2020/2074(INI) Cohesion Policy and regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | REGI |
PICULA Tonino ( S&D)
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HAVA Mircea-Gheorghe ( EPP),
BIJOUX Stéphane ( Renew),
ROOSE Caroline ( Verts/ALE),
ROUGÉ André ( ID),
KLOC Izabela-Helena ( ECR),
PAPADIMOULIS Dimitrios ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | ENVI |
SOLÍS PÉREZ Susana ( Renew)
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Nikos ANDROULAKIS ( S&D),
Joëlle MÉLIN ( ID),
Idoia VILLANUEVA RUIZ ( GUE/NGL),
Rob ROOKEN ( ECR)
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| Committee Opinion | ITRE | ||
| Committee Opinion | TRAN |
FALCĂ Gheorghe ( EPP)
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Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA ( ECR),
Anne-Sophie PELLETIER ( GUE/NGL),
Anna DEPARNAY-GRUNENBERG ( Verts/ALE),
Vera TAX ( S&D)
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| Committee Opinion | AGRI |
GUERREIRO Francisco ( Verts/ALE)
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Franc BOGOVIČ ( PPE),
Manuel BOMPARD ( GUE/NGL),
Francesca DONATO ( ID),
Attila ARA-KOVÁCS ( S&D)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2021/08/03
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2021/03/25
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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2021/03/25
EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 572 votes to 79, with 37 abstentions, a resolution on cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies in the fight against climate change.
Cohesion policy and the fight against climate change
Parliament stressed the key role of cohesion policy, in synergy with other policies, in combating climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and the intermediate target by 2030 and 2040.
The resolution stressed the need to translate the European Green Deal into concrete local actions that take into account the constraints and assets of each territory and to ensure a just transition for all territories and their populations. The ‘do no harm’ principle should guide all investments.
Members called for an increase in the use of green and blue investments in the framework of cohesion policy. They called for greater synergies between different sources of funding at EU, national and regional level and closer links between public and private funding to increase the effectiveness of regional strategies to combat climate change.
The key role of local and regional authorities
Members called on all local and regional authorities to adopt local and regional climate strategies translating EU-level targets into concrete local targets based on a holistic place-based or area-oriented approach that would provide a long-term vision for climate transition and the better use of financial resources under the cohesion policy.
The resolution stressed the need to intensify the multi-level dialogue between national, regional and local authorities on the planning and implementation of national climate measures, direct access to funding for local authorities and monitoring the progress of adopted measures. Regional strategies should support citizen participation and locally initiated and led projects and should stimulate cooperation between regions, also through cross-border projects.
Local and regional authorities are key actors in the implementation of cohesion policy as they are responsible for one third of public spending and two thirds of public investment. Members therefore called for the creation of mechanisms such as the ‘Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy’, aimed at bringing together local and regional authorities responsible for implementing the EU’s climate and energy objectives.
Sustainable growth and green jobs
Parliament called for economic cohesion with sustainable growth and green and blue jobs, respecting the needs of different sectors. In this context, Member States should prioritise the fight against climate change along with the fight for inclusive and sustainable development and social justice and the fight against poverty, energy poverty and policies that burden vulnerable and marginalised groups.
Members reaffirmed that the needs of all regions should be fully taken into account in the transition process so that no region is left behind, focusing in particular on rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition and regions suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps.
Regional environmental strategies should also support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the agricultural, food and forestry sectors while taking into account the competitiveness of these sectors.
The reduction of land use, in land use, in particular soil sealing, should be taken into account as an important and key criterion for the implementation of the cohesion policy, in addition to regional environment strategies.
Members insisted that Member States should include the ‘smart villages’ approach in their programmes for implementing EU cohesion policy at national and regional level, as well as in their national strategic plans for the CAP. In addition, environmental and social criteria and preservation of the natural heritage to be given the same consideration as economic criteria when calculating project eligibility in the case of projects involving cultural and natural heritage.
Taking account of the specificities of all regions
Members reaffirmed that the specificities of all regions, as defined in Article 174 TFEU, should be fully reflected in the transition process so that no region is left behind, in particular by focusing on rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps.
The resolution emphasised the potential of peripheral and outermost regions for renewable energy, due to their geographical and climatic characteristics. It called for the necessary financial resources to be allocated to the outermost regions so that they can achieve an ecological transition and adapt to the effects of climate change, from which they are particularly suffering.
Documents
2021/03/25
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2021/03/24
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2021/03/04
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details
The Committee on Regional Development adopted an own-initiative report by Tonino PICULA (S&D, HR) on cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies in the fight against climate change.
Cohesion policy and the fight against climate change
Members recalled that the economic, social and territorial disparities that cohesion policy is primarily designed to address can also be affected by climate change and its long-term consequences, and that EU climate policy measures should also support the objectives of EU cohesion policy.
While welcoming the Commission's proposal on the European climate law that includes the objective of climate neutrality by 2050, the report stressed the importance of tackling climate change in line with the EU’s commitments under the European Green Deal, taking into account social, economic and territorial aspects to ensure a just transition for all territories and their people. All investments should respect the
‘do no significant harm’ principle of the Taxonomy Regulation for all investments.
The report called for greater coherence and coordination between cohesion policy and other EU policies in order to improve policy integration of climate aspects, to design more effective policies, to provide targeted EU funding and thus to improve the implementation of climate policies on the ground.
The key role of local and regional authorities
Members called on all local and regional authorities to adopt local and regional climate strategies translating EU-level targets into concrete local targets. They stressed the need to intensify the multi-level dialogue between national, regional and local authorities on the planning and implementation of national climate measures, direct access to funding for local authorities and monitoring the progress of adopted measures.
Local and regional authorities are key actors in the implementation of cohesion policy as they are responsible for one third of public spending and two thirds of public investment. Members therefore called for the creation of mechanisms such as the ‘Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy’, aimed at bringing together local and regional authorities responsible for implementing the EU’s climate and energy objectives.
Sustainable growth and green jobs
Members called for economic cohesion with sustainable growth and green and blue jobs, respecting the needs of different sectors. In this context, Member States should prioritise the fight against climate change along with the fight for inclusive and sustainable development and social justice and the fight against poverty, energy poverty and policies that burden vulnerable and marginalised groups.
Regional environmental strategies should also support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the agricultural, food and forestry sectors while taking into account the competitiveness of these sectors.
Members insisted that Member States should include the ‘smart villages’ approach in their programmes for implementing EU cohesion policy at national and regional level, as well as in their national strategic plans for the CAP. In addition, environmental and social criteria and preservation of the natural heritage to be given the same consideration as economic criteria when calculating project eligibility in the case of projects involving cultural and natural heritage.
Taking account of the specificities of all regions
Members reaffirmed that the specificities of all regions, as defined in Article 174 TFEU, should be fully reflected in the transition process so that no region is left behind, in particular by focusing on rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps.
The report called for the necessary financial resources to be allocated to the outermost regions so that they can achieve an ecological transition and adapt to the effects of climate change, from which they particularly suffer.
Documents
2021/02/24
EP - Vote in committee
2021/02/01
EP - Committee opinion
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2021/01/28
EP - Committee opinion
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2021/01/13
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/12/10
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2020/11/13
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/07/05
EP - PICULA Tonino (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in REGI
2020/05/27
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2020/05/14
EP - SOLÍS PÉREZ Susana (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2020/05/11
EP - FALCĂ Gheorghe (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN
2020/05/11
EP - GUERREIRO Francisco (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2021)345
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0097/2021
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0034/2021
- Committee opinion: PE660.319
- Committee opinion: PE655.927
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE663.150
- Committee opinion: PE653.872
- Committee draft report: PE660.259
- Committee draft report: PE660.259
- Committee opinion: PE653.872
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE663.150
- Committee opinion: PE655.927
- Committee opinion: PE660.319
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2021)345
Activities
- Heidi HAUTALA
- Izabela-Helena KLOC
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
Politique de cohésion et stratégies régionales en matière d’environnement dans la lutte contre le changement climatique - Cohesion Policy and regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change - Kohäsionspolitik und regionale Umweltstrategien im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel - A9-0034/2021 - Tonino Picula - Vote unique #
2021/03/25 Outcome: +: 572, -: 79, 0: 37
The Left
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2020/2074(INI)
2020/09/21
ENVI
63 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises the importance of cohesion funds in the fight against
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the role that Cohesion Policy can play in, inter alia, advancing towards climate neutrality and emissions reduction targets with a just transition, and a more innovative economy that offers sustainable solutions to waste reduction, water management, energy
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the role that Cohesion Policy can play in, inter alia, advancing towards a more innovative economy that offers sustainable solutions to waste reduction, water management, energy efficiency and mobility and in transitioning to a bio-circular economy; believes that no programme which has a negative impact on our efforts to meet the climate targets set under the framework for achieving climate neutrality Regulation (EU) ***/****(European Climate Law) should be financed and supported under the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the role that Cohesion Policy can play in, inter alia, advancing towards a
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the role that Cohesion Policy can play in, inter alia, advancing towards a more innovative economy that offers sustainable solutions to waste reduction, water management, energy efficiency and
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the role that Cohesion Policy can play in
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the role that Cohesion Policy can play in, inter alia, advancing towards a more innovative economy that offers sustainable solutions to waste reduction and resource efficiency, water management, energy savings and efficiency
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the role that Cohesion Policy can play in
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the role that Cohesion Policy can play in, inter alia, advancing towards a more innovative, more digital and greener economy that offers sustainable solutions to waste reduction, water management, energy efficiency and greener mobility and in transitioning to a bio-circular economy;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the role that Cohesion Policy can play in, inter alia, advancing towards a more innovative economy that offers sustainable solutions to waste and emissions reduction, water management, energy efficiency and mobility and in transitioning to a bio-circular economy;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that a future-oriented Cohesion Policy should exclude all direct and indirect support to fossil fuels, and ensure that all EU funds, programmes and projects are consistent with a pathway to limit global warming to under 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, applying the criteria set out by the EU Taxonomy where applicable; underlines that all EU funded projects should strictly respect the Energy Efficiency First principle;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises the importance of cohesion funds in the fight against climate change and welcomes policy objective 2 (PO2) of the proposed new Common Provisions Regulation, as set out in Article 4(1)(b) thereof, which aims to establish ‘a greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation and risk
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines the strategic role of renewable, sustainable and decentralised energy in the development of the territory and its enterprises, in particular SMEs; emphasises the renewable energy potential of the peripheral and outermost regions, linked to their geographical and climatic characteristics;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for Cohesion Policy, in coordination with other EU policies, to have a greater role in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to present and future impacts of climate change through
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for Cohesion Policy to have a greater role in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to present and future impacts of climate change through ecosystem-based approaches
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for Cohesion Policy to have a greater role in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to present and future impacts of climate change through ecosystem-based approaches, by developing new infrastructure or retro- fitting existing infrastructure and developing disaster resilience at regional and local levels; recognises the importance of place-based sectorial initiatives to achieve social and environmental sustainability and resilience in all places through tailor made policy mixes, and encourages the use of instruments, such as community led local development projects (CCLDs) and Integrated Territorial Instruments (ITIs) to promote a multi-level governance of initiatives to fight against climate change; stresses that tailor-made allocation of funds for locally and regionally adapted measures would not only have a strong impact on the economy, but would also have a mobilising effect on the community's involvement in participation structures;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for Cohesion Policy to have a greater role in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to present and future impacts of climate change, mainly in more remote regions such as the outermost regions, which typically face extra difficulties owing to their geographic location, through ecosystem-based approaches, by developing new infrastructure or retro-
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for Cohesion Policy to have a greater role in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to present and future impacts of climate change through ecosystem-based approaches, by developing new infrastructure or retro- fitting existing infrastructure and developing disaster resilience at regional and local levels; calls for the establishment of effective regional and interregional cooperation mechanisms in the field of natural disaster prevention, i.e. a capacity for reaction, management and mutual assistance in the event of disasters;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for Cohesion Policy to have a greater role in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to present and future impacts of climate change through ecosystem-based approaches, by developing new infrastructure or retro- fitting existing infrastructure and developing disaster resilience at regional and local levels; calls for all EU funded projects to be subject to climate adaptation proofing, following binding guidance to be developed by the Commission;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for Cohesion Policy to have a greater role in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to present and future impacts of climate change through ecosystem-based approaches, by developing new infrastructure or retro- fitting existing infrastructure and developing disaster resilience at regional and local levels while fully taking into account and contributing to the biodiversity-related targets;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Highlights the proposal of the Commission in in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 for the cities above 20 000 inhabitants to prepare Urban Greening Plans to create biodiverse and accessible urban forests, parks and gardens, urban farms, green roofs, walls and tree-lined streets; reiterates the positive impact of such a measure on urban microclimate and health, in particular of vulnerable groups; encourages this action and calls for the mobilisation of policy, regulatory and financial tools for its implementation;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises the importance of cohesion funds in meeting cohesion policy principles and as an instrument to provide to give a boost to outermost, insular and mountainous regions. Recognises, further, that cohesion funds are key to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal, and more specifically in the fight against climate change and welcomes policy objective 2 (PO2) of the proposed new Common Provisions Regulation, as set out in Article 4(1)(b) thereof, which aims to establish ‘a greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation and risk prevention and management’; considers that this objective should be achieved without leaving anyone behind;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Highlights that the next ten years will be instrumental in our fight against the climate and environment emergency; stresses that, as the Union's main investment policy, the Cohesion Policy should be fully aligned with the Union's climate and environment objectives, and ensure in particular that all EU funded projects should abide by the 'do no harm' principle as set out in the EU Taxonomy;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls the importance of national energy and climate plans (NECPs) and territorial Just Transition plans for meeting the EU’s climate and energy priorities, fulfilling international commitments under the Paris Agreement, and taking into consideration the social and economic aspects of the transition; highlights the role of local and regional authorities (LRAs) in mitigating and adapting to climate change; calls on the Commission
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls the importance of involving Local and Regional Authorities in the drafting of national energy and climate plans (NECPs) and territorial Just Transition plans for meeting the EU
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls the importance of national energy and climate plans (NECPs) and territorial Just Transition plans for meeting the EU’s climate and energy priorities, fulfilling international commitments under the Paris Agreement, and taking into consideration the social aspects of the transition; highlights the role of local and regional authorities (LRAs) in mitigating and adapting to climate change; calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and LRAs in
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for holistic regional integration strategies to guarantee sustainable development and mitigate the consequences of climate change; highlights the importance of relying on Smart Specialisation Strategies to develop strong competitive advantages and to establish synergies between the different European regions and Member States through the European Territorial Cooperation Goal to develop European answers to climate change challenges;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for holistic regional integration strategies to guarantee sustainable development
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Deems it necessary that ERDF promotes a more sustainable urban mobility through targeted projects such as investing in the design of clean urban mobility, providing local infrastructure (such as cycle lanes), arranging incentives for private use of zero-emission vehicles and leading by example on public procurement (urban buses, taxi licenses), which can lay a strong foundation for the transition towards clean mobility through the deployment of charging infrastructure;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines the need to respect the principle of technological neutrality; recalls the importance of nuclear energy as a source for low-carbon electricity and low-carbon hydrogen as well as the role it can play in the transition towards climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises the importance of cohesion funds in the fight against climate change and welcomes policy objective 2 (PO2) of the proposed new Common Provisions Regulation, as set out in Article 4(1)(b)
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need to support as much as possible the research, development and maintenance of activities concerning renewable and non- polluting energy; encourages, in this regard, support for nuclear and hydrogen projects;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recognizes the indispensable role regional authorities have in successful management of environmental and development policies since global climate change has, in the narrowest sense, regional and local character;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Highlights the enormous potential of a circular economy that has been set up in an intelligent manner; calls, in this regard, for support to be given as a priority to projects and businesses working on circular product designs;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Reiterates that Cohesion Policy and regional environmental strategies can address one of the most pressing challenges faced by Europeans as well as make a major contribution to achieving the Union’s climate priorities;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Highlights the role of Cohesion Policy to enhance the use of renewables and the availability of clean energy sources, supporting especially the deployment of alternative energy sources, such as clean hydrogen;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Stresses the major role that civil society can play through its capacity for invention and entrepreneurship; calls firmly for part of the ESF to be dedicated to the financing of initiatives in the social and inclusive economy;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Recognises that the Cohesion Policy directly affects the quality of life of the Union’s citizens and helps them face new challenges, such as demographic changes, industrial transition, and climate change;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Notes that changes in society and perceptions of the climate change problem have consequences for the employment market, including the closing down of industrial sectors and the creation of new types of business and forms of work; calls for part of the ESF to be dedicated to the professional training of workers looking to find work in ‘green’ sectors;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Calls for the creation of ambitious environmental, climate, and development policies at regional level that will build on the 2030 Agenda, the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, and the 2030 climate & energy framework;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. reiterates its request for full transparency in the allocation of funds and their use by recipients; points out that frequent assessments are a pre-requisite to ensuring that funds are used properly;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises the importance of
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Insists on creating a balanced, sustainable and inclusive development of the Union through Cohesion Policy that takes into consideration the specificities and needs of all Member States, their regions and citizens;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Emphasizes that regional environmental policies must contain measures to adapt to the damage caused by unavoidable negative consequences of climate change, provisions of which shall be incorporated into all other relevant policy areas;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Calls firmly for innovation incentives to be proportionate and progressive with a view to not penalising VSBs-SMEs and farmers;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5g. Reminds that improving the quality of life of the Union’s citizens requires further development of policies that will create better working and living conditions, and contribute to protection of the environment and to the fight against climate change;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 h (new) 5h. Calls for a well-designed sustainable funding of regional environmental strategies and policies through Cohesion Funds that should aim at reducing global warming and its economic costs, which outweigh the costs of climate action in a complex global environment;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 i (new) 5i. Reminds that the Cohesion Policy seeks to reduce territorial inequalities across the Union and to foster the economic development of its least developed regions, hence effective and focused spending of Cohesion Fund is needed in regions where economies are more carbon intensive;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 j (new) 5j. Stresses that it is paramount that Cohesion Policy funds help more carbon intense regions to move faster towards clean energy and zero-carbon infrastructure, which is not yet guaranteed despite the positive developments over recent years;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 k (new) 5k. Calls for introduction of new provisions aiming at climate proofing the next generation of Cohesion Policy funding;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 l (new) 5l. Reiterates that creating an approach based on sustainable investment of Cohesion Policy funds and targeted regional environmental policies with the goal of reaching a zero-emission economy is a path to sustainable development and a just transition that creates high-quality employment in the long term;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 m (new) 5m. Stresses that the Council decision to contribute with at least 30% of the ERDF to green targets is an important step to the achievement of the Union's climate and environmental objectives, since cohesion policy is one of the largest sources of Union’s support for many Member States;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 n (new) 5n. Points out that the objectives of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development, considering notably the high importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 o (new) 5o. Highlights that the EU is facing serious challenges, especially in the field of economic recovery, and that the role of Cohesion Policy in this context will be essential;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 p (new) 5p. Emphasizes that the EU has set its goals for a green and digital transition and it is crucial to achieve the set goals for the well-being of our citizens, having in mind the Cohesion Policy as an instrument of utmost importance in reaching those goals;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 q (new) 5q. Underlines the importance of the green objective of the ERDF and ReactEU in contributing, financially and in terms of priorities, to the achievement of the Union's climate and environmental targets and of the climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises the importance of cohesion funds in the fight against climate change and welcomes policy objective 2 (PO2) of the proposed new Common Provisions Regulation, as set out in Article 4(1)(b) thereof, which aims to establish ‘a greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation and risk prevention and management’; considers that this objective should be achieved without leaving anyone behind and within the framework of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises the importance of cohesion funds in the fight against climate change and welcomes policy objective 2 (PO2) of the proposed new Common Provisions Regulation, as set out in Article 4(1)(b) thereof, which aims to establish ‘a greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes the plans announced by the Commission during the State of the Union speech for a target of at least 55% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030; recalls that if the EU wants to meet its international commitments and be climate neutral by 2050, a higher ambition is necessary; highlights that Cohesion Policy is instrumental in achieving this target through its financing instruments;
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2020/10/01
TRAN
83 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Expects the regional environment strategies to be complying with the Green Deal logic, including the "Do no harm principle", and specifically designed to support achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and in full accordance with the Paris Agreement and the EU climate neutrality targets; considers important to ensure that a sufficient portion of the cohesion funds are earmarked and used adequately at regional and local level in line with the purpose of combating climate change and preserving biodiversity;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that the most significant inequalities in income occur in the richest regions, and insists that cohesion policy should be focused most closely on areas with social difficulties in terms of access to transport and public services, regardless of the level of income in those areas;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the need for effective use of cohesion funds in the outermost regions on account of their remoteness and territorial dispersion; recommends the adoption and implementation of policies designed to improve their poor connectivity with mainland Europe;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Whereas transport’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions represent 27% of EU global emissions and are the only ones still increasing, and in this regard transport must contribute to reaching climate neutrality by 2050.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Underlines that the transport sector facilitates access to markets, jobs, health care and education to all economic and social groups, with a wide geographic coverage;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Whereas transport projects supported by the so-called Cohesion envelope, the transfer from the Cohesion Fund to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), under the next Multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 will be subject to climate proofing and they will have to contribute 60% of the overall financial envelope of CEF to climate objectives;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Whereas environmental mainstreaming in Cohesion Policy has increased over time; whereas funds that support a higher share of road projects result in a lower climate tracking performance, nevertheless roads are essential to improving connectivity in regions lacking behind of quality road network; whereas for last financial period 2014-2020 25% of the total transport- related Cohesion Policy allocation has contributed to climate action in spite of the large amount of projects that were committed to roads;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Stresses the role of transport and tourism sectors in the transition towards greener and low-carbon economy; calls for incorporating these sectors strongly in regional climate strategies and roadmaps;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Highlights the investments needs of regions and municipalities moving towards more sustainable and smart mobility; stresses in this regard, the funding opportunities of EU-programmes, such as ERDF, Cohesion Fund, LIFE, Horizon and Just Transition Fund;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Points out that the approach to environmental mainstreaming is typically more clearly defined for the centrally managed funds, while for those funds with shared management under Cohesion Policy, the inclusion of specific environmental considerations in calls for proposals, project appraisal, selection or monitoring, especially for non-major projects, are largely left to the discretion of the managing authorities in each Member State; calls on Member States therefore to ensure that managing authorities promote and encourage the integration of environmental consideration into projects beyond the programming stage, for instance by issuing guidelines or by organising awareness-raising activities for applicants;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1 g. Highlights the need to ensure a consistent approach to environmental mainstreaming in the transport investments, which can be guarantee by aligning the programming with the project implementation phase;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that cohesion policy investments must continue to be targeted at the three existing categories – less- developed regions, transition regions and more-developed regions – and that environmental strategies
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1 h. Believes that to further ensure the mainstreaming of the environment in transport projects, Cohesion Policy funding should strengthen the integration between the transport sector and the energy and digital sectors, in order to capitalise and maximise potential synergies;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that cohesion funds must respond, first and foremost, to the needs of the targeted regions and must also contribute to the well-being of the citizens/communities living there and improve their living standards; considers that European regions are geographically very diverse and therefore they may need tailor-made solutions for the improvement of their transport and infrastructure systems, which need to be based on green and clean solutions in order to be more competitive in the future;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that cohesion funds must respond, first and foremost, to the needs of the targeted regions and must also contribute to the well-being of the citizens/communities living there and improve their living standards; cohesion funds must be used for projects that bring added value to the regions in economic, social and environmental terms;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that cohesion funds must respond, first and foremost, to the needs of the targeted regions and must also contribute to the well-being of the citizens/communities living there and improve their living standards thus ensuring territorial, social and economical cohesion among the regions of the EU;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that cohesion funds must respond, first and foremost, to the needs of the targeted regions, with a particular aim to timely foster the digital and ecologic transitions, and must also contribute to the well-being of the citizens/communities living there and improve their living standards;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that cohesion funds must respond, first and foremost, to the needs of the targeted regions and must also contribute to the well-being of the citizens/communities living there and improve their living standards, as the primary mission of these funds is cohesion;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that cohesion funds must respond, first and foremost, to the needs of the targeted regions and boost socioeconomic growth and job creation and must also contribute to the well-being of the citizens/communities living there and improve their living standards;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that cohesion funds must respond, first and foremost, to the needs of the targeted and poorest regions and must also contribute to the well-being of the citizens/communities living there
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Recognises the importance of cohesion funds in meeting cohesion policy principles and as an instrument to provided to give a boost to least populated, outermost and mountainous regions; stresses that cohesion policy should particularly focus on the regions with underdeveloped and underinvested various types of infrastructure, with particular focus on gas infrastructure which will enable smooth energy transition of the regions;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that cohesion policy investments must continue to be targeted at the three existing categories – less- developed regions, transition regions and more-developed regions – and that environmental strategies must be adapted and woven into the relevant targeting, in line with the three aforementioned categories, with a particular focus on mitigation measures for regions with carbon-intensive economic sectors; considers that the new cohesion policy gives Member States, regions and municipalities the opportunity to make projects aiming at energy self-sufficiency, where possible, in order to increase their energetic resilience and diversify the sources of energy according to the Green Deal and the Union's target for achieving climate neutrality;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Cohesion policy must remain one of the main instruments for European action in the post-2020 period, especially with regard to the ORs struggling to narrow persistent regional disparities; European investments in these regions do not merely constitute a catch-up policy or compensate for disadvantages, but also bring benefits to the whole of the European Union;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Emphasises the role of the Cohesion policy in supporting the main challenges for the Transport sector in the EU, including a well – functioning Single European Transport Area, connecting Europe with modern, multi – modal and safe transport infrastructure networks and shifting to low – emission mobility;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses that infrastructure developed under cohesion policy ought to support the completion of the small cross- border missing rail links and further ramifications of the EuroVelo cycling network, hence contributing to the European integration and dynamisation of rural and bordering regions;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the allocation method for the funds
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the allocation method for the funds must continue to be largely based on GDP per capita, with particular emphasis on areas of low levels of income and education, and that the new criteria should be restricted to
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the allocation method for the funds must continue to be largely based on GDP per capita and that the new criteria should
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the allocation method for the funds must continue to be largely based on GDP and income per capita and poverty indicators and that the new criteria should
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the allocation method for the funds must continue to be largely based on GDP per capita and that the new criteria should be restricted to low levels of education, climate change action and transition, with particular focus on unemployment, especially in the light of the economic, social and employment effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; Underlines that from the social perspective, affordability, reliability and accessibility of transport for everyone, are key;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the allocation method for the funds must continue to be largely based on GDP per capita and that the new criteria should
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that cohesion policy investments must continue to be targeted at the three existing categories – less- developed regions, transition regions and more-developed regions – and that environmental strategies must be adapted and woven into the relevant targeting, in
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses that renaturalisation policies and policies that aim at the improvement of healthy environments go unequivocally hand in hand; considers that every urban space that makes up the urban green infrastructure has its own attributes and qualities, depending on aspects such as its geographical location, morphology or imaginary, and all of them provide essential ecological services and values for a city, such as social values with a direct impact on our well-being, health, culture, and the possibility of establishing social relations;
Amendment 41 #
3 a. Considers that the allocation of funds should be associated to a strong green conditionality, particularly excluding direct or indirect support to fossil fuels and fostering the divestment from those and other greenhouse-emitting sources towards electrification based on renewables;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that climate
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that climate proofing of infrastructure will help to enhance the resilience of infrastructure to the impacts of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the lifetime of the infrastructure; notes that transport infrastructure can positively influence cross-border interactions as well as regional, urban and local development; recalls that the aim is to identify areas where infrastructure improvements can lead to greater benefits; considers that regions should have all the means necessary to share good practices, follow- ups and lessons-learned in the topics of transport of infrastructure, since an innovation in a European region could be positive for its peer regions;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that climate proofing of infrastructure will help to enhance the resilience of infrastructure to the impacts of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the lifetime of the infrastructure; notes that transport infrastructure can positively influence cross-border interactions as well as regional, urban and local development; underlines that infrastructures promoting a shift towards greener transport modes, such as rail, should be prioritised and hence represent a big portion of the investments; recalls that the aim is to identify areas where infrastructure improvements can lead to greater benefits;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that climate proofing of infrastructure will help to enhance the resilience of infrastructure to the impacts of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the lifetime of the infrastructure; notes that transport infrastructure can positively influence cross-border interactions as well as regional, urban and local development, mainly in the case of the outermost and island regions; recalls that the aim is to identify areas where infrastructure improvements can lead to greater environmental, economic and social benefits;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that climate proofing of infrastructure will help to enhance the resilience of infrastructure to the impacts of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the lifetime of the
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that protecting the land must be a priority, and that climate- proofing of infrastructure will help to enhance the resilience of infrastructure to the impacts of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the lifetime of the infrastructure; notes that transport infrastructure can positively influence cross-border interactions as well as regional, urban and local development; recalls that the aim is to identify areas where infrastructure improvements can lead to greater benefits;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that climate proofing of
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that climate proofing of infrastructure will help to enhance the resilience of infrastructure to the impacts of climate change
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that cohesion policy investments must continue to be targeted at the three existing categories – less- developed regions, transition regions and more-developed regions – and that environmental strategies must be adapted and woven into the relevant targeting, in line with the three aforementioned categories, with a particular focus on mitigation measures for regions with carbon-intensive economic sectors; these measures could envisage the use of natural gas as a backup for renewables;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that climate proofing of infrastructure will help to enhance the resilience of infrastructure to the impacts of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the lifetime of the infrastructure; notes that sustainable transport infrastructure can positively influence cross-border interactions as well as regional, urban and local development; recalls that the aim is to identify areas where infrastructure improvements can lead to greater benefits;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) policy ensures socioeconomic and territorial cohesion as well as accessibility across the EU and its regions, including remote, outermost, insular, peripheral, mountainous and sparsely populated ones, thus stimulating economic growth and job creation; highlights that the full completion of the TEN-T is crucial to promote an increase in more sustainable transport modes, i.e. rail and inland waterways, and an increase in the deployment of alternative fuels and its recharging and refuelling infrastructure; notes that the full implementation of TEN-T is key to accelerating the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility in line with the goals of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Considers cohesion policy as the best ally in the implementation of regional environment strategies aiming at a real mobility shift towards more sustainable mobility in our cities and regions; believes that in order to be fully eligible and have priority access to the related EU funds, in the field of both urban and inter-urban mobility these strategies should support particularly rail and cycling infrastructure, including multimodality enablers.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that there are significant inequalities among regions when it comes to the accessibility of transport, in particular rail transport; calls, therefore, for a strategy to open up isolated or abandoned areas;
Amendment 54 #
4 a. Notes that however improved transport systems are also associated with adverse externalities, such as road accidents, emissions, climate change and other environmental and social impacts, which can be substantial;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Reiterates the revision of TEN-T policy should give particular attention to facilitating cross-border connections and missing links, which will foster socioeconomic and territorial cohesion across the EU; highlights that the revision of TEN-T policy should also address the elimination of bottlenecks, particularly in urban nodes, and enhance multimodality and last-mile infrastructure which will considerably reduce traffic congestion and improve efficiency and sustainability in transport routes;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to exploit the greater role of the Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to present and future impacts of climate change through ecosystem-based approaches, by developing new infrastructure or retro- fitting existing infrastructure and developing disaster resilience at regional and local levels;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Stresses that given the direct relationship between TEN-T policy and socioeconomic and territorial cohesion, as well as with the transition towards climate neutrality, there is a need to involve and consult civil society organisations and stakeholders in view of a more efficient, sustainable and proper implementation of transport infrastructure projects;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for green infrastructure and sustainable and intelligent mobility solutions to be implemented and notes that they are
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for green infrastructure solutions to be implemented and notes that they are particularly important
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for green infrastructure solutions to be implemented and notes that they are particularly important in urban environments, where approximately 70 % of the EU population lives; underlines that in cities, green infrastructure features such as green walls and roofs, urban woodlands, gardens and allotments deliver health- related benefits such as clean air, better water quality and soundproofing. GI also creates opportunities to connect urban and rural areas and provides appealing places to live and work in. Furthermore, the re-purposing of land in cities for GI can be a cost-effective and economically viable way of making them more sustainable, resilient, more environmentally friendly and healthier;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for green infrastructure solutions to be implemented and notes that they are particularly important in urban environments, where approximately 70 % of the EU population lives; underlines that in cities, green infrastructure features such as green walls and roofs, urban woodlands, gardens and allotments deliver health- related benefits such as clean air, better water quality and soundproofing
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for green infrastructure solutions to be implemented and notes that they are particularly important in urban environments, where approximately 70 % of the EU population lives; underlines that in cities, green infrastructure features such as green walls and roofs, urban woodlands, gardens and allotments deliver health-
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for green infrastructure solutions to be implemented and notes that they are particularly important in urban environments, where approximately 70 % of the EU population lives; welcomes in this respect the increasing ambition in many cities to considerably reduce car traffic by adjusting traffic rules and road design in favour of pedestrian and cyclists; underlines that in cities, green infrastructure features such as green walls and roofs, urban woodlands, gardens and allotments deliver health-
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Highlights the importance of the Just Transition Fund to ensure a fair, inclusive and socially acceptable transition to climate neutrality where nobody is left behind and where energy poverty is prevented; stresses the need to support the up- and reskilling of workers and jobseekers in the transport sector, with specific attention to diversity and gender-equality; stresses the need for sustainable investment in SMEs, in smart and sustainable mobility, as well as in environmentally-friendly transport infrastructure;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes that rural and intermediate areas account for 88% of the EU's territory, are home to 55% of its population, generate 43% of its gross value added and host 56% of its jobs: higlights that rural development is therefore key to territorial and socioeconomic cohesion; asks the Commission to come up with a Rural Agenda with a holistic approach to empower rural communities to address, among others, the transition towards climate neutrality, including the the shift to more sustainable and smart transport modes;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the European Commission to support renovation rates and energy efficiency improvement schemes in housing in European cities, in order to improve their efficiency, taking into consideration that one third to half of the energy in cities is spent on heating. Given the volume of old residential and other buildings in cities, renovation rates need to increase by three to five times their current levels to get closer to the 1.5 degrees scenario according the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses that cohesion policy should have a stronger role in supporting risk prevention measures focused on adaptation to the current and future impacts of climate change, taking into account, inter alia, ecosystem approaches and nature-based solutions for development of new infrastructures; considers that cohesion policy should also retrofit of existing infrastructures in order to embrace the adoption of climate change measures at regional and local level;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that profound changes are under way in the tourism sector, and that these have increased pace as the effects of COVID-19 take hold, with demand shifting towards greener, more local options and smaller-scale accommodation infrastructure; emphasises that in this context rural tourism really has the potential to help develop neglected areas as long as the necessary investment is made to open them up;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that cohesion policy investments must
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Emphasises the importance of new green technologies for sustainable, smart and automated mobility and logistics in all modes of transport, including through ticketing and seamless mobility technology services;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for a dedicated budget to be earmarked for tourism in order to provide SMEs with a firmer foothold and ensure better opportunities in this sector;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Highlights that in sparsely populated areas, which usually suffer from a shortage of quality transport infrastructure and services, citizens rely on their individual vehicles; recalls that the frequency of public collective transport services should be increase to improve the connection and accesibility of these sparsely populated areas; calls on the Commission to take these peculiarities into account in the different transport legislative initiatives on smart and sustainable mobility; calls on Member States to include these needs and challenges in their national plans;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Urges the Commission, the Member State and, where applicable, regions and local authorities to use cohesion policy in order to make transport and infrastructure projects that align the human need for mobility to the utmost respect of nature and its ecosystems; considers that the Commission, the Member States and, where applicable, regions and local authorities should find always the best equilibrium between the need to improve and increase infrastructure and the conservation of nature and ecosystems;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Encourages support for a lasting shift from road to rail and inland shipping as set out in the European Green Deal; calls for the priority allocation of cohesion funds to actions that support multimodal and digital solutions and actions that build, upgrade and complete rail and inland waterway infrastructure connections to ports and other multimodal hubs in order to facilitate the modal shift;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Supports the use of cohesion funds in sustainable urban mobility, for instance through the current Sustainable Urban mobility Plans, and considers that the volume of such funding should be enlarged in order for more urban areas to benefit from it; encourages to further develop effective solutions for sustainable mobility also in rural and less densely populated areas within the Union;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Welcomes the single rulebook that now covers 7 EU funds implemented in partnership with Member States (“shared management”). Also welcomes the Commission proposal for lighter controls for programmes with good track record, with an increased reliance on national systems and the extension of the “single audit” principle, to avoid duplication of checks;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Highlights the role of local and regional authorities (LRAs) in mitigating and adapting to climate change by holistic regional integration strategies to guarantee sustainable development without leaving anyone behind;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Highlights that innovation and digitalisation play a key role in the decarbonisation of the transport sector in line with the ambitions of the European Green Deal; stresses the need to strengthen financial support from the cohesion funds for research on and innovation in low- and zero-emission mobility solutions, in particular regarding advanced technologies and smart mobility across all modes of transport, including alternative fuels such as batteries and hydrogen and sustainable infrastructure projects; calls for exclusion of investment in fossil fuels from Cohesion Policy funding;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Recalls the importance of supporting the tourism sector, in particular through investments that contribute to the recovery, long-term competitiveness and sustainability of the sector and its value chains, by supporting operations promoting sustainable, accessible, innovative and digital tourism, including in ecotourism, agritourism, maritime tourism, cultural tourism, cyclo- tourism and rail tourism.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Insists that regional and local authorities have a key role to play in all stages: planning, preparation and implementation; strongly supports the "partnership principle" and the inclusion of NGOs and other stakeholders, as well as regional and local authorities, in the consultation process; encourages enabling more direct EU funding for local and regional authorities, in order to improve efficiency, ensure consistency and reduce administrative burden; recalls that transparency and proactive communication on available funds is also an important requirement to ensure their most effective use;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Welcomes the new framework for projects that introduces an annual performance review, in the form of a policy dialogue between programme authorities and the Commission;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Believes that efficient and affordable public transport is central to achieving sustainable urban and rural mobility; stresses the need to increase support for public transport networks and fleets at a local and regional level and in cross-border areas, as an effective tool for the transition towards low-emission mobility, especially in metropolitan centres, and connectivity in rural areas to promote territorial cohesion; encourages financial support for comprehensive cycling and walking infrastructure;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Emphasizes the importance that outermost regions will continue to benefit from special EU support.
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Believes that passenger rail transport should be a real alternative to individualised modes of transport and to short and medium distance flights; therefore encourages measures and financial support to reactivate local, regional and interregional railway lines, to improve cross-border cooperation between local, regional and national authorities, the re-introduction of a European network of night trains, the development of a unified and transparent ticket booking system and to promote sustainable tourism; encourages to make rail transport cheaper, more efficient and more attractive and contributing to reducing accidents and CO2 emissions;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Whereas under the Cohesion Policy, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund have been the major sources of funding for transport intervention, with an allocation of over EUR 70 billion in the financing period 2014-2020, and whereas the management of the Cohesion Policy is shared between the EU and Member States, which makes this process more decentralised;
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A (new) A. whereas the Cohesion Policy is expected to contribute 37% for 2021-2027 of the overall target of at least 30% of the total amount of Union budget and NGEU expenditures dedicated to climate expenditure;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support strong climate mainstreaming in agriculture and food-related sectors; stresses that it is essential to maintain an adequate balance between the needs of farmers, consumers and the natural environment, and to ensure an equitable transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable and circular economy that can ensure that all potential imbalances within the entire agri-food supply chain are eliminated;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Considers that cohesion policy funds should no longer be used for projects involving the intensive exploitation of European forests, especially plantations designed solely for energy production or the construction of enormous biomass plants or industrial sawmills; condemns, in particular, the mega-sawmill project in Lannemezan of multinational group Florian, which could put the Pyrenean forest in grave danger;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Recognises that methanisation through the decomposition of organic matter could be an interesting technique for farmers; is concerned, nevertheless, about the current shift towards the construction of industrial biogas plants, which result in large-scale soil and water pollution, increased mortality of pollinators and agricultural land grabs, promote intensive farming, and are more likely to cause accidents and damage to public health; considers that cohesion policy funds should be used only for methanisation projects that incorporate a social and environmental dimension and that promote reappropriation by farmers of energy management, from production to use;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Stresses that numerous indicators show that we are reaching the limits of sustainability of the industrial food and agriculture system: decrease in the number of farmers, contribution to global warming, soil erosion, destruction of ecosystems, high consumption of fresh water, risks to human health, food waste, fossil energy use, etc.; expresses its concern that this system is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change in all its dimensions, be it climate instability or the depletion of water resources;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 h (new) 5h. Notes with concern that the COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the vulnerability of cities if supplies, especially food supplies, are disrupted;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 i (new) 5i. Underlines that it is absolutely essential for the Union to adopt a policy of resilience in relation to the effects of climate change, particularly in the agricultural and food sectors; believes that the cohesion policy can play a leading role in this regard;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 j (new) 5j. Considers that the cohesion policy should support the establishment of shorter supply chains for our food systems, notably through the relocation of our agricultural production; stresses that the aim of this relocation is to produce, process and consume food locally in order to strengthen the food security of European regions, create local jobs and drastically reduce our use of fossil energies and, thus, our impact on the climate;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 k (new) 5k. Believes that the cohesion policy should support regional projects aimed at building future agricultural systems that focus on mixed farming, combining several plant species (crop associations), arable crops and trees (agroforestry), and even mixtures of crops, trees and animals (conservation agriculture and permaculture); emphasises that such agro-ecosystems would have increased biodiversity and heterogeneity, thereby reducing their vulnerability to diseases and climate disruptions;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 l (new) 5l. Stresses that the cohesion policy should, in particular, strengthen the modularity of regional agricultural systems in order to prevent any knock-on effects from shocks affecting neighbouring systems;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 m (new) 5m. Calls for the cohesion policy to support projects aimed at improving waste circularity in the agricultural sector; stresses, in this regard, the importance of keeping phosphorus on fields by recycling it, with a view to preventing pollution and having to add more; notes that the collection of human excreta could amount to 3 million tonnes of phosphates per year, i.e. 20% of industrial fertiliser consumption; calls for the cohesion policy to support projects such as those used by Swedish towns to collect human urine to use it in fields, or in Germany to recycle up to 60% of the phosphorus in wastewater and return it to fields, forests and pastures;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support strong climate mainstreaming in agriculture and food-related sectors, not only to protect our planet but also to ensure our farming community has a sustainable future working the land, as farmers are usually on the frontline, in terms of dealing with the negative financial impacts of climatic changes;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 n (new) 5n. Underlines the crucial importance of improving the food resilience of cities against the effects of climate change; believes that the cohesion policy can play a leading role in this regard; calls for the cohesion policy to strengthen domestic systems, local systems and territorial food systems in and around cities; stresses, in particular, the need to reverse the food deserts caused by the disappearance of small local grocery stores;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 o (new) 5o. Calls urgently for the cohesion policy to strengthen urban and peri-urban agricultural systems by developing urban gardens, roof gardens, and urban permaculture and aquaponics systems; stresses, however, that although it significantly increases food security among urban populations, urban farming will continue to be a complement to food supply in large cities; underlines, therefore, the need to protect and encourage peri-urban agriculture;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 p (new) 5p. Points out that urban farming is very labour-intensive and could, therefore, create numerous jobs; points out, too, that urban farming makes it possible to enhance urban biodiversity, better manage waste through neighbourhood composting, capture rainwater and improve air quality;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 q (new) 5q. Believes that the development of public water enterprises and municipal farming enterprises is extremely positive; underlines the role played by these municipal farming enterprises in supplying catering outlets with local, seasonal produce; calls on local authorities to propose, where possible, that catering outlets use organic, local, sustainable produce, with as little meat as possible; urges local and regional authorities to help structure organic and local farming sectors, and to promote the creation of associations and cooperatives of producers and consumers; calls on local and regional authorities to introduce social, environmental, animal welfare and fair pay criteria into their public procurement; calls on local and regional authorities to support the establishment of new farmers by purchasing land and making land available; believes that the cohesion policy should support local and regional authorities in these steps;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 r (new) 5r. Considers that the development of urban forests is of significant interest in terms of mitigating the effects of global warming in cities, especially during heatwaves; emphasises that, according to the UN, shaded areas created by urban vegetation could reduce air conditioning needs by 30%; points out that the development of revegetation in cities can help to create biodiversity refuges, reduce sound and air pollution, restore degraded soils, prevent droughts and establish significant carbon sinks; underlines, however, that it is essential to ensure broad biodiversity of the tree species planted in cities and to promote native species; underlines, too, the limits on the use of avenue trees; stresses the need to ensure the diversity of tree species, chosen according to the roles that they must play on a complementary basis, alongside shrubs, grasses and areas of loose soil; calls, too, for priority to be given to the planting of fruit trees in cities; believes that the cohesion policy funds should support projects that meet these conditions;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 s (new) 5s. Underlines the benefits of developing conservation grazing in urban areas; calls for the cohesion policy funds to support existing projects in this regard;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 t (new) 5t. Points out that food involves all of the inhabitants in a single territory; believes that it is necessary to strengthen the democratic involvement of citizens, elected representatives, producers, consumers and distributors in order to promote the production, processing and consumption of local, seasonal and diverse produce; considers that the cohesion policy should support local and regional authorities that wish to put in place such mechanisms in the area of food policy;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 u (new) 5u. Believes that the cohesion policy funds should provide greater support for training projects involving local permaculture and small-scale agro- ecological farming;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that EU macro-regional strategies should help build cooperation in order to solve regional issues linked to climate mitigation and adaptation in the farming, food and forestry sectors, in fields such as flood, drought and fire protection, efficient collective waste management, including with the aim of energy production, and the re-localisation of food production
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that EU macro-regional strategies should help build cooperation in order to solve regional issues linked to
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support strong climate mainstreaming in agriculture and food-related sectors; calls on the Commission to support science and research that encourage investments into low-carbon technologies and innovations to mitigate and adapt to climate change;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that EU macro-regional strategies should help build cooperation in order to solve regional and river basin issues linked to climate mitigation and adaptation in the farming, food and agroforestry and forestry sectors, in fields such as drought, flood and fire protection, river restoration and improvement of river connectivity, efficient collective waste management, including with the aim of energy production, and the re-localisation of food production.
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that EU macro-regional strategies should help build cooperation in
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that EU macro-regional strategies
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that EU macro-regional strategies should help build cooperation in order to solve regional issues linked to
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that EU macro-regional strategies should help build cooperation in order to solve regional issues linked to climate mitigation and adaptation in the farming, food and forestry sectors, in fields such as flood and fire protection, efficient collective waste management, including with the aim of energy production, and the
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point a (new) (a) Highlights the importance of upholding the Partnership Principle in all programming, implementation and monitoring of EU cohesion policy and to set up a strong cooperation between regional and local authorities NGOs and stakeholders, including farmers’ organisations and environmental NGOs; stresses that this process should take into account the gender perspective.
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point b (new) (b) Notes that community and citizens initiatives can strongly support the ecological transition, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation, and that Local Action Groups and the LEADER program can be primary tools to achieve this; encourages Member States and regional authorities to coordinate these programmes with their Regional environmental strategies.
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point c (new) (c) Stresses that Cohesion policy should support investment in education and training, helping local authorities, workers and companies to take greater account of the challenges caused by Climate change, and the role they can play in climate change mitigation and adaptation in their respective sectors.
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new) Highlights the importance of facilitating synergies between the cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy aimed at supporting rural areas that are extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and ensuring the transition to a climate-neutral economy centred on social and economic cohesion; emphasises the importance of structural funds in supporting small and medium- sized businesses in the agri-food sector so that they become more competitive and environmentally friendly.
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasises the importance of the Smart Villages concept in tackling climate related challenges of the Union and welcomes its integration in the future CAP, Cohesion and Regional policy of the Union; Insists that member states include the Smart Villages approach in their Operational Programme for the Implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy at national and regional level, as well as in their national CAP Strategic Plans, which will require the preparation of Smart Villages Strategies1a at national level; Emphasises the role of LEADER/CLLD approach while implementing Smart Villages Strategies, which should have a strong focus on digitalisation, sustainability and innovation. __________________ 1a Article 72 b (Amendment 513) of the European Parliament's 1st reading position on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support strong climate mainstreaming in agriculture and food-related sectors in order to help farmers to adapt to the negative effects of climate change, increase their resilience in coping with these effects and boost their capacity for sustainable development;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights the possibilities of brownfield developments and rehabilitation, which can create new industrial parks and incubator centres, with soil decontamination and environmental improvement of old industrial sites, to reducing the need for further greenfield site building, and attract companies and regional investments, thereby also creating jobs.
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the intention of the European Commission to present a strategy for rural areas and stresses the need to reinforce the synergies between the different structural and investment funds with the objective to help agri-food sectors improve their economic resilience and environmental sustainability.
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasizes that investments in sustainable green infrastructures on local and regional level through EU Cohesion Policy are essential to combat the impacts of climate change on agriculture and forestry and to improve climate resilience of people, nature and economy.
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights that cohesion policy must focus on the comprehensive transition of the European economy towards bioeconomy based on biogenic resources from agriculture and forestry.
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights the advantages of building a Mediterranean macro-region, especially in bolstering the production and exportability of local products;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights the importance of bottom up approach to the cohesion and regional development, whereas initiatives should be made at regional and/or MS level.
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Highlights that cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies need to pay particular attention on increasing the use of wood from sustainable forestry in all parts of economy (especially construction sector) as wood bears the unique property of storing huge amounts of CO2 while substituting energy-intensive resources such as steel and concrete.
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Believes that digitalisation and AI technologies can lead toward a more sustainable, resilient and resource- efficient agriculture and also create new types of jobs, but they require appropriate training and education, to which everybody should have access.
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Highlights the need to strengthen EU investments on broadband in rural areas to enable farmers to integrate digital technologies in order to develop precision farming, as it will be essential for their ecological transition.
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses that ongoing agricultural practices and green infrastructure initiatives in agriculture and forestry sectors have a positive effect on carbon stocks and the greenhouse gas balances in the Member States.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support strong climate mainstreaming in agriculture and food-related sectors, while ensuring climate justice, poverty reduction and enhanced rights for workers in this sector;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Recalls that current EU policy initiatives must take into account the long-term competitiveness of the European economy and the concerns of small and medium sized enterprises.
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Emphasises the need for improving all types of connectivity (broadband, transport etc.) of rural areas in an affordable, sustainable and environment friendly way.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that the agricultural and forestry sectors are an important driver in the green transition; therefore highlights that future actions should focus on adaptation, mitigation and biodiversity; furthermore, notes that in order to harvest the full potential of technological innovations, substantial research is needed in order to develop both plant and livestock production, e.g. plant breeding, grass that sequester more carbon, biogas and biomass valorisation;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital B (new) B. whereas an estimated 23% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (2007-2016) derive from Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)1a; Whereas agriculture alone accounts for 10.3% of all the union’s GHG emissions, and from these, around 70% come from animal farming; __________________ 1a https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/20 19/08/4.- SPM_Approved_Microsite_FINAL.pdf
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Expresses concern that consequent increases in production costs may make European agricultural products less competitive while making non-European products, which are not usually subject to environmental or quality standards, more competitive;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that climate change mitigation is an opportunity to make agricultural holdings more effective; notes that agriculture is a sink for greenhouse gases and has a high strategic value that needs to be highlighted in EU policies;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that preventing and reducing food waste and food loss as well as strengthening local structures and regional value chains are essential to reduce all emissions associated with growing, manufacturing and transporting;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that, in coherence with Article 2 of the Paris Agreement climate mainstreaming in agriculture must be applied in a manner that does not threaten food production and safeguards food security in the European Union;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that the aim of the European Green Deal is to protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital, as well as to protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises the need for efficiency and supplementation of the European structural and investment funds both in combating climate change and in improving the quality of life in rural areas;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the primary role of agriculture is to produce sufficient amount of safe food and feed, to nourish the growing population. Any other priorities must be secondary;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Underlines that efficient livestock production can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance sinks and increase productivity;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital C (new) C. whereas according to the European Court of Auditors, the implementation of the EU target of 20% reduction in GHG by 2020 has led to more, and better-focused, climate action funding in the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Policy, but that in the areas of agriculture, rural development and fisheries, however, there has been no significant shift towards climate action and not all potential opportunities for financing climate-related action have been fully explored 2a; __________________ 2a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR16_31/SR_CLIMATE_EN.pdf [Special report, 2016: Spending at least one euro in every five from the EU budget on climate action: ambitious work underway, but at serious risk of falling short] PAGE 7
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that, in order to reach the target of a
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that, in order to reach the target of a 32% reduction in GHG emissions in 2030, allocations from ESI funds supporting the transition towards climate neutrality in all eligible sectors would have to at least double, and 40% of ERDF resources would need to be allocated to the ‘green, low-carbon objective’1; stresses that it is also essential to seek to eliminate the subsidies identified as harmful in order to guarantee respect for the ‘do no harm’ principle; __________________ 1
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that, in order to reach the target of a 32% reduction in GHG emissions in 2030, allocations from ESI funds supporting the transition towards climate neutrality in all eligible sectors would have to at least
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that, in order to reach the target of a 32% reduction in GHG emissions in 2030, allocations from ESI funds supporting lower production costs through the transition towards climate neutrality in all eligible sectors would have to at least double, and 40% of ERDF resources would need to be allocated to the ‘green, low-carbon objective’1; __________________ 1
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that, in order to
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that,
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that, in order to reach the target of a 32% reduction in GHG emissions in 2030, allocations from ESI funds supporting the transition towards climate neutrality in all eligible sectors would have to at least double, and 40% of ERDF resources would need to be allocated to the ‘green, low-carbon objective’
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that financial resources from the cohesion policy have been spent on restoration of wetlands and peatlands which suffered the pressures posed also by agricultural policy and agricultural and forestry practices; calls for targeted efforts in this area also in the upcoming MFF, Just Transition and Recovery Funding and at the same time highlights the need to lower the pressure both with respect to quantitative as well as qualitative status of water bodies and adjacent ecosystems and make a transition to more sustainable land use which supports the ability of these ecosystems to adapt to climate change;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Emphasises that the expenditure from the MFF 2021-2027 and the NGEU for climate target is set at at least 30% of the expenditure, meaning that at least 547 billion EUR of new EU financial resources will be made available for the green transition;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital D (new) D. whereas currently underway coal- to-biomass projects in the EU would release 67 MT of CO2 per year and require approximately 2,700km2 of forest to be cut down every year while producing only 64 TWh of electricity, which is less than 2% of the EU’s electricity production;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that the scarcity of financial means in EU, MS and regional budgets is becoming more eminent in the foreseeable future due to the unprecedented economic recession caused by the pandemic related measures as well as Brexit;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the potential contribution of the farming, food and forestry sectors;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the potential contribution of the farming, food and forestry sectors; believes that the EU’s ambitious policies must be implemented by all economic and social actors, so that the sectors envisaged are not the only entities that pay for climate and environmental costs;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, fully taking into account the
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the potential contribution of the farming,
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the potential contribution of the farming, food and forestry sectors in providing and developing biogenic resources, materials and substances;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious, pro-development and digital climate targets that
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital E (new) E. whereas the availability of sustainable biomass in the EU is rather limited and existing criteria for its sourcing as laid down in the Renewable Energy Directive are not science-based and rather inadequate; whereas a further increase in the use of biomass above sustainable levels will subsequently have an adverse effect on the climate and environment;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050,
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the importance of linking regional urban and rural environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to re- examine the role of biotechnology; notes that biotechnology helps to mitigate climate change by offering solutions for substituting fossil materials with bio- based materials; points out that sustainable use of farmland is essential to ensure that the various models of agricultural production are effective in their efforts to mitigate climate change;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Highlights that the uptake of climate changes-minded cohesion policy and regional environment strategies must be underpinned through research and innovation and thorough impact assessment factoring in economic and social consequences;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Insists that the transition towards climate neutrality must be just and inclusive, with particular focus on citizens, living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that Cohesion policy should be in line with the aims of the European Green Deal, and its Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Highlights that developing the circular economy should be a key priority within Cohesion policy, as it has a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, optimize material usage and waste management, longer lifecycle etc.; also underlines the significant role of bioeconomy and blue bioeconomy in the fight against climate change;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Points out that innovations in plant breeding, using tools such as gene editing, have enormous potential in terms of developing varieties with a greater capacity to mitigate climate change;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital F (new) F. whereas according the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Economic Services (IPBES), growing demand for bioenergy could cause an 10-fold to 30-fold increase in green energy-related land use in coming years, according to a new report, that would drive the loss of wildlife habitats, potentially leading to massive biodiversity loss and the extinction of endangered species;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Believes that climate-smart agriculture depends on the use and development of new farming technologies, especially in the case of small, organic farmers and producers;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Calls on the Commission, in the interest of climate change mitigation, not to concentrate its efforts exclusively on developing organic farming but to also provide incentives for integrated production models, precision agriculture or soil conservation techniques;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Calls for robust data, better access to information and comprehensive training for farmers in order to facilitate the identification and adoption of best practices in the area of climate change mitigation;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise the most sustainable options
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and agroforestry and forestry sectors; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise the most sustainable options with the carbon payback time relevant for the EU climate targets, such as wind or solar, and
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should exclude any kind of support for fossil fuels and gas infrastructure projects and should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors; notes that the production of biomass from wood or agricultural products for energy production do not guarantee sustainability; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise the most sustainable options, such as wind or solar, and subject
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital G (new) G. whereas tourism has an impact on climate change by contributing to 8% percent of the global CO2 emissions, and whereas the transport-related CO2 emissions represents the biggest share of these emissions and are expected to increase by25% between 2016 and 2030 due to a growing demand of tourists3a; __________________ 3ahttps://www.e- unwto.org/doi/book/10.18111/9789284416 660
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors, ensuring equal treatment of all potential beneficiaries; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise the most sustainable options, such as wind or solar, and subject bioenergy projects to strict sustainability criteria;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise the most sustainable options
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise the most sustainable options, such as wind, wave or solar, and subject bioenergy projects to strict sustainability
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point a (new) (a) Notes that the Cohesion Policy and Regional environmental strategies offer opportunities to support farmers and forest managers’ sustainable investments in climate change adaptation, notably aiming at prevention against flood, drought and fire; suggests that these opportunities be highlighted in the future in order to encourages Member States and regional authorities to make full use of these possibilities;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point b (new) (b) Stresses the need for regional environmental strategies to include a "do no harm principle" and support achieving the SDGs and Paris Agreement in full respect for the EU taxonomy, including in the agriculture and food production sectors;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that the development of the circular economy and bio-economy will create more jobs in the primary production and stresses that the bio- economy requires new skills, new knowledge and new disciplines be developed and/or integrated further in training and education in this sector in order to tackle bio economy-related societal changes, promote competitiveness, growth and job creation, meet the needs of the sector and ensure that skills and jobs are better matched;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that the production of renewable energies such as biogas offers huge potential for farmers to increase their climate efficiency as well as to help making sustainable farming a profitable business model that offers growth and (skilled) job opportunities in rural areas; underlines that necessary investments are substantial and farmers hence require accessible funding;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Insists that regional environmental strategies should pay special attention to supporting the replacement of fossil- intensive materials with renewable and bio-based materials, deriving from forestry and agriculture, as two sectors functioning as carbon emitters, as well as carbon sinks;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Considers that Cohesion policy funds can also support biogas production investments which can help reduce methane emissions in a sustainable way by using agricultural waste and residues to contribute to achieving circular economy;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital H (new) H. whereas between 8 and 10% of all the greenhouse gas emissions are estimated to originate from food loss and food waste4a; __________________ 4a https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/chapter/chapter- 5/
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that a phasing-out concept of fossil-based energy for each sector is necessary in order to contribute towards the aims of the Green Deal and climate neutrality;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Highlights that developing cohesion policy and regional environment strategies would require aligned genuine business incentives with fight against climate change policy goals;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Emphasises that sustainable and close-to-nature forest management is crucial for continuous greenhouse gas absorption from the atmosphere and also allows to provide renewable and climate- friendly raw material for wood products which store carbon and can act as a substitute to fossil-based materials and fuels; underlines that the "triple role" of forests (sink, storage and substitution) contributes to the reduction of carbon emissions release to the atmosphere, while ensuring that forests continue to grow and provide many other services, and should therefore play an integral part of regional environmental strategies;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support new recycling technologies in agricultural waste management; and encourage the use of bio-based plastics as replacement of plastic, though aiming to reduce plastic use overall; calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of a uniform labelling scheme for bio-based plastics;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the importance of
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the importance of re- localising food and feed production, notably the production of plant proteins, in climate change mitigation, as this shortens transport distances and limits deforestation; underlines the opportunities offered by cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies in supporting this re-localisation; emphasises the need to help small-scale farmers and local producers to obtain the necessary financing, and to identify and make efficient use of funding instruments available at local, national and European level;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the importance of re- localising food and feed production to areas within the EU, while promoting the consumption of local produce as much as possible, notably the production of plant proteins, in climate change mitigation, as this shortens transport distances and limits deforestation; underlines the opportunities offered by cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies in supporting this re-localisation;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the importance of re- localising food and feed production, notably the production of plant proteins, in climate change mitigation, as this shortens transport distances and limits deforestation, and calls for a European plan for the development of plant protein production; underlines the opportunities offered by cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies in supporting this re-localisation;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the importance of re- localising food and feed production,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support strong climate mainstreaming in agriculture and food-related sectors, and considers that the agricultural sector is the sector most critically exposed to the consequences of climate change; highlights that namely changes in temperature and precipitation as well as weather and climate extremes are already influencing crop yields and livestock productivity in Europe; moreover notes that the agricultural sector is of strategic importance for EU and global food security;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the importance of re- localising food and feed production,
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the importance of
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point a (new) (a) Notes the positive impact that green sustainable local agro-tourism can have on climate mitigation, and encourages Member States and regional authorities to make use of the possibilities offered by the Cohesion Policy and by Regional environmental strategies to support its development, conditional on respecting environmental and social standards;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point b (new) (b) Stresses that regional environmental strategies should include waste-management plans, including for wastes originating from farming, food processing, food storage and food distribution, following the circular economy principle;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that the climate change adaptation policies are not sufficient; points out that megafires, and their proliferation in the near future, demonstrate clearly the limits of adaptation given the extent of the destruction they cause, to which it is impossible to adapt; notes that megafires also contribute to climate disruption by increasing wind speeds, triggering storms and producing ash that can settle on glaciers and accelerate ice melt; underlines that it is absolutely essential to ensure that the EU’s regional policies promote climate change mitigation and adaptation, and prevention of its effects on our agriculture and forest systems;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Emphasises the importance of supporting short supply chains whose role has been also highlighted by border closures as a consequence of COVID 19, underlines that short supply chains can play a significance role in reducing the carbon footprint; also highlights the positive impact of short food chains which help to reduce food waste; and stresses the need to avoid over-packaging, whilst ensuring that food packaging is important for both hygiene and consumer information reasons;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Highlights the fact that for livestock farming permanent grassland is an essential instrument in achieving the ambitious climate objectives laid down;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Points out that, in addition to carbon sequestration, forests have a beneficial impact on the climate, the atmosphere, the preservation of biodiversity, and river and waterway management, they protect soil from erosion by water and wind, and they possess other useful natural properties; considers that the cohesion policy funds should preserve the multifunctional role of forests, ensure strong diversity of forest species, and conserve and expand forest resources for the well-being of the population and improvement of the environment;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Stresses the importance of keeping and attracting back young people to rural areas in order to use their contemporary knowledge and perspective on environment protection and climate change and to turn the demographically challenged rural areas into blooming, lively, sustainable communities. Therefore it is important to have adequate support from Cohesion policy programmes for young people;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Denounces the disastrous effects of industrial forest management on the climate and the environment; points out that intensive forest exploitation for energy production is harmful for biodiversity and results in a loss of carbon sinks; notes that, according to recent studies, European forests could store twice as much carbon if their exploitation were halved; emphasises that intensive single-crop farming is extremely sensitive to the effects of climate change, especially the proliferation of pests and megafires; notes that, according to the European Environment Agency, the value of European forests is projected to fall by between 14% and 50% over this century because of the abrupt transformation of European forest balances caused by climate change;
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Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) – having regard to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as interpreted by the Court of Justice in its Mayotte judgment of 15 December 2015 (Joined Cases C- 132/14 to C-136/14), which allows specific derogations to be adopted for the outermost regions of the European Union,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) - having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Development on Cohesion policy and the circular economy (2017/2211(INI)),
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030 and 2040, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including green jobs, and fair social progress; considers that climate policies must protect the jobs most affected by climate change by creating new green jobs so that workers are not left behind when certain sectors transition to the green economy;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including green jobs, and fair social progress; urges the Member States to prioritise the fight against climate change along with the fight for inclusive and sustainable development and social justice and the fight against poverty, energy poverty and policies that burden vulnerable and marginalised groups;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including green and blue jobs
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Insists that the transition towards climate neutrality must be just and inclusive, with particular focus on citizens, living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 11 #
– having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2020 on the public sector loan facility under the Just Transition Mechanism (COM(2020)0453),
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Underlines
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recognises the need to support the territories most affected by the transition towards climate neutrality, avoid regional disparities growing and empower workers and local and regional communities;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the Union economy, thereby helping to create new investment opportunities in agriculture, trade, transport, energy and infrastructure, and promoting safer and more eco-friendly consumption;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the Union economy, therefore, the regional environmental strategies should cover and include waste-management plans;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the Union economy and preserving our living environment and the well-being of European citizens;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe,
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at Union, national, regional and local levels to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and prevent biodiversity loss on a massive scale; whereas urgent measures are required to ensure that the increase in the global average temperature is kept below 2 °C compared to pre-industrial levels as any loss of biodiversity will have a major impact on the quality of agricultural production;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need to support projects linking science, innovation and citizenship; calls on the Commission to consider the eligibility for Cohesion Policy funding of the New European Bauhaus project, which is focused on the resilience of culture and architecture to climate change;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that it is paramount to
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that it is paramount to fully uphold multi-level governance and partnership principles under Cohesion Policy, as local and regional authorities have direct competencies on the environment and climate change, implementing 90% of the climate adaptation and 70% of climate mitigation actions;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that it is paramount to fully uphold multi-level governance and partnership principles under Cohesion
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that it is paramount to fully uphold
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Urges holistic regional integration strategies to guarantee sustainable development and mitigate the consequences of climate change by supporting energy transition to renewable sources, biodiversity and climate adaptation; believes that these regional strategies should support civic engagement, locally initiated and owned projects and should boost the cooperation between the regions, also trough cross- border projects; calls on the Commission to provide support and facilitate the cooperation between the regions and exchange of know-how and best practices;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on all levels of government to do their utmost to encourage cross- administrative cooperation, including cross-vertical government cooperation, interregional, intermunicipal and cross- border cooperation to share knowledge and examples of best practice on climate change projects and initiatives financed under the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Underlines that public consultations should be thorough and meaningful, ensuring active and representative participation of communities and stakeholders in the decision-making process in order to inspire the ownership of decisions and plans, initiatives and the engagement in actions;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasises the importance of upholding the Partnership Principle in all programming, implementation and monitoring of EU cohesion policy and to set up a strong cooperation between regional and local authorities, citizens, NGOs and stakeholders;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Believes that local communities should be brought into policy and project development and implementation and that locally-led actions should be encouraged and prioritised;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at
Amendment 130 #
8c. Stresses that gender mainstreaming should be fully implemented and integrated as a horizontal principle in all EU activities, policies and programmes, including cohesion policy; points out that addressing the gender dimension has a key role in leveraging the full potential of both climate and cohesion policies;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus on the full implementation of the Paris Agreement and the fight against climate change through an effective
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the fight against climate change through an effective methodology for monitoring climate spending and its performance, including its negative effects for EU regions; strongly calls for regional environmental strategies to include a "do no harm principle" and support achieving the SDGs and Paris Agreement in full respect for the EU taxonomy;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the fight against climate change
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus on the
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls to ensure greater coherence and coordination between the Cohesion Policy and other EU policies to improve policy integration of climate aspects, design more effective source based polices, provide targeted EU funding and, consequently, improve implementation of climate policies on the ground;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls for environmental criteria and preservation of the natural heritage to be given the same consideration as economic criteria when calculating project eligibility, particularly in the case of projects involving cultural and natural heritage;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Stresses that more synergies between various funding sources at the EU, national and regional levels are needed, as well as stronger links between public and private financing to increase the effectiveness of regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at Union
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines the key role of local and regional authorities in achieving a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy for all, with social and economic cohesion at its core; recalls that this process would not be possible without a strong focus on skills; is of the opinion that regional environment strategies should also aim at enhancing the administrative capacity of the local and regional institutions and at developing their potential as enablers of economic, social and territorial competitiveness;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines the key role of local and regional authorities, as well as of community and citizens initiatives, in achieving a fair transition to a climate- neutral economy for all, with social and economic cohesion at its core;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines the key role of local and regional authorities in achieving a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy for all, with social
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines the key role of local, regional and
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines the key role of local, regional and
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses that community and citizens initiatives can strongly support the ecological transition, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation, and that Local Action Groups and the LEADER program can be primary tools to achieve this; therefore, encourages Member States and regional authorities to coordinate these programmes with their regional environmental strategies;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls for increased employment of green and blue investment and innovation under the Cohesion Policy, as well as expanded use of Nature Based Solutions;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Points out that EU macro-regional strategies should contribute to building cooperation aimed at solving regional issues linked to climate mitigation and adaptation, therefore, Operational programmes should be aligned with the EU macro-regional strategies as integrated approach and strategic planning is of utmost importance;
Amendment 148 #
11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change; emphasises that an effective involvement of local and regional authorities at national level should be put in place when the European Commission assessment on climate change policies and climate targets is done in the context of the European Semester; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling climate change;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change at all levels; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds as well as other EU programmes and instruments, such as the EAFRD, the EMFF, LIFE, Horizon Europe or Creative Europe, in tackling climate change;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and their local and regional authorities in addressing climate change;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change, and to assess the impact of such policies on the economy of each Member State, its productive fabric and its employment figures; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling climate change;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to monitor and publish reports using a common standard for all Member States, about the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling climate change;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 – point 1 (new) (1) Welcomes policy objective 2 (PO2) of the proposed new Common Provisions Regulation which aims to establish ‘a greener, low carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation and risk prevention and management'; recalls that ERDF thematic concentration for PO2 would be best served if applied at regional level in order to reflect the different regional specificities when it comes to climate;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Supports the agreement on the multi annual financial framework for the period 2021-2027 that avoids harmful subsidies, supports a full phase out of fossil fuels subsidies, both direct and indirect by 2025 the latest, ensures overall funding and programme priorities which reflect the climate emergency and contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement on an overall target of at least 30% of the EU budget expenditure supporting climate objectives;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Is concerned by the economic losses due to natural hazards and the damage of the EU funded infrastructure projects caused by the weather and climate-related extremes; calls for the support of activities and infrastructure projects that respect the climate and environmental standards and that are more resilient against the natural hazards;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Stresses that it is of the utmost importance to respect in all relevant Cohesion Policy legislation horizontal principles such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, a fair and socially inclusive transition, a legally binding climate-related spending target of 30 % and a biodiversity-related spending target at 10 %; stresses, therefore, that a transparent, comprehensive and meaningful tracking methodology should be adopted swiftly, and adapted if necessary during the MFF mid-term revision, for both climate-related spending and biodiversity-related spending;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Supports the call from the European Committee of the Regions that calls for a direct access to European funds for local and regional authorities (from the European budget as well as from other European financial institutions such as the EIB) for combating the climate crisis and making local communities more resilient, while paving the way for recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic; more specifically, additional instruments granting a direct access to the EU funds such as Urban Innovative Actions under the ERDF (Art. 8) or the future European Urban Initiative-post 2020 under the ERDF/CF Regulation (Art. 10), should be set up, especially for the Green Deal projects;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Encourages the Member States to ensure this complementarity by providing an ambitious territorial application of their national recovery plan, involving all the relevant actors in the regions; further invites the Member States to issue a regularly updated scoreboard measuring the territorial impact of national and European recovery measures, paying particular attention to the contribution of these measures to the fight against climate change;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 202010a provides for an overall target of at least 30 % of the total amount of the Union budget and the European Union Recovery Instrument expenditures supporting climate objectives and a new annual biodiversity target of 7.5 % from 2024, in view of reaching 10 % in 2026 and 2027; _________________ 10aInterinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources, OJ L 433I , 22.12.2020, p. 28.
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund, including with additional funds from Next Generation EU, and the two additional pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism, namely a dedicated scheme under Invest EU and a public sector loan facility, which will contribute to alleviating the economic effects of the transition to climate neutrality on the Union’s most vulnerable regions; regrets the fact, however, that the top-up amount proposed by the Commission has been cut by more than 2/3 - from 30 to 7.5 billion euros - under the Council agreement on Next Generation EU; underlines that these cuts would jeopardise the fund’s core objectives;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes the
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund; regrets the fact, however, that the top-up amount proposed by the Commission has been cut under the
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Welcomes the adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework of the Union for the period 2021-2027 and the Next Generation EU Covid-19 recovery package which are setting at least 30% of the their expenditure for climate target, meaning that at least 547 billion EUR of new EU financial resources will be made available for the green transition;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Believes that while providing financial support from the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, the main priority should be taking into account and addressing the specific needs of the regions and the Member States;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Reaffirms that the specificities of all regions of the EU Member States as defined in Articles 174 and 349 of the TFEU need to be fully reflected in the transition process so that none of these regions is left behind; notes that account should be taken of the specificities of the outermost regions (ORs) under Article 349 of the TFEU so that their particular climate conditions are given due consideration;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Reaffirms that the specificities of all regions as defined in Article 174 of the TFEU need to be fully reflected in the transition process so that no region is left behind; is of the opinion that, in order to ensure the overall harmonious development of these areas; calls in this regard to evaluate the specificities of the regions as listed in Article 174 of the TFEU in case of any revision of the State Aid guidelines;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Reaffirms that the specificities of all regions as defined in Article 174 of the TFEU need to be fully reflected in the transition process so that no region is left behind, in particular by focusing on rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Points out that, under Article 349 of the TFEU, the outermost regions benefit from special rules allowing the adoption of tailor-made measures that take account of their specificities; calls for the necessary financial resources to be allocated to those regions so that they can achieve a green transition that balances economy and ecology, and can adapt to the effects of climate change from which they particularly suffer due to their vulnerability;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Considers that innovative, inclusive and sustainable solutions to strengthen rural areas and make them more attractive as places to live and work should constitute a key element in the implementation of the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Calls, too, for the creation of an observatory focusing on sustainable development and ecological transition in the outermost regions in order to identify best practices and develop sustainable solutions to tackle climate change, which could be adopted and adapted in other EU regions;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Emphasises that islands, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, should be able to access sufficient economic resources and adequate training in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for infrastructure and local economic development; considers that these territories can represent a formidable laboratory for sustainability practices in sectors such as clean energy, smart mobility, waste management and circular economy;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Emphasises that islands, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, should be able to access sufficient economic resources in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for infrastructure and local economic development; underlines the renewable energy potential of the peripheral and outermost regions, linked to their geographical and climatic characteristics;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Emphasises that islands and outermost regions, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, are crucial for purposes of research into climate change and biodiversity and should be able to access sufficient economic resources in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for infrastructure and local economic development;
Amendment 176 #
14. Emphasises that islands, in particular small islands, w
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Emphasises that islands, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, should be able to access sufficient economic resources in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for sustainable infrastructure and local economic development;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas European Environment Agency estimated that between 1980 and 2019, climate-related extremes caused economic losses totalling an estimated EUR 446 billion in the EEA member countries; whereas this is equivalent to EUR 11.1 billion per year and the cumulative deflated losses are equal to nearly 3 % of the GDP of the countries analysed;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI) and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI) to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; in this regard, calls on the Commission to produce a user friendly guides for Regional and local governments to have the opportunity to acknowledge and capitalise on consolidated best practices on energy transition and decarbonisation of economies; welcomes the
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI) and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI), which also includes islands that have the status of Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) forming part of the European family, to ensure a functional transition between the 2014- 2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI) and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI) to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition; underlines in this regard the importance of exchanging best practices and of promoting mutual learning;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI), which include, in particular, photovoltaic solutions, and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI) of Member States to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Highlights the need to
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors while taking into account the competitiveness of these sectors; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise all renewable energy production options, beneficial for the environment, regional economy, as well as for the inhabitants of the relevant regions;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Insists that regional environmental strategies should pay special attention to supporting the replacement of fossil- intensive materials with renewable and bio-based materials, deriving from forestry and agriculture, as two sectors functioning as carbon emitters, as well as carbon sinks;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Emphasises that sustainable and close-to-nature forest management is crucial for continuous greenhouse gas absorption from the atmosphere and also allows to provide renewable and climate- friendly raw material for wood products which store carbon and can act as a substitute to fossil-based materials and fuels; underlines that the "triple role" of forests (sink, storage and substitution) contributes to the reduction of carbon emissions release to the atmosphere, while ensuring that forests continue to grow and provide many other services, and should therefore play an integral part of regional environmental strategies;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Emphasises that all sectors need to be represented and supported in the transition towards climate-neutral industrial processes, while maintaining international competitiveness; believes that the proliferation of free trade agreements is an aggravating factor in environmental degradation and calls on the Commission to encourage the implementation of a process of industrial relocation within the Union;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Emphasises that all sectors need to be represented and supported in the transition towards a climate-neutral
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas for many Member States the transitional use of energy sources based on natural gas could be essential in achieving a fair energy transition that does not harm society and leaves no-one behind;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Emphasises that all sectors need to be represented and supported in the transition towards climate-neutral industrial processes, while maintaining international competitiveness; and preserving economic, social and territorial cohesion among different European regions;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Emphasises that all sectors need to be represented and supported in the transition towards
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on national and regional programming authorities to maximise the transformational impact on climate and environmental protection during the ongoing development and national and regional EU funds spending plans;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Calls on the Commission to benchmark draft spending plans against highest possible climate ambition;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 d (new) 16d. Welcomes the proposal on REACT EU as it continues and extends the crisis responses and crisis repair measures with additional resources to existing cohesion policy programmes;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 e (new) 16e. Welcomes the efforts of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to revise its energy lending policy and to devote 50% of its operations to climate action and environmental sustainability; calls on the EIB to commit to the sustainable transition towards climate neutrality while devoting particular attention to the regions most affected by the transition;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 f (new) 16f. Welcomes the presentation of the 'Renovation Wave Strategy' as one of the crucial strategies contributing to making Europe climate-neutral by 2050; emphasizes the need to address energy poverty through a programme of building renovation targeting vulnerable and low income households, as part of a wider European Anti Poverty Strategy;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 g (new) 16g. Calls on the Commission to consider referring to the Taxonomy Regulation for private and public investments; points out the need to enshrine the ‘do not significant harm’ principle;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 h (new) 16h. Calls for further investments on sustainable mobility such as railways and sustainable urban mobility for greener cities with better life quality for citizens;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) special report on global warming of 1.5 °C, its fifth assessment report (AR5) and its synthesis report thereon, its special report on climate change and land, and its special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas global warming may reach 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels as soon as the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy programming period, necessitating immediate action to tackle the climate emergency, in accordance with the EU policies on reducing greenhouse gas emissions: the European Green Deal, the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN Paris Agreement;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 i (new) 16i. Calls on the Commission to link the assessment of the Paris agreement every 5 years with an assessment of further necessary adjustments in Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Emphasises that a reduction in land use, in particular soil sealing, should be taken into account as an important and key criterion for the implementation of the Cohesion Policy, in addition to regional environmental strategies, with a view to achieving, where possible, the potential for, and diversity of, land uses in combating climate change (water and CO2 storage, filtering, buffering and processing materials, food supply, production of biogenic resources);
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses the need for the Energy Taxation Directive11 to be revised in line with the polluter pays principle, so as to promote sustainable energy sources to the detriment of fossil fuels
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses the need for the Energy Taxation Directive11 to be revised in line with the polluter pays principle, so as to promote sustainable energy sources t
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls for the application of a progressive carbon tax at the Union’s borders on foreign products that do not meet the same environmental production standards;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy, to tackle issues linked to resource efficiency and to drive sustainable consumption, while taking account of the economic challenges faced by businesses during the period needed to recover from the COVID-19 health crisis;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy, to tackle issues linked to resource efficiency and to drive sustainable consumption, in addition to offering an adequate regulatory framework and a set of concrete, wide-ranging and ambitious measures to boost the circular economy at EU level;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy, to tackle issues linked to resource inefficiency and to drive sustainable consumption;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas global warming may reach 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Underlines the urgent need to further support the principles of circular economy and to prioritise the waste hierarchy;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Promotes a strong involvement of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the transition process as well as in the design and in the implementation of the regional environment strategies since these actors are not only well-grounded in the local economic fabric, but will also be affected by the policies of the Green Deal; believes it crucial to help MSMEs grasp the opportunities of the environmental transition through tailor-made support in the upskilling and reskilling process;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls for local circular economy plans to be developed and for public contracts awarded by local and regional authorities to be green and ambitious in terms of durability of goods and services, which will increase the industrial resilience and strategic autonomy of the European Union;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Stresses that it is crucial to create and strengthen regional economic cycles, especially those based on biogenic raw materials from the rural and forestry economy, in order to generate sustainable growth and greener jobs;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls for the EU’s updated Circular Economy Action Plan to also continue to tackle issues linked to excessive urban expansion in the Union and to drive local consumption;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Is of the opinion that effective regional environment strategies will be also beneficial to the tourism sector since they could help enhance the appeal of many European regions as sustainable destinations and could overall promote a new kind of responsible tourism;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Recalls that the success of the regional environment strategies also depends on robust research and innovation policies also at the local and regional level; encourages the collaboration among local authorities, research institutions and enterprises such as the initiatives within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and its Knowledge and Innovation Community (KICs);
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change at regional and local levels, with a particular focus on the outermost regions given that they are significantly affected by climate change and are exposed to natural disasters such as cyclones, volcanic eruptions and drought, as well as flooding and rising water levels;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the transition to a climate- neutral economy poses both a great opportunity and a challenge for the Union and for its Member States, regions, cities, local communities and citizens; whereas achieving this objective will require an overall transformation of European society and economy as some sectors will experience an irreversible decrease in production coupled with a loss of jobs in economic activities based on the production and use of fossil fuels, while other sectors will succeed in finding a technological alternative;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change at regional and local levels; stresses that the Just Transition Fund will be a key instrument in supporting the territories most affected by the transition to climate neutrality and avoiding an increase in regional disparities;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the transition to a climate- neutral economy poses both a great opportunity and a challenge for the Union and for its Member States, regions, cities, local communities
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the transition to a climate- neutral economy by 2050 at the latest poses both a great opportunity and a challenge for the Union and for its Member States, regions, cities, workers, businesses, local communities and
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the transition to a climate- neutral economy poses both a great opportunity and a challenge for the Union and for its sovereign Member States, regions, cities, local communities and citizens;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas climate change and its multiple impact affect European regions in different ways, with different degrees of severity and in different timeframes;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas sustainability should be seen as a balanced approach to bring sustainable growth, social progress and environment together;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas Cohesion Policy not only offers investment opportunities to respond to local and regional needs of the sovereign Member States through the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, it also provides an integrated policy framework to reduce developmental disparities between the
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’, the Commission proposal for the General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 and its vision to 2050,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas Cohesion Policy not only offers investment opportunities to respond to local and regional needs through the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, it also provides an integrated policy framework to reduce developmental disparities between the European regions and to help them address the multiple challenges to their development, including through environmental protection, better employment and sustainable development;
Amendment 31 #
E. whereas Cohesion Policy not only offers investment opportunities to respond to local and regional needs through the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, it also provides an integrated policy framework to reduce developmental disparities between the European regions and to help them address the multiple challenges to their development, including through environmental protection and fair, inclusive and sustainable development;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing may also be exacerbated by climate change and its long-term consequences; whereas all European regions are vulnerable to climate change, but some will experience more severe effects than others, and the management of the transition will lead to significant structural changes; whereas citizens and workers will therefore be affected in different ways and not all countries will be affected equally or be able to respond adequately;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing may also be exacerbated by climate change and its long-term consequences; EU climate policy measures should support the objectives of EU cohesion policy;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing m
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas Cohesion Policy is key to support less developed regions or areas, suffering from natural and geographical handicaps, which are often at the forefront of the impacts of climate change and have less resources to face it;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas women and men are not equally affected by green policies tackling climate change; whereas this also applies for vulnerable and marginalised groups;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas Cohesion Policy is a crucial tool to deliver a fair transition to a climate neutral economy that leaves no one behind;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas local and regional authorities are key actors for implementing Cohesion Policy effectively and delivering an effective response to the urgent threat of climate change; whereas it is therefore essential to create mechanisms such as the ‘Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy’, aimed at bringing together local and regional authorities responsible for implementing the EU’s climate and energy objectives;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) - having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 on the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (COM(2020)0152),
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas local and regional authorities, but also other relevant stakeholders are key actors for implementing Cohesion Policy
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas local and regional authorities are key actors for implementing Cohesion Policy effectively and delivering an effective response to the urgent threat of climate change; whereas they are responsible for one third of public spending and two thirds of public investment;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas local and regional authorities of the sovereign Member States are key actors for implementing Cohesion Policy effectively and delivering an effective response to the urgent threat of climate change;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas an increase of 1.5 degrees is the maximum the planet can tolerate; should temperatures increase further beyond 2030, we will face even more droughts, flood, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people; the likely demise of the most vulnerable populations - and at worst, the extinction of humankind altogether as pointed out in the EU interinstitutional report Challenges and Choices for Europe;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the climate crisis is closely
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the climate c
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the climate crisis is closely linked to other crises such as biodiversity
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas, since its creation in 2002, the EU Solidarity Fund has been activated in more than 90 catastrophic events and has mobilised over EUR 5.5 billion in 23 Member States and one accession country; whereas, as part of the EU response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the scope of the EUSF has been extended to cover major public health emergencies and the maximum level of advance payments has been raised;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the transition to a climate- neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve citizens and all sectors of society, including local and regional authorities, and must be backed by robust and inclusive social measures to ensure a fair transition that supports job retention and creation by providing real support to those who can genuinely generate wealth and create jobs: our entrepreneurs and businesspeople;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 9 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity2a, _________________ 2a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0015.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the transition to a climate- neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the transition to a climate- neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve citizens and all sectors of society, including local and regional authorities, and must be backed by robust and inclusive social measures to ensure a fair and just transition that supports job retention and creation;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the transition to a
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the transition to a climate- neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve citizens and all sectors of society, including local, regional and
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas islands, outermost and peripheral regions have an enormous potential in the production of renewable energy and are strategic laboratories to implement innovative policy measures and technical solutions to deliver the energy transition, reduce CO2 emissions and boost the shift towards the circular economy;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas Member States have adopted National Energy and Climate Plans and regions should submit a regional plan accordingly to achieve emission mitigation and adaptation, aiming to establish a pathway towards climate neutrality;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I c (new) Ic. whereas the transition to a climate neutral economy by 2050 can be achieved through a combination of public financing at EU and national levels and by creating the right conditions for private financing;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas energy sources derived from fossil fuels undermine efforts to achieve climate neutrality; whereas, in this regard, Cohesion Policy should guarantee the principle of ‘energy efficiency first’, which aims to improve the efficiency of energy supply and demand, and which should be applied and observed in all energy-related investments made under Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas energy sources derived
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) - having regard to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas energy sources derived from solid fossil fuels undermine efforts to achieve climate neutrality;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas regional environment strategies should
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas regional environment strategies of the sovereign Member States of the Union should serve the pursuit of full employment and social progress;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas regional environment strategies should serve the pursuit of
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas regional environmental strategies should be linked with ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving climate neutral EU by 2050 and should exclude any kind of support for fossil fuels and gas infrastructure projects, and support renewable energy, resource efficiency and sustainable development instead;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas waste-management plans should follow the circular economy principles and be part of regional environmental strategies;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) Kc. whereas EU macro-regional strategies can help identify key sectors and areas of cooperation between different regions facing common challenges such as climate change, climate adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity, transport, waste- management, cross-border projects, sustainable tourism;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 b (new) - having regard to the European Council conclusions of 11 December 2020 on climate change,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas a multilayered European governance model built on an active and constructive partnership between the various levels of governance and stakeholders
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas a
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas it is essential, when drawing up a long-term vision for rural areas in Europe, to emphasise the need to strengthen rural areas and make them attractive as places to live and work;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas the sovereignty of EU Member States should be respected, whereas ecology should under no circumstances be punitive, and whereas localism should be encouraged;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas community and citizens initiatives can strongly support the ecological transition and fight against climate change;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L b (new) Lb. whereas all European institutions should prioritise solely the decarbonisation of energy production and energy efficiency in support of all public policies involving energy, climate and the circular economy;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L b (new) Lb. whereas it is essential to strengthen and establish regional economies based on biogenic raw materials from sustainable agricultural and forestry management in order to meet the Green Deal targets;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L c (new) Lc. whereas the national sovereignty of EU Member States should be respected in choosing and funding the energy mix as part of the climate neutrality transition;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L d (new) Ld. whereas it is important to fund subsidies for the accelerated conversion of road, rail and waterway freight transport fleets within the Union;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs with full respect for the EU taxonomy, taking into consideration social and economic aspects to ensure a fair transition for all territories and their citizens;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, taking into consideration social and economic aspects to ensure a fair transition for all territories and their citizens without leaving anyone behind;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, taking into consideration social
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the importance of
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that the aim of the European Green Deal is to protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital, as well as to protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the European Climate Law, which enshrines the 2050 climate neutrality target into Union legislation
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the European Climate Law, which enshrines the 2050 climate neutrality target to be reached collectively by the EU into Union legislation, including the intermediate targets for 2030 and 2040, while taking into account the EU competitiveness, national circumstances and principles of solidarity and fairness;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the European Climate Law, which enshrines the 2050 climate neutrality target for the Union into Union legislation, including the intermediate targets for 2030 and 2040;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) - having regard to European Environment Agency Indicator Assessment on Economic losses from climate-related extremes in Europe published on 20 December 2020,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear political commitment to achieving the climate targets; Furthermore, believes that regional and local authorities have a key role to play in all stages of projects planning, preparation and implementation;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear political commitment to achieving the climate targets
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear political commitment to achieving the climate targets, as well as the urgency to equip them with relevant financial and administrative tools to reach those targets;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear political commitment to achieving the climate targets, which should be translated into concrete actions;
Amendment 94 #
3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities of the sovereign Member States to make a clear
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on all the local and regional authorities to adopt local and regional climate strategies translating EU-level targets to concrete local targets, based on a holistic place-based or area-oriented approach that would provide long term vision for a climate transition and a better use of financial resources under the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies; stresses in this regard that many European citizens still face energy poverty; calls to promote further actions aiming at fighting this phenomenon;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy, as with other policies, particularly environmental, agricultural, fisheries or cultural policies, in fighting climate change
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality in the EU by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a
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