. whereas the poor more frequently live in marginal areas vulnerable to floods, rising seas and storms; whereas women and children are 14 times more likely to die than men during natural disasters (http://staging.soroptimist.org/whitepaper s/wp_disaster.html); whereas an estimated 87 per cent of unmarried women and 100 per cent of married women lost their main source of income when Cyclone Nargis hit the Ayeyarwaddy Delta in Myanmar in 2008 (British Red Cross on Relief Web (2009).);

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas climate change occurs globally, but has a greater destructive impact on the countries least responsible for global warming; whereas the impacts on the populations most reliant on natural resources for their livelihoods and/or which have the least capacity to respond to natural hazards, such as droughts, landslides, floods and hurricanes, are greater;deleted

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

~~N. whereas women’s capacity to cope is often impaired by prevailing inequalities; whereas climate change will exacerbate such inequalities, leading to further displacement;~~deleted

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas ~~women’s capacity to cope~~climate change increases the magnitude and frequency of natural disasters, which may results in loss of property, loss of economic income generation activities, loss of access to vital health services, and heightened risk of gender-based violence; whereas women’s capacity to cope with the effects of natural disasters is often impaired by prevailing inequalities; whereas climate change ~~will~~may exacerbate such inequalities~~, leading to further displacement~~;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas women’s capacity to cope is often impaired by prevailing inequalities; whereas climate change will exacerbate such inequalities, leading to further vulnerabilities and displacement;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)

Na. whereas migration from regions affected by disasters such as droughts or floods is caused by reasons that are completely different to the reasons behind migration induced by armed conflicts or economic migration; whereas it is necessary in this regard to separate environmental displacement from the migration crisis that is ongoing in the EU;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas ~~many of these impacts can still be prevented by implementing a rapid, inclusive and gender-sensitive development agenda focused on mitigation and adapting to~~it is necessary to develop comprehensive programmes for individual regions and the populations living there; such programmes should include plans to manage risks concerning changing climate conditions and adaptation thereto;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas many of these impacts can still be prevented by implementing a rapid, inclusive and gender-~~sensit~~responsive development agenda focused on mitigation and adapting to changing climate conditions;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas the impacts of climate change give rise to a displacement of people that does not fit within the parameters of current international frameworks; whereas responding to climate displacement will be a challenge of paramount importance requiring a complex and comprehensive global strategy grounded in respect for human rights;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas ~~the impact~~as consequences of climate change ~~give rise to a displacement of people that does not fit within the parameters of current international frameworks~~are projected to increase displacement of people; whereas responding to climate induced displacement will be a challenge of paramount importance requiring a complex and comprehensive global strategy;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas the impacts of climate change may give rise to a ~~displacement of people~~migration that does not fit within the parameters of current international frameworks; whereas responding to climate ~~displacement will b~~migration may become a challenge of paramount importance, requiring a complex and comprehensive global strategy;

Amendment 99 #