2024/2718(RSP) | [ParlTrack]

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 38 c (new)

– having regard to Decision (EU) 2023/136 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards the notification of offsetting in respect of a global market-based measure for aircraft operators based in the Union,

Amendment 110 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K e (new)

Ke. whereas water pollution, water scarcity, and droughts are becoming stronger and occur more often; whereas the multiple ecosystem services provided by water should be ensured, inter alia, through water planning and investment in water-related innovation, including energy and water efficiency;

Amendment 111 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the outcome of the first GST at COP28, which recognises that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot requires a peaking of global greenhouse gas emissions before 2025 and deep, rapid and sustained reductions in global GHG emissions of 43 % by 2030 and 60 % by 2035 relative to the 2019 level, reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050;

Amendment 112 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes note of the outcome of the first GST at COP28, which recognises that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot requires deep, rapid and sustained redu~~Calls for the EU’s existing ‘climate policy’, in particular the EU Climate Law and its ‘Fit for 55’ package, to be either revised or completely withdrawn in line with Article 3(3) TEU, with emphasis placed on evidence-based and effective environmental protections in ~~global GHG emissions of 43 % by 2030 and 60 % by 2035 relative to the 2019 level, reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050~~addition to balanced economic growth in the context of the social market economy and social progress;

Amendment 113 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes note of~~Highlights the outcome of the first GST at COP28, which recognises that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot requires deep, rapid and sustained reductions in global GHG emissions of 43 % by 2030 and 60 % by 2035 relative to the 2019 level, reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050;

Amendment 114 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Thomas BAJADA, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes note of~~Welcomes the outcome of the first GST at COP28, which recognises that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot requires deep, rapid and sustained reductions in global GHG emissions of 43 % by 2030 and 60 % by 2035 relative to the 2019 level, reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050;

Amendment 115 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes note of~~Welcomes the outcome of the first GST at COP28, which recognises that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot requires deep, rapid and sustained reductions in global GHG emissions of 43 % by 2030 and 60 % by 2035 relative to the 2019 level, reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050;

Amendment 116 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the key commitments and actions announced by the EU at COP28 to substantially scale up global climate ambition; stresses that keeping the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement within reach requires a collective effort and further actions from all countries, especially all major and emerging economies; urges all Parties to follow-up on the global efforts agreed in the GST decision through ambitious implementation and scaling up of nationally determined action similar to the EU and calls on the EU to work with like-minded partners to secure a successful outcome at COP29;

Amendment 117 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030; regrets that commitments for renewable energy deployment by 2030 included in the NDCs would only lead to the achievement of 12% of the tripling renewable energy objective1a; urges all Parties to announce concrete, ambitious and immediate action to achieve the goals of tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency by the COP29 in Baku; calls on international organisations such as the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to develop and support the implementation of 100% renewable energy pathways at national and subnational levels; _________________ 1a COP28 Tripling Renewable Capacity Pledge: Tracking countries’ ambitions and identifying policies to bridge the gap, IEA, June 2024

Amendment 118 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030; highlights that the water intensity for biofuel production is orders of magnitude higher than for fossil fuels and that the carbon capture and storage systems are as well very water- intensive1a and reiterates that at the time of changes in global water cycle the energy systems must consider water- energy nexus and adjust accordingly where sanitation services or ecosystem health might be put at risk; _________________ 1a UNESCO, 2024: The United Nations World Water Development Report 2024: Water for prosperity and peace)

Amendment 119 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030; calls on the EU and Member States to lead by example by enhancing investment in renewable energy infrastructure, promoting innovation in energy storage technologies, and implementing strong regulatory frameworks to ensure rapid deployment and equitable access to renewable energy; emphasises the importance of providing financial and technical assistance to developing countries to facilitate their contribution to this global effort, in line with the principles of climate justice and equitable transition;

Amendment 12 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 40

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Union certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products,

Amendment 120 #

Viktória FERENC, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030; demands however that such a renewables clause is only included in the agreement of the climate conference, if the tripling of nuclear power is also formulated as a goal on an equal footing;

Amendment 121 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030 and recalls the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050, recognizing the key role of nuclear energy in reaching net zero;

Amendment 122 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort, aligned with ongoing efforts in the EU, where green energies are already the main source of electricity, of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030;

Amendment 123 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030 and to accelerate implementation and investment in clean and efficient energy technologies and systems to achieve these objectives;

Amendment 124 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030; urges all Parties to adopt targets and policies to reach these targets and to reflect them in their NDCs;

Amendment 125 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030Would also like to encourage the other COP29 Parties to discuss evidence- based and effective environmental protection, rather than dubious, often ideological climate models, which at least sometimes appear to be linked with the objective of fearmongering;

Amendment 126 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises that the target of net- zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, cannot be achieved without nuclear power; welcomes that 22 countries, including 13 European countries, joined forces at COP 28 in Dubai, with the aim of tripling nuclear power by 2050; calls on all parties to support their nuclear pledge;

Amendment 127 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for the acceleration of the development and application of sustainable fuels in all sectors, especially in the aviation, maritime and transport industries, in order to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions;

Amendment 128 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to accelerate efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power, and to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner, with a view to accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050, in keeping with the science; reiterates its call on all Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty;deleted

Amendment 129 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to accelerate efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power, and to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner, with a view to accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050, in keeping with the science; re~~iterates its call on all Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty;~~calls the International Energy Agency's (IEA) assessment that there should be no new oil, gas or coal development if global warming is to stay below 1,5 °C1a; recalls its support for halting all new investments in fossil fuel extraction; reiterates its call on all Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty; regrets that, to date, only 13 countries have endorsed such treaty, none of which is a European Union Member State; regrets that global carbon emissions from fossil fuels reached record levels in 2023; urges all Parties to announce concrete, ambitious and immediate action to achieve the goal of transitioning away from fossil fuels in the energy sectors by the COP29 in Baku; calls on the Global Stocktake Dialogue to include a session dedicated to challenges countries face in ending the expansion of fossil fuels; _________________ 1a Net Zero Roadmap, September 2023

Amendment 13 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 45 a (new)

– having regard to the UNEP resolution “Effective and inclusive solutions for strengthening water policies to achieve sustainable development in the context of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution” from March 2024,

Amendment 130 #

Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to accelerate efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power, and to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner, with a view to accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050, in keeping with the science and agrees that decarbonisation through bioenergy should phase out the traditional use of biomass and factor in the carbon stock loss, or emissions from indirect land-use change and from the supply chain 1a ; reiterates its call on all Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non- proliferation treaty; and pledging political support only to bioenergy supply chains sustainable in the long term without negative effect on world forest and other high-carbon ecosystems; _________________ 1a https://www.irena.org/- /media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/ 2023/Jun/IRENA_World_energy_transiti ons_outlook_2023.pdf?rev=db3ca01ecb4a 4ef8accb31d017934e97

Amendment 131 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to accelerate efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power, and to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner, ~~with a view to~~ensuring that the transition prioritises social justice and leave no one behind; highlights the urgency of accelerating action within this critical decade~~, so as~~ to achieve net zero by 2050~~, in keeping with the science; reiterates its call on all Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty;~~ at the latest, as scientific evidence continues to show that delays in reducing fossil fuel reliance will lead to increasingly severe climate impacts1a; reiterates its call on all Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty; _________________ 1a International Energy Agency (IEA). (2023). Net Zero by 2050 Roadmap. https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero- roadmap-a-global-pathway-to-keep-the- 15-0c-goal-in-reach

Amendment 132 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to accelerate efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power, and to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner, with a view to accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050, in keeping with the science; ~~reiterates its call on all Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty;~~

Amendment 133 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to accelerate efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power, and to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner, without jeopardising the EU’s energy security, with a view to accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050, in keeping with the science; reiterates its call on all Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty;

Amendment 134 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Warns that global surface air temperature has already increased by close to 1,3°C compared to pre-industrial levels; is alarmed by the fact that 2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, and July 2024 the fourteenth consecutive warmest month on record; underlines the fact that record heatwaves, drought and forest fires have already caused global gross domestic product loss of around 0,6 % in 2023, and that weather - and climate-related extreme events caused losses of EUR 650 billion in Europe over the period 1980-20221a; _________________ 1a Economic losses from weather- and climate-related extremes in Europe, EEA, October 2023

Amendment 135 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the potential of sustainable biofuels, notably bio-methane, to achieve balanced energy mixes; highlights that biogas production and biogas installations increase the energy security notably of small regions, can prevent energy poverty in rural areas and raise farmers' awareness of their role in transforming the agricultural production towards a more sustainable model;

Amendment 136 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the transition away from fossil fuels requires investments in energy efficiency, the expansion of renewable energy and a development of a diversified energy system, as well as in nuclear energy which is an important source of low-carbon electricity and heat contributing to the achievement of climate neutrality;

Amendment 137 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls, therefore, for the current Paris Climate Agreement to be transformed into an international environmental agreement that focuses on evidence-based and effective environmental protection;

Amendment 138 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Recalls that each Party retains full responsibility for determining its own energy mix, while ensuring the provision of affordable, stable and clean energy in order to contribute towards the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050;

Amendment 139 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Highlights the importance of diversifying energy and critical raw materials supply routes; relying on multiple sources and supply channels reduces supply chain disruption risks linked to dependence on a single provider or region; furthermore, it encourages competition, fosters innovation in sustainable energy solutions, and supports the transition to cleaner technologies;

Amendment 14 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 45 a (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 5 October 2022 on access to water as a human right – the external dimension (2021/2187(INI),

Amendment 140 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Expresses concern at the findings of the UNEP’s 2023 emissions gap report that fully implementing current unconditional NDCs would put the world on track for 2.9 °C global warming while the additional implementation and continuation of conditional NDCs would lead to 2.5 °C global warming by the end of the century;deleted

Amendment 141 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Expresses concern at the findings of the UNEP’s 2023 emissions gap report that fully implementing current unconditional NDCs would put the world on track for 2.9 °C global warming while the additional implementation and continuation of conditional NDCs would lead to 2.5 °C global warming by the end of the century; underlines that current policies are insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and emphasises that climate risks will be magnified by any further delay in implementing ambitious and effective measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change;

Amendment 142 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Expresses concern at the findings of the UNEP’s 2023 emissions gap report that fully implementing current unconditional NDCs would put the world on track for 2.9 °C global warming while the additional implementation and continuation of conditional NDCs would lead to 2.5 °C global warming by the end of the century; draws attention to the fact that this trajectory is far from the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement, putting the world on a dangerous path toward irreversible climate changes and the crossing of critical tipping points;

Amendment 143 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls, in this regard, for continued research into the causes, scale and effects of climatic variation to be conducted in a serious and scientifically sound manner, in order to obtain new knowledge for comprehensive, evidence-based and effective environmental protection;

Amendment 144 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on all Parties to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition of their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C;~~deleted

Amendment 145 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls on all Parties to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition of their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C~~Is deeply concerned by the fact that the window for staying below 1,5°C is closing at an alarming rate; is deeply concerned that emissions are still rising and that the emissions gap is widening, and emphasises that climate risks will be magnified by any delay in implementing effective measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change, therefore resulting in increasing loss and damage; calls on all Parties to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition of their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C by early 2025; welcomes the ‘Roadmap to Mission 1.5°C’, aimed at stimulating ambition in the next round of NDCs, launched by the COP Presidencies Troika; calls on the Global Stocktake Dialogue to support the Parties’ update of their NDCs through identification of tools, methodologies and sector-specific guidance;

Amendment 146 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on all Parties to urgently scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition of their NDCs to ~~pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C~~achieve a swift and just transition to climate neutral economies and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C in line with the Paris Agreement and the outcome of the first GST; underlines the particular responsibility of all major emitters and the G20 countries to take the lead;

Amendment 147 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on all Parties to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition of their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; stresses that these revised NDCs must be aligned with the latest climate science to close the emissions gap, and should include transparent mechanisms for monitoring and accountability to ensure progress is tracked effectively;

Amendment 148 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. CNotes that currently the NDCs of the Parties are collectively far from being on track towards achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement; calls on all Parties to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition of their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C;

Amendment 149 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on all Parties that have not yet done so to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition of their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C;

Amendment 15 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 45 a (new)

– having regard to the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste, adopted under UNEP in September 2023,1b _________________ 1b https://www.chemicalsframework.org/pag e/text-global-framework-chemicals

Amendment 150 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on all Parties to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and ~~raise the ambition of~~adapt their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C;

Amendment 151 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for a Progress report on ending deforestation by 2030 per the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, as well as introduction of their vision and deliverables for 2025; Recognises that following the newly available science1a on carbon stocks of primary and old-growth forests, these forests should be mapped worldwide and provided protection from logging as they represent, next to their well-recognised adaptation role, a unique mitigation potential; _________________ 1a Keith, H., Kun, Z., Hugh, S. et al. Carbon carrying capacity in primary forests shows potential for mitigation achieving the European Green Deal 2030 target. Commun Earth Environ 5, 256 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247- 024-01416-5 (´´total biomass carbon stock per hectare (above- and below-ground, dead biomass) and found it was 1.6 times larger on average than modelled global maps for primary forests and 2.3 times for all forests. Note: ´´old-growth´´ mentioned as part of the category of primary forests as defined by FAO

Amendment 152 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Strongly urges all Parties to come forward in their next NDCs with ambitious, quantified economy–wide absolute emission reduction targets, covering all greenhouse gases, sectors and categories and aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, as informed by the latest science, in the light of different national circumstances;

Amendment 153 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Reaffirms the EU’s role as a global leader in climate action and commits to maintaining its leadership in international climate negotiations to ensure the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement and to inspire other nations to increase their climate commitments;

Amendment 154 #

Emma WIESNER, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE, Anna STÜRGKH

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on all Parties, including the EU, based on the COP26 decision regarding common time frames, to communicate, in 2025, an NDC for 2035, and to submit this in NDC by the deadline foreseen by the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 155 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges all Parties to ensure an outcome at COP29 with robust rules for cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and calls on the EU and its Member States to strictly defend a high level of climate integrity, based on the best available science, in the negotiations;deleted

Amendment 156 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges all Parties to ensure an outcome at COP29 with robust rules for cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement ~~and~~; calls on the EU and its Member States to strictly defend a high level of climate integrity, based on the best available science, in the negotiations; calls for, in line with Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement, the urgent scaling up of non- market approaches (NMAs) to assist in the implementation of Parties’ NDCs; in this regard, advocates for finance and other support that strengthens self- determination, is redistributive, that is sustained and predictable over long timeframes, and which minimises transactions and reporting costs and hurdles; calls for NMAs to be assessed for their adherence with core principles including transparency, environmental justice and human rights law, good governance norms, and to respect mutual accountability between partners; warns against carbon offsetting schemes with scant evidence of additionality and little or no guarantee of permanence;

Amendment 157 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges all Parties to ensure an outcome at COP29 with robust rules for cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and calls on the EU and its Member States to strictly defend a high level of climate integrity, based on the best available science, in the negotiations; calls upon the EU and its member states to support the strengthening of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in accordance with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, not only during upcoming negotiations, but also by meeting its own climate targets through the use of these certificates, in order to make a greater contribution to global climate protection than would be possible through unilateral measures alone; emphasizes the importance of developing models for such framework agreements to ensure that partner countries cannot have the reductions credited additionally;

Amendment 158 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. UCalls on all Parties to engage constructively at COP29 in order to come to an agreement on cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 that contributes to the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement and fosters private sector involvement; urges all Parties to ensure an outcome at COP29 with robust rules for cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and calls on the EU and its Member States to strictly defend a high level of climate integrity, based on the best available science, in the negotiations;

Amendment 159 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges all Parties to ensure an outcome at COP29 with robust rules for cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and calls on the EU and its Member States to strictly defend a high level of climate integrity, based on the best available science, in the negotiations; stresses that these mechanisms must prevent loopholes that could undermine climate ambition, while promoting real and verifiable emission reductions and supporting the transition to renewable energy, particularly in developing countries;

Amendment 16 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 45 b (new)

– having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 6 on safe drinking water and sanitation, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,

Amendment 160 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges all Parties to ensure an outcome at COP29 with robust and rigorous rules for cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and calls on the EU and its Member States to strictly defend a high level of climate integrity, based on the best available science, in the negotiations on the outstanding issues in order to ensure that the rules provide true emission reductions with no double counting and the highest level of accountability, monitoring and transparency;

Amendment 161 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges all Parties to ensure an outcome at COP29 with robust rules for cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and calls on the EU and its Member States to strictly defend a high level of climate integrity, based on the best available science, in the negotiations at the United Nations;

Amendment 162 #

Emma WIESNER

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Insists that rules under Article 6 related to carbon removals must set strict criteria for quantification, additionality and baselines, liability, permanence and sustainability as well as respect for human rights, and that these must be implemented using independent certification and verification, as is the case under the EU's recently adopted certification framework;

Amendment 163 #

Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of building the mechanism around hard-to- abate and energy intensive sectors channelling support towards real emission reduction; highlights that fully operationalized Article 6 would provide the basis for scaled carbon markets for these sectors through reviewable bilateral agreements and incentivizing the private sector;

Amendment 164 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for environmental policies based on specific data and scientific evidence, in line with the better regulation principles, not on ideology and political stances;

Amendment 165 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of the comprehensive and timely delivery of the Seventh Assessment Cycle for the next GST;

Amendment 166 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for the delivery of comprehensive rules on Article 6 that enables the mobilisation of financial and non-financial resources for climate action, including voluntary carbon market action, in a manner consistent with the long-term goals under the Paris Agreement and the achievement of increased emission reductions, while ensuring robust accountability, transparency and environmental integrity;

Amendment 167 #

Emma WIESNER

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines that in order to ensure climate integrity, when accounting for removals under Article 6, a strict separation of temporary and permanent removals must be made, and only veritable permanent removals (lasting several centuries) may be counted as long–term reliable removals;

Amendment 168 #

Emma WIESNER

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Insists that any proposals under Article 6 to count emissions avoidance as either an emission reduction or a removal must be rejected;

Amendment 169 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that the EU and its Member States are the largest providers of public climate finance, with all EU climate finance reaching an all-time high in 2022 of EUR 28.5 billion; notes with concern, however, that fossil fuel subsidies remained relatively stable at about EUR 56 billion (2022 prices) over the period 2015-2021, yet increased to EUR 123 billion in 20221a ; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/ind icators/fossil-fuel-subsidies

Amendment 17 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 45 c (new)

– having regard to the UN report of 19 March 2019 on the development of the world’s water resources entitled ‘Leaving no one behind’,

Amendment 170 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE, Anna STÜRGKH

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that the EU and its Member States are the largest providers of public climate finance, with all EU climate finance reaching an all-time high in 2022 of EUR 28.5 billion and underlines the need for continued and increased contributions; in this respect, reiterates its call for a dedicated EU public finance mechanism that provides additional and adequate support towards delivering the EU's fair share of international climate finance goals;

Amendment 171 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that the EU and its Member States are the largest providers of public climate finance, with all EU climate finance reaching an all-time high in 2022 of EUR 28.5 billion; expresses concern that a large part of this contribution was extended through non-grant instruments, particularly loans, which risks exacerbating the already critical debt crises in many developing countries;

Amendment 172 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Not~~Acknowledges that the EU ~~and~~, its Member States and the EIB are togethere the largest providers of public climate finance, ~~with all EU~~providing roughly one third of global public climate finance, with European climate finance reaching an all- time high in 2022 of EUR 28.5 billion from public sources and mobilising an additional amount of EUR 11.9 billion of private finance in total;

Amendment 173 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that the EU and its Member States are the largest providers of public climate finance, with all EU climate finance reaching an all-time high in 2022 of EUR 28.5 billion; reiterates its call for a dedicated EU public finance mechanism that provides additional and adequate support towards delivering the EU’s fair share of international climate finance goals;

Amendment 174 #

Michal WIEZIK, Emma WIESNER

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that the EU and its Member States are the largest providers of public climate finance, with all EU climate finance reaching an all-time high in 2022 of EUR 28.5 billion, out of which 52% was extended via non-grant instruments;

Amendment 175 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Highlights that significant financial resources from a variety of sources are needed to implement the goals of the Paris Agreement in developing countries, also considering that many developing countries have conditional NDCs, the achievement of which depends on sufficient financial support; recalls that the Glasgow Climate Pact urges developed country Parties to significantly scale up their provision of climate finance as a matter of urgency;

Amendment 176 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes that the steep increase in fossil fuel subsidies was largely due to the energy price crisis further intensified by the Russian invasion of Ukraine countered by temporary subsidy measures by Member States to protect households and industries; highlights however that there is no end-date provided or the end- date is after 2030 for the largest part of fossil fuel subsidies awarded out of the framework of temporary subsidy measures;

Amendment 177 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that the EU contributes approximately 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, while highlighting that the EU and its Member States have made significantly greater efforts to reduce emissions compared to other major developed and developing economies;

Amendment 178 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Recalls that achieving the EU’s ambitious target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will require sustained energy investments, amounting to EUR 396 billion annually from 2021 to 2030 and increasing to EUR 520 - 575 billion per year in the subsequent decade, as part of a broader effort to advance the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy and ensure long-term energy resilience across Europe;

Amendment 179 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Stresses that financing from the developed countries responsible for a large share of historical emissions will also be crucial to build trust for a more ambitious dialogue on climate mitigation targets; calls on historical emitters to help developing countries adapt to climate change, inter alia, through grants-based financing and technical support;

Amendment 18 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 49 a (new)

– having regarded to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) report of 24 November 2020 entitled ‘Updated analysis of the non-CO2 climate impacts of aviation and potential policy measures pursuant to EU Emissions Trading System Directive Article 30(4)’,

Amendment 180 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that developed countries provided and mobilised a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, of which a significant share (over two thirds) was extended as loans, exceeding the UNFCC annual USD 100 billion climate finance goal for the first time, two years after the target year of 2020; points out that this delay resulted in a cumulative shortfall of approximately USD 32 billion between 2020 and 2021;

Amendment 181 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Not~~Welcomes that developed countries provided and mobilised a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, exceeding the UNFCC annual USD 100 billion climate finance goal for the first time, ~~two years after the target year of 2020~~putting the world on track to achieve the USD 100 billion goal over the 2020-2025 period; invites other Parties from all regions and other actors to scale up the mobilisation of international climate finance;

Amendment 182 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that developed countries provided and mobilised a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, exceeding the UNFCC annual USD 100 billion climate finance goal for the first time, two years after the target year of 2020; calls on developed countries, including the Union and its Member States, to ensure that the USD 100 billion goal continues to be met through to 2025;

Amendment 183 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that developed countries provided and mobilised a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, exceeding the UNFCC annual USD 100 billion climate finance goal for the first time, two years after the target year of 2020; notes that there is still a significant imbalance between adaptation and mitigation finance and that the adaptation finance gap is growing;

Amendment 184 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that developed countries provided and mobilised a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, of which over two thirds was extended as loans, exceeding the UNFCC annual USD 100 billion climate finance goal for the first time, two years after the target year of 2020;

Amendment 185 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 new collective quantified goal on climate finance at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe;~~deleted

Amendment 186 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Calls on all Parties to~~Reminds that many developing countries' NDCs are conditional on international climate finance; highlights, therefore, that agreeing on an ambitious post-2025 new collective quantified goal on climate finance ~~at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe;~~(NCQG) at COP29 is essential for putting the world on track to achieve the 1.5C temperature goal, with the submission of updated NDCs in advance of COP30, in line with the agreed process and timeline; calls on all Parties to agree on the NCQG at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum by the agreed deadlines; notes with concern that it is estimated that global climate finance needs to increase at least five-fold annually, up to USD 9 trillion a year by 20301a, and that costed needs in developing countries are estimated at USD 5.8–5.9 trillion for NDCs for the pre- 2030 period1b; calls, therefore, on the Union and its Member States to steer an agreement on an NCQG that includes at least a goal of 1 trillion USD/year from grants or grant-equivalent instruments from public authorities of developed countries to developing countries; calls on the Union and its Member States to steer an agreement on stand-alone sub-targets for mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage, so as to ensure a more even spread of international climate finance across these pillars; _________________ 1a Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2023 November 2023, Climate Policy Initiative 1b Executive summary by the Standing Committee on Finance on the first report on the determination of the needs of developing country Parties related to implementing the Convention and the Paris Agreement

Amendment 187 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on climate finance at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe; calls also for dedicated sub-goals for mitigation, adaptation and Loss and Damage in the NCQG in order to bring greater resources to where they are most needed and to improve climate finance tracking; believes that the NCQG should be firmly anchored in both the qualitative and quantitative needs of developing countries, with a target and structure that respond to lessons learned from the annual USD 100 billion goal; believes that the Core Goal of the NCQG should be measured on a grant-equivalent basis and delivered by additional contributions from developed countries; considers that a fair and effort-sharing approach could be used among developed countries, using for example GNI;

Amendment 188 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 new collective quantified goal on climate finance at COP29 with safeguards ~~to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe~~and comprehensive monitoring and transparency mechanisms to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe; underlines that the new quantified goal must clearly reflect the increased need for climate finance globally and address both mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage in a balanced way; stresses that the current contributor base is insufficient, and therefore calls on other countries, especially emerging economies, to contribute towards the new quantified goal according to their financial capabilities; recalls that many developing countries' NDCs are conditional on international climate finance; highlights, therefore, that the provision of adequate climate finance is key to achieving the goal of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 189 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 nNew cCollective qQuantified gGoal (NCQG) on climate finance at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe; stresses that this new goal must exceed the outdated USD 100 billion target and should be set in a science- based manner, in line with developing countries’ climate finance needs; recognises that post-2025 climate finance needs will rise substantially; highlights that the NCQG must be ambitious enough to mobilize the necessary funds, while ensuring robust accountability and transparency mechanisms in the allocation and tracking of resources;

Amendment 19 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 55 a (new)

– having regard to General Comment no. 26 to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on Children’s Rights and the Environment, with a special focus on climate change,

Amendment 190 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on climate finance at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe; believes that the NCQG should consist of clear mechanism to track delivery of climate finance for mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage; underlines the need for transparency, accountability and integrity of climate finance;

Amendment 191 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 new collective quantified goal on climate finance at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe; highlights that the goal should be set in a science-based manner, line with developing countries’ climate finance needs, and cover mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage, with targets for the provision of public finance for each;

Amendment 192 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 new collective quantified goal on climate finance at COP29 which should encompass both mitigation and adaptation actions, based on a global effort and a variety of sources, instruments and channels, including public, private and innovative sources of finance, with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe;

Amendment 193 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses that achieving the NCGQ on climate finance will require significant contribution from all Parties; expresses concerns about the current UNFCCC classifications of Annex I (developed) and non-Annex I (developing) countries, which exclude major polluters like China, Saudi Arabia, India and Brazil from contributing their fair share; calls on both Annex I and non-Annex I Parties to reassess their stance on financial commitments to the loss and damage Fund and the NCQG in order to scale up and expedite climate financing efforts;

Amendment 194 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on EU Member State climate finance negotiators to get clear mandates from their respective finance ministries to make meaningful financial contributions to the NCQG; calls on the Commission to commit to establish a dedicated EU public finance mechanism that provides additional and adequate support towards delivering the EU’s fair share of international climate finance goals;

Amendment 195 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Believes that the responsibility to deliver on the post-2025 NCQG should encompass a broadened contributor base reflecting Parties’ evolving financial capabilities and historical emission levels; insists that countries with high emissions and high GDP such as China and Saudi Arabia should contribute more significantly to the new goal;

Amendment 196 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for an increase in the provision of climate finance for fire prevention and protection measures in regions vulnerable to climate change, especially in the Mediterranean region, where rising temperatures have increased the risk of forest fires;

Amendment 197 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Encourages all the Parties to ensure that any future environmental and climate change fund established at national or international level does not involve funding from budgets hitherto earmarked for the development of sustainable agriculture;

Amendment 198 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls on the Parties to agree on new and innovative sources of public finance for the NCQG; highlights that such sources of finance should be socially fair, ensuring that the costs of climate change are borne by those with the greatest capacities as well as the most responsibility for causing it; points to potential sources of revenues from more progressive and more effective corporate tax rates, as well as international taxation on high-emitting sectors such as fossil fuel companies, maritime transport and international aviation, as recommended by the Second Independent High-Level Expert Group (IHLEG) Report, wealth taxes, as well as other progressive taxation and taxes based on the polluter- pays-principle; calls on the private sector and philanthropy to make commitments for scaling up their financial contributions; calls on multilateral development banks to commit to measures for reduction, management and sharing of risks, and to measures for cost of capital reduction;

Amendment 199 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls on all Parties to swiftly adopt comprehensive rules ensuring full transparency in the allocation and use of funds under the loss and damage fund and NCQG; emphasises the critical need to channel these resources effectively towards climate change mitigation and adaptation projects; highlights the insufficient institutional and technical support for the beneficiaries of the funding;

Amendment 2 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament resolution ‘on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia’ (2023/2879(RSP)),

Amendment 20 #

Javi LÓPEZ, César LUENA, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 63 a (new)

– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), as well as the General Comment No. 26 (2023) on Children’s Rights and the Environment with a Special Focus on Climate Change’ from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, as well as the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child (2022),

Amendment 200 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses the importance for the NCQG to differentiate funding levels in a way that better reflects the needs and priorities of countries most vulnerable to global warming and with limited capabilities, notably the Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States;

Amendment 201 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Notes that many climate- vulnerable countries are in debt distress or at significant risk of debt distress;~~deleted

Amendment 202 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that many climate-vulnerable countries are in debt distress or at significant risk of debt distress; calls on other countries and multilateral development banks, including the EIB, to adopt climate resilience debt clauses in future lending; looks forward to the conclusions of the global expert review on debt, nature and climate as proposed by France, Colombia and Kenya during the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact; considers it necessary to have solutions that jointly tackle the climate and debt crises; reiterates the need to clearly prioritise grants-based climate finance to ensure that climate finance does not contribute to unsustainable debt levels in developing countries and calls on the Parties to engage in discussions and undertake the necessary measures to alleviate the debt burden of developing countries; stresses that many developing countries are in great fiscal need and require investments in order to transition their energy systems and undertake effective climate mitigation and adaptation efforts; highlights the importance of increasing grants-based finance, especially for adaptation, and that climate finance provided in the form of loans can exacerbate developing countries’ debt distress; notes that 50 % of the EU’s total climate finance in 2020 was provided in the form of grants and urges the EU and all Member States to increase grants-based finance, particularly for adaptation and especially for least developed countries and SIDs;

Amendment 203 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that many climate-vulnerable countries are in debt distress or at significant risk of debt distress; regrets that the majority of the finance mobilised under the current USD 100 billion goal, including finance from the EU, has been extended through non-grant instruments; highlights the importance of designing an NCQG that does not exacerbate the debt distress of developing countries and that is therefore mainly based on grant-based finance and debt-relief instruments; highlights that while all sources of finance, public and private, are needed, international public finance is essential especially for responding to adaptation needs, for addressing loss and damage, and for supporting socially just transitions in vulnerable developing countries, in a manner that does not worsen debt distress or restrict fiscal space;

Amendment 204 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that many developing countries, particularly climate-vulnerable countries, are ~~in debt distress or at significant risk of debt distress~~facing a dual crisis of unsustainable debt levels and escalating climate impacts, with many already in or at significant risk of debt distress; stresses that this situation exacerbates their vulnerability to economic instability and severely undermines their capacity to invest in climate action; calls for a shift in international climate finance towards prioritizing public, grant-based and non- debt inducing instruments and measures to ensure that these countries can implement necessary mitigation and adaptation measures without increasing their debt burden;

Amendment 205 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that many climate-vulnerable countries ~~are in debt distress or at~~may face debt problems or may be running significant risk of ~~debt distress~~them;

Amendment 206 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Notes that private investments will have to undertake the largest share of the required investments in the climate transition globally; considers that facilitating such efforts will need to involve domestic and international financial systems to remove barriers to access finance for clean technologies and shift public and private finance flows away from emission-intense activities;

Amendment 207 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls for an agreement on solid transparency and accountability mechanisms for the NCQG, avoiding double-counting and greenwashing; calls for annual reports on the implementation of the NCQG; calls also for agreeing on regular reviews of the NCQG to align the level of finance with the evolving needs of developing countries;

Amendment 208 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Michal WIEZIK, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement;deleted

Amendment 209 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. CRecalls that one of the goals of the Paris Agreement is to make financial flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions; recalls the conclusions of COP27 that delivering the necessary funding for the climate transition will require a transformation of the financial system and its structures and processes, engaging governments, central banks, commercial banks, institutional investors and other financial actors; considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 21 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 63 a (new)

– having regard to the outcomes of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture1a, _________________ 1a A shared prospect for farming and food in Europe. The final report of the Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU agriculture. https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/common- agricultural-policy/cap-overview/main- initiatives-strategic-dialogue-future-eu- agriculture_en#strategic-dialogue-report

Amendment 210 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement, integrate tackling climate change and preserving nature and biodiversity into their practices and priorities, phase out direct and indirect support to fossil fuels and gather and use high-quality climate risk, vulnerability and impact data to guide the direction of investments towards 1,5 °C aligned investments;

Amendment 211 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement; calls for a significant increase of international climate finance in the form of public grants and non-debt inducing instruments and measures as part of the post-2025 climate finance regime, with a core goal for public finance from developed to developing countries as part of the NCQG;

Amendment 212 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement and to enable increased access to finance by developing countries and by small organisations located in those countries; highlights the need for a systemic transformation towards an economic model that ensures well-being for all within planetary boundaries;

Amendment 213 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; believes that the NCQG represents a pivotal opportunity to not only scale up climate finance but also to promote reforms in the international financial system by incorporating the principles of the Bridgetown Agenda; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 214 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to a~~lign their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement~~ccelerate the reform of the international financial architecture and align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement to better address the challenges of climate change, and to improve access to climate finance by removing barriers;

Amendment 215 #

Pascal CANFIN, Grégory ALLIONE, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Notes that the high risk profile of many countries impedes their capacity to attract and mobilize private investments in mitigation and adaptation to climate change; calls on the international financial institutions, Multilateral Development Banks and governments to coordinate and propose a massive financial de-risking plans for climate mitigation and adaptation projects in the context of the COP29;

Amendment 216 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recalls the role of the European Investment Bank (EIB) as the EU’s climate bank and its Climate Bank Roadmap and updated Energy Lending Policy as well as the additional efforts of the European Investment Fund (EIF) to spearhead climate investments; welcomes the fact that the European Central Bank has committed to integrating climate change considerations into its monetary policy framework;

Amendment 217 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Recalls that fossil fuels are responsible for over 75 % of all GHGs and are therefore the largest contributor to climate change;~~deleted

Amendment 218 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Recalls that fossil fuels are responsible for over 75 % of all GHGs and are therefore the largest contributor to climate change;~~deleted

Amendment 219 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that fossil fuels are responsible for over 75 % of all GHGs and are therefore the largest contributor to climate change with their emissions still growing, and highlights with concern that fossil fuel companies have made record profits and rewarded investors with record pay-outs the last years; calls on all the Parties to explore options to increase fossil fuel companies’ contribution to the Paris goal, including obligations to devote a rising percentage of their investment to renewables, and levies on their revenues to finance climate action;

Amendment 22 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 63 a (new)

– having regard to the UN Water Report 2024,

Amendment 220 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that fossil fuels are responsible for over 75 % of all GHGs and are therefore the largest contributor to climate change; notes that despite this, fossil fuels still meet over 80% of the world's energy needs; stresses that the phase-out of fossil fuels is both necessary and technologically feasible, and that renewable energy technologies, such as solar and wind, have seen costs drop by nearly 90% over the last decade, making them a viable alternative for a sustainable energy transition;

Amendment 221 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that fossil fuels are responsible for over 75 % of all GHGs and are therefore the largest contributor to climate change; recalls the IEA’s assessment that there should be no new oil, gas or coal developments for emissions pathways that keep the global temperature increase below 1,5 °C1a; calls on all Parties to adopt plans to phase–out fossil fuels in keeping with the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement; _________________ 1a Net Zero Roadmap, September 2023

Amendment 222 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Stresses that one of the aims of COP29 should be to coordinate an unambiguous signal that follows-up on the outcome of the first Global Stocktake at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewables and energy efficiency in a just, orderly, equitable manner; highlights the importance of introducing clarifying quantifications and timelines to accelerate action in this decade;

Amendment 223 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Considers that emission abatement technologies will be needed to reduce residual emissions where feasible, effective and cost-efficient mitigation alternatives are not readily available, notably from hard to abate sectors, and that removal technologies are needed to contribute to global negative emissions;

Amendment 224 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets that fossil energy subsidies in the EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and even increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C’;deleted

Amendment 225 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets that fossil energy subsidies in the EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and even increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C’;deleted

Amendment 226 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets that fossil energy subsidies in the EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and even increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C’; reiterates its call to end, as a matter of urgency, all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies in the EU as soon as possible and by 2025 at the latest, and other environmentally harmful subsidies as soon as possible and by 2027 at the latest, at both EU and Member State levels through the implementation of concrete policies, timelines and measures; regrets that Member States have included limited information on the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies in their National Energy and Climate Plans, and that the 8th EAP monitoring report states that most EU countries lack concrete phase-out plans; urges, therefore, the Commission to propose a process and a timeline for the phase-out of subsidies as part of the revision of the EU Climate Law;

Amendment 227 #

Li ANDERSSON, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets that fossil energy subsidies in the EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and even increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; ~~recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘~~highlights the necessity to bring the fossil fuel era to an end and believes that the EU and it’s Member States must lead by example in this process; demands the Commission to propose, without delay, a binding Union framework at Union, national, regional and local level to monitor and report on Member States’ progress towards phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, based on an agreed methodology and to set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.,5 °C’ in accordance to Decision (EU) 2022/591;

Amendment 228 #

Emma WIESNER, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. RStrongly regrets that fossil energy subsidies in the EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and even increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C’; calls on the Commission to urgently make a proposal in this regard and on the Member States to take concrete measures resulting in a swift phase–out of all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies;

Amendment 229 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Regrets that fossil energy~~Expresses concern that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidies sing the ~~EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and ev~~use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C’ 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies which do not address energy poverty or just transition as soon as possible;

Amendment 23 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 63 b (new)

– having regard to the opinion of the Committee of Regions of the 19 June 2024 on Towards a resilient water management to fight climate crisis within an EU Blue Deal,

Amendment 230 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Regret~~Observes that fossil energy subsidies in the EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and even increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C’;

Amendment 231 #

Dolors MONTSERRAT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Regret~~Notes that fossil energy subsidies in the EUnion have remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and ~~even~~ increased in 2022 to EUR 123 billion ~~in 2022; recall~~; reminds that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and ~~the~~ Member States to ‘set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C’;

Amendment 232 #

Emma WIESNER, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Reiterates its call to end, as a matter of urgency, all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies in the EU as soon as possible and by 2025 at the latest, and other environmentally harmful subsidies as soon as possible and by 2027 at the latest, at both EU and Member State levels through the implementation of concrete policies, timelines and measures;

Amendment 233 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on all Member States to improve their national reporting of fossil fuel subsidies and plan for their phase-out through concrete policies, timelines and measures in a way that maximises the Union’s energy security, industrial competitiveness and citizens’ welfare and reduces energy bills;

Amendment 234 #

Viktória FERENC, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible;deleted

Amendment 235 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible;deleted

Amendment 236 #

Emma WIESNER, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible; recalls that continued provisions of environmentally harmful subsidies prevent the Parties from meeting their climate targets and increases mitigation costs over time; calls on all Parties to ensure transparent reporting of their fossil fuels subsidies and to adopt immediate plans for their phase–out;

Amendment 237 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is over five times more than the 115,9 billion reported as international climate finance to developing countries, and significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible, reallocating these harmful subsidies toward climate action, including toward international climate finance for the most vulnerable developing countries;

Amendment 238 #

Dolors MONTSERRAT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Is concerned~~Stresses that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly ~~more~~an higher amount than ~~the~~ USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to ~~end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies~~prioritize technological neutrality in their subsidy policies and to gradually phase out the fossil fuel subsidies that do not contribute to fostering the competitiveness of our energy, agricultural, and transport sectors, while ensuring the availability of reliable alternatives and the food security as soon as possible;

Amendment 239 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible and shift harmful subsidies toward climate action, including toward international climate finance for the most vulnerable developing countries;

Amendment 24 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 63 c (new)

– having regard to the Declaration for an EU Blue Deal of the European Economic and Social Committee in 2023,

Amendment 240 #

Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent more than USD 620 billion on fossil fuel subsidies in 2023, o~~n subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing~~ver five times more than the 115,9 billion reported as international climate finance to developing countries, and significantly more than the USD 70 billion spent to support clean energy ~~investments~~1a; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible; and use the released resources to support climate- related investments; _________________ 1a ‘Strategies for Affordable and Fair Clean Energy Transitions’, IEA, 30 May 2024

Amendment 241 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; ~~encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible;~~

Amendment 242 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Is concerned~~Notes that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to ~~end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possibl~~promote investment in the environmentally friendly extraction of fossil fuels, and by permitting their use as energy from an alternative source;

Amendment 243 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to ~~end~~phase out all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible;

Amendment 244 #

Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Reiterates its support for the work of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and encourages all governments to adopt the coalition's commitments to align all policies and practices in the remit of finance ministries with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to adopt effective carbon pricing, as laid down in the Helsinki Principles;

Amendment 245 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Recognises that developed countries, including the EU, should lead by introducing innovative taxes in line with the polluter pays principle, such as wealth taxes and levies on high-emitting sectors like fossil fuels;

Amendment 246 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on all Parties to end fossil fuel expansion and phase down fossil fuels and calls on G7 countries to lead the energy transition;

Amendment 247 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Stresses that the restoration and rehabilitation of high-carbon ecosystems previously converted for agriculture, aquaculture or human development can benefit both mitigation and adaptation and should be encouraged;

Amendment 248 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to significantly step up adaptation action within the EU and globally to minimise the negative effects of climate change and biodiversity loss; points out that while mitigation finance and implementation have progressed, adaptation efforts continue to lag behind, with a widening gap in both funding and concrete action; recognises that without immediate action, the costs of adaptation will continue to rise, with Europe already experiencing economic losses of EUR 650 billion between 1980 and 2021 due to weather and climate- related extremes1a; _________________ 1a European Environment Agency (EEA). (2023). Economic losses from climate- related extremes in Europe. https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/ind icators/economic-losses-from-climate- related

Amendment 249 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to step up adaptation action within the EU and globally to minimise the negative effects of climate change and biodiversity loss; calls therefore on the Commission to design legislative package for climate adaptation, with strong emphasis on nature-based and ecosystem approaches, to make the EU more resilient and to lead by example;

Amendment 25 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 68 a (new)

– having regard to the Report of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture of 04 September 2024,

Amendment 250 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to step up adaptation action within the EU and globally to minimise the negative effects of climate change and biodiversity loss; stresses that particular attention must be paid to the Mediterranean region, where climate change has led to increasingly frequent forest fires, threatening lives, households and ecosystems;

Amendment 251 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to step up adaptation action within the EU and globally to minimise the negative effects of climate change, such as the increasing prevalence of floods and droughts that we have been experiencing, which threaten both citizens and key productive sectors as well as and biodiversity loss;

Amendment 252 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to step up adaptation action including with nature- based solutions within the EU and globally to minimise the negative effects of climate change, including on wellbeing and health, considering also the increasing heatwave related casualties, and biodiversity loss;

Amendment 253 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to step up adaptation action within the EU and globally ~~to minimise the negative effects of climate change an~~, as in addition to positive there are also negative effects of climate change, which should be minimised, as should biodiversity loss;

Amendment 254 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to step up adaptation action within the EU and globally to minimise the negative effects of climate change, water stress and biodiversity loss;

Amendment 255 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to step up well coordinated adaptation action ~~within the EU and~~ globally to minimise the negative effects of climate change and biodiversity loss;

Amendment 256 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to step up coordinated adaptation action ~~within the EU and glob~~internationally to minimise the negative effects of climate change and biodiversity loss;

Amendment 257 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Reiterates that climate change is projected to modify the availability of water resources, leading to a reduction of water availability in some water basins and that quantitative models identify a trend of increasing floods induced by climate change; welcomes the scientific suggestion1a that to cope with these conditions, robust nature-based solutions may be of even higher importance than previously thought; calls therefore for increased policy coherence and integration, taking into account the strong links that water management has with other policies (e.g. industrial, tourism, transport, energy) and for acting at the scale of the whole river basin deploying nature-based solutions, to substantially increase synergies and reduce trade-offs; _________________ 1a https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos itory/handle/JRC115635

Amendment 258 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls for increased financial and technical support for farmers in the transition towards climate-resilient and sustainable agricultural practices, with an emphasis on nature restoration and biodiversity conservation;

Amendment 259 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Stresses the importance of development and implementation of National Adaptation Plans, including with focus on financial and technical assistance; considers critical closing the adaptation finance gap;

Amendment 26 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the European Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and has committed to urgently fight and contain this threat before it is too late; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change are interlinked and exacerbate each other, representing equal threats to life on our planet, and as such should be tackled together as a matter of urgency;

Amendment 260 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the agreement on the framework for the gGlobal gGoal on aAdaptation (GGA) at COP28, namely the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience; highlights the need to translate the ~~GGA~~Framework into measurable outcomes and to track progress towards achieving the ~~goal~~targets; encourages all Parties to swiftly agree on indicators for measuring progress towards the targets as part of the two-year UAE–Belém work programme established in COP28; highlights the importance of inclusive indicators, taking into account women, youth, minority and disadvantaged groups, and indigenous people; stresses also the importance of indicators that contribute to the achievement of social justice and intergenerational equity; welcomes the call made at the COP28 on all Parties to have NAPs in place by 2025 and to have made progress on their implementation by 2030;

Amendment 261 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the agreement on the framework for the global goal on adaptation (GGA) at COP28, namely the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience; highlights the need to translate the GGA into measurable outcomes and to track progress towards achieving the goal; stresses that the GGA must be translated into clear, measurable outcomes with robust tracking systems in place to monitor progress, particularly in the areas of climate finance, nature-based solutions, and resilience-building;

Amendment 262 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the agreement on the framework for the global goal on adaptation (GGA) at COP28, namely the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience; highlights the need to translate the GGA into measurable outcomes and to track progress towards achieving the goal; calls on all Parties to adopt national adaptation plans with set targets and goals, and to update said plans every five years;

Amendment 263 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the agreement on the framework for the global goal on adaptation (GGA) at COP28, namely the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience; highlights the need to translate the GGA into measurable outcomes and to track progress towards achieving the goal, at international level;

Amendment 264 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the agreement on the framework for the global goal on adaptation (GGA) at COP28, namely the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience; highlights the need to translate the GGA into measurable outcomes and to track progress towards achieving the goal, at international level;

Amendment 265 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Welcomes the European Commission’s Communication on "Managing Climate Risks: Protecting People and Prosperity", which highlights the need for resilience in the face of escalating climate risks; regrets that the communication lacks concrete and actionable measures, relying instead on general recommendations that fail to fully address the urgency of the crisis; calls on the Commission to propose legislation that mandates concrete actions, particularly regarding infrastructure resilience, water management, and nature-based solutions, while prioritizing the protection of vulnerable communities;

Amendment 266 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Welcomes the announcement of a European Water Resilience Strategy as part of the Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2024-2029 and calls on the Commission to swiftly deliver this Strategy to ensure sources are properly managed, scarcity is addressed, and that we enhance the competitive innovative edge of our water industry and technology;

Amendment 267 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Welcomes the first European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA]1a and the Commission Communication on Managing Climate Risks - protecting people and prosperity; _________________ 1a European Climate Risk Assessment. EEA Report 01/2024. European Environment Agency (2024).

Amendment 268 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Calls on the Commission to swiftly present a European Climate Adaptation Plan, announced as part of the Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2024-2029, to support Member States on preparedness and planning and ensure regular science- based risk assessments;

Amendment 269 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that early warning systems are critical to effective adaptation ~~and~~, as they can save lives and significantly reduce the socioeconomic impacts of climate change; calls for the rapid implementation of both the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative, which focuses on vulnerable countries such as Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and the "Early Warnings for All" initiative, which seeks to ensure global access to early warning systems by 2027; emphasises that these systems must be robust, people-centered, and multi- hazard, ensuring the protection of lives, livelihoods, and critical infrastructure from increasing climate risks;

Amendment 27 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital A

Α. whereas the European Parliament has ~~declared a climate and environmental emergency and has committed to urgently fight and conta~~a sustained interest in protecting th~~is threa~~e environment;

Amendment 270 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. S~~tresses that early warning systems are critical to effective a~~upports the Framework target for all Parties to establish by 2027 multi- hazard early warning systems, climate information services for risk reduction and systematic observation to support improved climate-related dapta~~tion and~~, information and services; calls for the rapid implementation of the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems ~~(CREWS) i~~Initiative (CREWS);

Amendment 271 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses that the adaptation finance needs of developing countries are 10-18 times as big as international public finance flows, that flows declined since 2020, and that the gap is widening1a; stresses that progress in adaptation in developing countries is plateauing, with massive implications for losses and damages, particularly for the most vulnerable1b; urges developed countries to agree on measures to mobilise finance to deliver on the goal of doubling the collective provision of climate finance for adaptation to developing country Parties from 2019 levels by 2025, which implies reaching an aggregate level of at least around USD 40 billion1c, and on the goal of achieving a balance between mitigation and adaptation in the provision of scaled- up financial resources; calls on the Commission and the Member States to set out concrete pathways to increase their adaptation finance by 2025, including through the EU budget; notes that grant- based funding is particularly suited to address the needs of the most vulnerable populations; _________________ 1a Adaptation Gap Report 2023, November 2023 1b Adaptation Gap Report 2023, November 2023 1c Report on the doubling of adaptation finance” by the UNFCCC Standing Committee

Amendment 272 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls for the incorporation of digital diplomacy and the increased use of virtual platforms for participation at COP29, and thereafter, to significantly reduce the carbon footprint associated with international travel and large-scale events; emphasizes that digital tools can enhance global inclusivity and participation, particularly for delegates from vulnerable regions and civil society representatives; urges the EU to lead by example in adopting these practices, ensuring that the Conference is aligned with the principles of sustainability and contributes to reducing the overall environmental impact of international climate negotiations;

Amendment 273 #

Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Javi LÓPEZ

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the EU Member States and the Commission to ensure the EU is contributing its part to achieving the COP26 commitment of doubling public adaptation finance provision from developed countries to developing countries by 2025 compared to 2019 levels, which implies reaching an aggregate level of at least around USD 40 billion based on the recently published “Report on the doubling of adaptation finance” by the UNFCCC Standing Committee, and notes that grant-based funding is particularly suited to address the needs of the most vulnerable populations;

Amendment 274 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the EU Member States and the Commission to ensure the EU is contributing its part to achieving the COP26 commitment of doubling public adaptation finance provision from developed countries to developing countries by 2025, compared to 2019 levels, which implies reaching an aggregate level of at least around USD 40 billion1a; _________________ 1a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Standing Committee on Finance. (2023). Report on the Doubling of Adaptation Finance. https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resour ce/231120%20BLS23393%20UCC%20Ad aptation%20Finance%20v04.pdf

Amendment 275 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Recalls the need to account for future climate conditions when investing in infrastructure and assets;

Amendment 276 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Stresses the importance of ecosystem and community-based adaptation based on inclusive approaches; calls for the Green Climate Fund, the Global Environment Facility, the Adaptation Fund and the Sustainable Impact Fund to develop better strategies to reach local-level actors who lead climate adaptation solutions;

Amendment 277 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)

17c. Expresses concerns at the findings of the first EU Climate Risk Assessment Report (EUCRA) that some climate risks in Europe are already at critical levels now, while many other risks can reach critical or even catastrophic levels during this century, with damages to the competitiveness of economies and companies, geopolitical landscape, workforce and social cohesion; recalls that the EUCRA report recommends mainstreaming current and future climate risks in virtually all policy areas, with action both at EU and national levels; welcomes the Commission President Von der Leyen’s commitment in her political guidelines 2024-2029 to launch a European Climate Adaptation Plan; calls on the Commission to propose a comprehensive, ambitious and legally binding plan, setting legal requirements for ecosystem-based adaptation, with particular emphasis on the most vulnerable regions and on water resilience;

Amendment 278 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Expresses deep concern about the increasing intensity and frequency of extreme weather events in the EU and globally, including wildfires, droughts, heatwaves and floods, and their impact on human health and the increasing loss of lives; stresses the urgency of strengthening the collective, global response to climate change in this critical decade through ambitious mitigation and adaptation action by all Parties in order to protect people, their livelihoods, the economy and our ecosystems;

Amendment 279 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the decision at COP28 to ~~use~~establish the loss and damage (L&D) fund to address and respond to the economic and non-economic impacts of climate change for particularly vulnerable developing countries; urges the Commission and the Member States, together with other major emitters, to contribute their fair share to the Fund by making significant multi- year pledges by or at COP29; believes that loss and damage funding should prioritise grants and be additional to and distinct from humanitarian aid;

Amendment 28 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the E~~uropean Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and has committed to urgently fight and contain this threat~~U’s existing ‘climate policy’ threatens the EU’s attractiveness as a business location, has environmentally harmful effects and is based on scientifically dubious assumptions;

Amendment 280 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the decision at COP28 to use the loss and damage (L&D) fund to address and respond to the economic and non-economic impacts of climate change for particularly vulnerable developing countries; stresses the need for the Fund to receive funding from a variety of sources in a coordinated manner, including from new and innovative sources;

Amendment 281 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the decision at COP28 to use the loss and damage (L&D) fund to address and respond to the economic and non-economic impacts of climate change ~~for particularly~~by supporting the sustainable European investment needed in the most vulnerable developing countries;

Amendment 282 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the decision at COP28 to ~~use the~~establish a loss and damage (L&D) fund to address and respond to the economic and non-economic impacts of climate change for particularly vulnerable developing countries;

Amendment 283 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the decision at COP28 to use the loss and damage (L&D) fund to address and respond to the economic and non-economic impacts of ~~climate chan~~environmental damage for particularly vulnerable developing countries;

Amendment 284 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Welcom~~Notes the decision at COP28 to use the loss and damage (L&D) fund to address and respond to the economic and non- economic impacts of climate change for particularly vulnerable developing countries;

Amendment 285 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Loss & Damage Fund Board to agree on all the necessary arrangements so that the Fund can provide funding to the affected communities if not in 2024 at least at the beginning of 2025; calls for the preparation of an initial capitalization effort as well as a long-term fundraising and replenishment strategy already by the conference; calls for representatives of affected local communities to be allowed to bring their expertise and needs to the Board and calls for the Fund to be designed so as to provide wide and fast access to local communities;

Amendment 286 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Urges all Parties to deliver on making the loss and damage fund fully operational in order to ensure new, additional, adequate and predictable funding to avert, minimise and address loss and damage associated with the adverse impacts of climate change; strongly believes that loss and damage funding should prioritise grants and be additional to and distinct from humanitarian aid; urges the Commission and the Member States, together with other major emitters, to contribute their fair share to the loss and damage fund to ensure global climate justice;

Amendment 287 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Welcomes the EU’s and its Member States’ contribution to the Loss and Damage Fund, with pledges for the initial capitalisation contributing to more than EUR 400 million, which covers over two thirds of the initial total funding pledges;

Amendment 288 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Appreciates the progress in operationalising the Fund since COP28 including through the acceptance of the offer of the Government of the Philippines to host the Fund;

Amendment 289 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Highlights that climate change has been affecting cultural heritage at an unprecedented speed and scale; stresses the need to strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the worlds cultural and natural heritage focusing on risk preparedness and on strengthening resilience to climate change; considers it important to incorporate the loss and damage of cultural heritage in the UN climate talks and negotiations, which has so far been neglected;

Amendment 29 #

Silvia SARDONE, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Roberto VANNACCI, Sebastiaan STÖTELER, Valérie DELOGE, Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Jana NAGYOVÁ, Ondřej KNOTEK

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the purely ideological policies adopted by the EU in the context of the Green Deal are leading the EU to a worrying de-industrialization process and to the increasing of dependencies on third countries such as China;

Amendment 290 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Reiterates its call for L&D to be a standing agenda item at COPs, in order to monitor and make progress on this issue, and for the full use of the Santiago Network in order to effectively catalyse technical assistance for adequately addressing L&D;deleted

Amendment 291 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Reiterates its call for L&D to be a standing agenda item at COPs, in order to monitor and make progress on this issue, and for the full ~~use~~operationalisation of the Santiago Network in order to effectively catalyse technical assistance for adequately addressing L&D;

Amendment 292 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on all Parties to swiftly establish and implement rules on the transparency of spending within the loss and damage framework to ensure funds are effectively directed towards investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation; highlights the insufficient institutional and technical support for the beneficiaries of funding urging improvements in capacity building, resource allocation, and governance frameworks to maximise the impact and effectiveness of the financial support;

Amendment 293 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Loss and Damage Transitional Committee to ensure that the Loss and Damage Fund is gender- sensitive and transformative, is guided by the needs of those most impacted and responds to specific losses suffered by women; believes that women should be centrally engaged in the design, management and disbursement of the new fund;

Amendment 294 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on all Parties to assess and quantify their loss and damage related vulnerabilities, and identify financial costs and capacity development related needs to respond to the most severe impacts of climate change in the next round of NDCs;

Amendment 295 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)

Commends the many millions of people, including millions of young people, who have took to the streets to demand climate action now; underlines that the climate movement will not be stopped until the science that underpins it is translated into binding targets and effective political and legislative actions;

Amendment 296 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Recalls the importance of the full involvement of all Parties in the UNFCCC decision-making processes; calls on the COP29 presidency and future presidencies to better enable the participation of all delegates, with a special focus on developing countries and delegates from the least developed countries, and to allocate additional resources to this, in order to eliminate financial and other access barriers and to avoid inequalities in the COP process;

Amendment 297 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Recalls the importance of the full involvement of all Parties in the UNFCCC decision-making processes; calls on the COP29 presidency and future presidencies to better enable the participation of developing countries and delegates from the least developed countries and to allocate additional resources to this; denounces the barriers to participation from previous COPs;

Amendment 298 #

Mathilde ANDROUËT, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Valérie DELOGE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Recalls the importance of the full involvement of all Parties in the UNFCCC decision-making processes; calls on the COP29 presidency and future presidencies to better enable the participation of developing countries and delegates from the least developed countries and to allconducting COP conferences in an efficient and environmentally friendly manner, and that there is therefore an urgent need to limit the number of participants to a few hundred people who are designated by the Parties and duly democrat~~e additional resources to this~~ically legitimised;

Amendment 299 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Stresses the powerful role of youth mobilisations in driving climate ambition in their relevant jurisdictions; commends and expresses its solidarity with those seeking to raise awareness about the climate crisis and campaigning for meaningful action;

Amendment 3 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 5 October 2023 on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia,

Amendment 30 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the EU’s commitment to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 requires an unprecedented shift towards sustainable practices and the restoration of degraded ecosystems;

Amendment 300 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Believes that the UNFCCC objectives provide an international framework between the European Union, NATO and the BRICS.

Amendment 301 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that climate goals cannot be achieved without the support ~~and involvement of the public~~, involvement and Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of the public, including indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children and youth, persons with disabilities, and people in vulnerable situations; calls on all Parties to raise awareness of climate change and related issues, combat misinformation and work with public representatives to gain public support for mitigation and adaptation measures; encourages Parties to include children and young people in their national delegations to ensure that future generations have an active role in shaping decisions concerning their future;

Amendment 302 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that climate goals cannot be achieved without the support and ~~involvement of the public~~Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of the public including indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children and youth, persons with disabilities, and people in vulnerable situations; calls on all Parties to raise awareness of climate change and related issues, combat misinformation and work with public representatives to gain public support for mitigation and adaptation measures;

Amendment 303 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that ~~climate goals~~evidence-based, effective environmental protection cannot be achieved without the support and involvement of the public; calls on all Parties to raise awareness of ~~climate change and related issues, combat misinformation~~a harmonious coexistence between balanced economic growth under the conditions of the social market economy, social progress and environmental protection, combat misinformation and fearmongering in the context of climate-related issues and work with public representatives to gain public support for ~~mitigation and~~ adaptation measures;

Amendment 304 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that climate goals cannot be achieved without the support and ~~involvement of the public~~Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of the public, including indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children and youth, persons with disabilities, and people in vulnerable situations; calls on all Parties to raise awareness of climate change and related issues, combat misinformation and work with public representatives to gain public support for mitigation and adaptation measures;

Amendment 305 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that climate goals cannot be achieved without the support and involvement of the public; calls on all Parties to raise awareness of climate change and related issues, combat mboth misinformation and disinformation and work with public representatives to gain public support for mitigation and adaptation measures;

Amendment 306 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that climate goals cannot be achieved without the support and involvement of the public; calls on all Parties to raise awareness of climate change and related issues, ~~combat misinformation~~to encourage a transparent and open debate and work with public representatives to gain public support for mitigation and adaptation measures;

Amendment 307 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. points out that, in the interests of freedom of choice, it would be welcomed if the organiser could offer all conference participants, especially those in support of favouring the consumption of insects, for example, over meat, meals aligning with this view in addition to conventional meals in the canteen;

Amendment 308 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls for greater integration of climate and energy education into formal and informal education systems across the EU in order to increase public understanding of climate change;

Amendment 309 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recalls its resolution of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan ~~and~~; remains seriously concerned about the continuously worsening human rights situation in Azerbaijan; stresses that the Azerbaijani authorities are violently suppressing any criticism, including of the government’s failure to protect the environment, and investigations into the fossil fuel industry, by arresting academics and civil society actors on bogus charges, resulting in hundreds of political prisoners in Azerbaijan; considers that the ongoing human rights violations in Azerbaijan are incompatible with the country’s position as host of COP29; calls on the EEAS, the Commission and Member States to ensure that the human rights situation and the plight of political prisoners in Azerbaijan are condemned and meaningfully addressed in their interactions with the Azerbaijani authorities when in Baku for COP29; calls on the UNFCCC, all Parties and the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure equitable access to COP29 and full and unrestricted participation for all citizens and civil society organisations, and to ensure that delegates and participants are protected from harassment and intimidation; calls on the Commission to pressure the Azerbaijani authorities in this regard; reiterates its call upon the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to as part of the host agreement and urges the Commission and the Member States to take the lead in this process;

Amendment 31 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas disinformation campaigns concerning climate change continue to undermine public confidence and delay necessary climate action in the EU and globally;

Amendment 310 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recalls its resolution of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan and calls on the UNFCCC, all Parties and the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure equitable access to COP29 and full and unrestricted participation for all citizens and civil society organisations; ~~reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to as part of the host agreement~~expresses its utmost concerns over COP29 host Azerbaijan’s human rights records and reports over intensified crackdown of the country’s independent media, civil society, and activists under the preparations of COP29 summit; demands that civil society and independent media actors' privacy, participation, freedom of expression and safety must be guaranteed in this and future COP summits; reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria for COP host agreements and stresses that the respect for human rights and freedom of expression and safety of independent media and civil society actors must be a prerequisite for any country to be able to host COP summits in the future;

Amendment 311 #

Pascal CANFIN, Nathalie LOISEAU, Grégory ALLIONE, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recalls its resolution of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan and calls on the UNFCCC, all Parties and the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure equitable access to COP29 and full and unrestricted participation for all citizens and civil society organisations; reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights and foreign policy criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to as part of the host agreement; considers that it is not appropriate for the UNFCCC to be hosted in a state that implements ethnic and cultural cleansing policies and carries out attacks against neighbouring states, as Azerbaijan is doing against Armenia;

Amendment 312 #

Emma WIESNER, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recalls its resolution of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan and calls on the UNFCCC, all Parties and the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure equitable access to COP29 and full and unrestricted participation for all citizens and civil society organisations; reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to as part of the host agreement; calls on the UNFCCC Secretariat to monitor the compliance and to take action in case of breaches of such human rights criteria, including by moving the Conference elsewhere;

Amendment 313 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recalls its resolution of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan and calls on the UNFCCC, all Parties and the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure equitable access to COP29 and full and unrestricted participation for all citizens and civil society organisations; reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to as part of the host agreement; calls attention to Azerbaijan’s restrictions on free speech and strongly calls for freedom of expression to be respected;

Amendment 314 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Stresses its profound concern regarding the choice of Baku as the COP29 host, considering the blatant violations of fundamental rights, democracy and international law perpetrated by Azerbaijan, namely through an unprovoked military offensive leading to an ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023; urges the EU to ensure that COP29 is not used by Azerbaijan as a platform to cover up these violations and advance its disinformation agenda, but rather as an occasion for the international community to bring them into focus and remind Azerbaijan of its international obligations;

Amendment 315 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Recognises the leadership of local and regional governments in accelerating and broadening climate action; stresses the need for enhanced cooperation with local and regional governments in the process of preparing, financing, and implementing NDCs ahead of COP30, as well as other key national climate and environmental strategies, ensuring cohesive and comprehensive planning across all levels of governance;

Amendment 316 #

Pascal CANFIN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to consider suspending the strategic partnership with Azerbaijan in the field of energy; insists on making its continuation and any future partnership agreement conditional on the release of all political prisoners and the improvement of the overall human rights situation in the country;

Amendment 317 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Considers it vital that Global South voices, including governments and civil society, are not side-lined and have meaningful opportunities to participate fully and influence; considers it essential that perspectives and experiences of countries most suffering from climate change must be heard and acted upon;

Amendment 318 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Recalls its resolution of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan and calls on the UNFCCC, all Parties and the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure equitable access to COP29 and full and unrestricted participation for all citizens and civil society organisations; strongly condemns the domestic and extra-territorial repression by the Aliyev regime against activists and opposition leaders, such as Dr Gubad Ibadoglu or Bahruz Samadov, as well as EU nationals, which is noticeably intensifying ahead of the COP29 ; reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to as part of the host agreement;

Amendment 319 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)

Points out that switching to a more plant- based diet has a positive impact on the climate; calls on the Presidency of COP29 to endorse the climate-friendly catering concept of ‘plant-based by default’, which promotes a more plant-based diet without restricting people’s freedom of choice, by offering plant-based food to participants unless they have requested meat or fish in advance; stresses that the current habit of serving meat by default should be reversed to reduce the climate footprint and set a climate-friendly example for society;

Amendment 32 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016; whereas to date, 193 states plus the EU have joined the agreement, representing over 98 % of global emissions;

Amendment 320 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Welcomes the preparation of the first biennial transparency reports under the Paris Agreement; stresses the importance of this granular and transparent reporting assessing progress on the NDCs; takes note of the launching of the Baku Global Platform for Climate Transparency;

Amendment 321 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls attention once again to the appointment of a COP president with links to the state’s oil company, and stresses that this is again cause for concern; underlines that Azerbaijan plans to increase its gas production threefold over the next decade; urges the Commission and the Member States to take all necessary actions to ensure that this and upcoming COP presidencies are free of conflicts of interest; calls for clear conflict of interest, lobbying and anti- corruption rules for the UNFCCC process, including the selection of the COP president;

Amendment 322 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)

Underlines that effective access to justice in environmental matters, in line with the Aarhus Convention, is critical to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement; believes that the EU and the Member States should lead by example and abide by the findings and recommendations of the Aarhus Convention’s Compliance Committee;

Amendment 323 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Expresses deep concern with the selection of Azerbaijan, a country which relied on oil and gas for more than 92.5 % of its export revenue in 2023, and in which hydrocarbons account for almost 50 % of GDP1a, as this year’s COP host country on behalf of the Central and Eastern Europe UN region; _________________ 1a Country Climate and Development Report, Azerbaijan, World Bank Group, 2023

Amendment 324 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Considers that as a prerequisite for meaningful action at the UNFCCC, the decision-making process must be made free from fossil fuel interests;

Amendment 325 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Expresses deep concern with the appointment of Azerbaijan’s ecology and natural resources minister Mukhtar Babayev, who, prior to becoming minister, spent 26 years working for the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (Socar), as the president of the COP29; urges Member States and the Commission to advocate for the UNFCCC to ensure that no future COP President and staff can have direct or indirect financial ties to the fossil fuel industry;

Amendment 326 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Reiterates its strong support for the call by UN experts for the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to meeting as part of the host agreement;

Amendment 327 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23c. Expresses deep concern with the recent declaration of the Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev that he would defend the interest of the countries rich with fossil fuels to continue investments and production; believes this declaration is at odd with the goal of shifting away from fossil fuels in the energy sectors and with the IEA’s finding that there should be no new oil, gas or coal development if global warming is to stay below 1.5 °C;

Amendment 328 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Expresses concern that more than 2 400 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited attendees at COP28; calls for the UNFCCC and the Parties to ensure that the decision-making process is protected from interests that run counter to the goal of the Paris Agreement;deleted

Amendment 329 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Expresses concern that more than 2 400 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited attendees at COP28; calls for the UNFCCC and the Parties to ensure that the decision- making process is protected from interests that run counter to the goal of the Paris Agreement and to ensure that fossil fuel companies do not exert any undue and improper influence over public officials and the UNFCCC public decision-making process that may compromise the goals of the Paris Agreement; urges the UNFCCC to take the lead in proposing an ambitious Accountability Framework that would protect the UNFCCC’s work from undue influence from corporate actors with proven vested interests, based on the model contained in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control with regard to the tobacco industry;

Amendment 33 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the richest 1 % of the global population are set to generate per capita consumption emissions in 2030 that are still 30 times higher than the global per capita level, while the footprints of the poorest half of the world population are set to remain several times below that level1a; _________________ 1a Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and Oxfam, ‘Carbon Inequality in 2030’, November 2021

Amendment 330 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Expresses concern that more than 2 400 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited attendees at COP28; calls for the UNFCCC and the Parties to ensure that the decision- making process is protected from interests that run counter to the goal of the Paris Agreement and to ensure that fossil fuel companies do not exert any undue and improper influence over public officials and the UNFCCC public decision-making process that may compromise the goals of the Paris Agreement; urges the UNFCCC to take the lead in proposing an ambitious Accountability Framework that would protect the UNFCCC’s work from undue influence from corporate actors with proven vested interests, based on the model contained in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control with regard to the tobacco industry;

Amendment 331 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Expresses concern that more than 2 400 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited attendees at COP28; calls for the UNFCCC and the Parties to strengthen the principle of technological neutrality, in order to reduce all forms of lobbying and ensure that the decision- making process is protected from interests that run counter to the goal of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 332 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Expresses concern that more than 2 400 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited attendees at COP28; c~~Calls for the UNFCCC and the Parties to ensure that the decision-making process is protected from interests that run counter to the goal of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 333 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, András Tivadar KULJA, Laurent CASTILLO, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Expresses concern~~Notes that more than 2 400 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited attendees at COP28; calls for the UNFCCC and the Parties to ensure that the decision- making process is ~~protected from inter~~a pluralist procests ~~that run counter to the goal~~in favour of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 334 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Strongly rejects COP29 summit’s chief executive and Azerbaijan’s deputy energy minister Elnur Soltanov’s claims that continued fossil fuel extraction is compatible with the goals of the Paris agreement, especially as the International Energy Agency (IEA) has stated already in 2021 that no new fossil fuel projects are compatible with limiting warming to 1.5°C1a; is highly concerned over fossil fuel industry’s ties with Azerbaijan’s government and influence over the preparation of COP, for example through the inclusion of president of the state oil company of the Azerbaijan Republic, Rovshan Najaf, to the organizing committee of COP29; points out that on the 20th of March 2024 over 150 civil society organisations published an open letter expressing grave concerns over fossil fuel industries influence and clear conflict of interest in the preparation of COP291b; _________________ 1a https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by- 2050 1b https://350.org/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/OpenLetter_CO P29.pdf

Amendment 335 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Strongly endorses the idea that all companies participating in COPs be required to submit an audited corporate political influencing statement to the UNFCCC secretariat, made public on the UNFCCC website; considers that this statement should disclose all climate related lobbying, campaign contributions, and funding of trade associations and organisations active on energy and climate issues; considers that these statements should be reviewed, publicly disclosed, and scrutinised prior to any engagement in UNFCCC climate policymaking processes;

Amendment 336 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Recalls its position of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan; calls on Azerbaijan to respect the rights of and immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners, human rights defenders and journalists; considers that the ongoing human rights violations in Azerbaijan are incompatible with the country’s preparations to host COP29; demands that the organisers ensure that human rights, fundamental freedoms and effective civil society participation are fully enshrined and guaranteed in the Host Country Agreement;

Amendment 337 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Considers that including fossil fuel representatives at COP29 should be viewed as important due to their expertise in energy production and infrastructure, which supports a stable transition to cleaner energy; notes that many companies in the sector are investing in renewable energy and low-carbon technologies, contributing to net-zero goals; involvement of the sector is also vital for managing a just transition, protecting jobs, and supporting economies still reliant on fossil fuels;

Amendment 338 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Strongly insists that the Host Country Agreements (HCA) for future COPs must be made public as soon as possible and must contain guarantees that human rights will be respected, inside and outside the COP venue, including the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly; calls on the UNFCCC secretariat to publish all past and future HCAs;

Amendment 339 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Underlines that effective access to justice in environmental matters, in line with the Aarhus Convention, is critical to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement; believes that the EU and the Member States should lead by example and abide by the findings and recommendations of the Aarhus Convention’s Compliance Committee;

Amendment 34 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, according to UNEP’s 2023 emissions gap report, fully implementing unconditional NDCs made under the Paris Agreement for 2030 would put the world on course to limit the temperature rise to 2.9 °C this century; whereas fully implementing conditional NDCs would lower the temperature rise to 2.5 °C;deleted

Amendment 340 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on all EU and Member State delegates to COP29 to commit to refrain from participating in meetings with representatives of the fossil fuel industry at the COP and to refrain from speaking at events and panels sponsored by fossil fuel companies or representative bodies;

Amendment 341 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls for the establishment of a strong monitoring and accountability framework to track the progress made on national climate commitments and sectoral targets;

Amendment 342 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Strongly believes that the current rules governing the UNFCCC are not fit for purpose as they allow excess influence of private sector polluters over UNFCCC processes, in particular in the case of fossil fuel industry; while acknowledging that engaging with industry can play a role, strongly demands to take immediate action to limit the influence of polluting industries and establish a robust accountability framework to protect against undue influence of corporate actors with vested interests that contradict the goals of the Paris Agreement in UNFCCC gatherings;

Amendment 343 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Stresses the need for additional measures to establish a robust accountability framework to protect against undue influence of corporate actors with proven vested interests that contradict the goals of the Paris Agreement; stresses that such reforms would bring much-needed transparency to corporate climate-related political influencing activities and would help restore faith in the COP process;

Amendment 344 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Emphasises the need for a Joint Party-Observers Body to ensure balanced representation and to prepare Just Transition Work Programme sessions with diverse stakeholder input, thus enhancing transparency and integrity;

Amendment 345 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)

24c. Underlines the importance of leaders leading by example and urges all participants at COP29, including from the EU institutions, to refrain from using private jets and to choose the least polluting transport option possible to reach their destination; reiterates its encouragement to all Parties to introduce such bans on short-haul flights;

Amendment 346 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Subheading 7

EU climate policy ~~aligned with~~includes the Paris Agreement in a sustainable way

Amendment 347 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. ~~Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC~~Regrets that EU’s updated NDC is not compatible with 1.5°C target of the Paris agreement and falls short of the Union’s and it’s Member States fair share of global climate change mitigation efforts; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation will reduce in theory the EU’s net GHG emissions by only around 57 % compared to 1990, but especially the developments of emission reductions in the sectors covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/842 and decrease of net sinks covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/841 threaten the achievement of Union’s 2030 climate goals;

Amendment 348 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation will reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990; stresses that, according to the European Scientific Advisory Board for Climate Change, additional efforts to increase the Union’s ambition beyond reaching a 55 % reduction in net GHG emissions by 2030 would considerably decrease the Union’s cumulative emissions until 2050 and thereby increase the fairness of the Union’s contribution to global mitigation1a; _________________ 1a Scientific advice for the determination of an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for 2030–2050, June 2023

Amendment 349 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation will reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990; stresses that, according to the ESABCC, additional efforts to increase the Union’s ambition beyond reaching a 55 % reduction in net GHG emissions by 2030 would considerably decrease the Union’s cumulative emissions until 2050 and thereby increase the fairness of the Union’s contribution to global mitigation;

Amendment 35 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, according to UNEP’s 2023 emissions gap report, fully implementing unconditional NDCs made under the Paris Agreement for 2030 would put the world on course to limit the temperature rise to 2.9 °C this century; whereas fully implementing conditional NDCs would lower the temperature rise to 2.5 °C; whereas the report underlines that the world is witnessing a disturbing acceleration in the number, speed and scale of broken climate records;

Amendment 350 #

Silvia SARDONE, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Roberto VANNACCI, Sebastiaan STÖTELER, Valérie DELOGE, Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Jana NAGYOVÁ, Ondřej KNOTEK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that th~~e EU’s current climate legislation will reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990~~rough the full implementation of the EU’s current climate legislation could overachieve its 2030 55 % emission reduction target, while also recognises the challenges arising from the implementation;

Amendment 351 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation will reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990 by 2030; strongly urges the Member States as well as the private sector to take all necessary actions to ensure that the target is reached;

Amendment 352 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation ~~will~~could reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990, but it will trigger the de-industrialisation process of the EU and will increase the EU dependencies on third countries such as China;

Amendment 353 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation will reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990; stresses the need to adopt the post-2030 target in a timely manner in order to be able to submit it as an NDC;

Amendment 354 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation ~~will reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990~~must either be revised or completely withdrawn in line with Article 3(3) TEU;

Amendment 355 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Demands the Commission to propose an intermediate 2040 EU climate target that is aligned with the goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C; reminds that United Nations chief António Guterres has urged developed countries to hit net- zero emissions by 2040; strongly believes that EU’s 2040 climate target and revised sectoral legislation must be designed mainly on the basis of technologies that have already been proven to deliver greenhouse gas emission reductions, while also strongly focusing on demand- side measures; stresses that the development and utilisation of expensive and yet to be proven novel climate mitigation technologies must focus on hard-to-abate sectors; believes that the recommendations of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change must be an integral part of developing the Union’s climate policy;

Amendment 356 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses the importance that the EU moves forward its climate neutrality target to 2040 and also adopts an ambitious 2035 climate target with a view to submitting the next EU NDC no later than the first quarter of 2025 and to be aligned with the EU’s fair share in the 1.5°C temperature limitation goal of the Paris Agreement, as agreed at COP28, while also ensuring adequate time for full legislative scrutiny of the new targets;

Amendment 357 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Underlines the need to adopt a science–based EU climate target for 2040 in accordance with the European Climate Law and as the basis for the EU's NDC for 2035 and 2040 and welcomes the Commission´s proposal for a 90 % reduction target as well as the commitment by president–elect Ursula von der Leyen in her political guidelines to enshrine the 90 % target in the Climate Law;

Amendment 358 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Takes note of the submitted by the Member States National Energy and Climate Plans; highlights that submitted declarations and efforts will fall short to the objective to reduce GHG emission by at least 55 % by 2030; notes that currently planned policies will achieve 51 % GHG emissions reductions;

Amendment 359 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Laurent CASTILLO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Daniel BUDA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Considers it important for the EU to remain a leader in international climate negotiations while safeguarding the internal market from unfair competition and ensuring a level-playing field for European industries globally to maintain public support for climate action and avoid carbon leakage;

Amendment 36 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the effects of heat may be exacerbated in cities, home to more than half of the world population, due to the urban heat island effect; whereas over the last 100 years this resulted in an increased temperature by as much as 3° C1a; whereas increased occurrence of heatwaves results in soaring energy use, lowered labour productivity and health risks, leading to a rise in heatwave deaths, including in Europe1b; _________________ 1a World Economic Forum https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Bi odiverCities_by_2030_2022.pdf , example of Tokyo 1b UN 2024: Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency, available at: https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148 7960

Amendment 360 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Highlights the importance that the EU moves forward to adopt an ambitious climate target for 2040 of at least 90 % and up to 95 % reduction in net GHG emissions compared to 1990 levels, in line with the recommendation of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change;

Amendment 361 #

Radan KANEV

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Commission to consider any new EU-wide intermediate climate targets as conditional on reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by other major economies;

Amendment 362 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Reminds that the Union and its Member States cannot achieve their climate targets unless the transition is just and leaves no one behind, as policies are dependent on public support; strongly believes that more focus and a stronger framework is needed to tackle short and medium term socio-economic impacts of the transition, especially for low income households; points out that intergenerational climate justice requires a swift and permanent mitigation of greenhouse gas emission, as the pursuit of welfare by the current generation should not diminish opportunities for a good and decent life for succeeding generations;

Amendment 363 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Underlines the need for the EU climate targets to be clear and transparent and to include separate sub-targets for direct emissions reductions, natural sinks, and permanent industrial removals, in order to ensure that actual emission reductions remain the priority while incentivising the necessary scale-up of permanent removals, and calls on the EU and all other Parties to provide similar clarity in their NDCs;

Amendment 364 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Stresses that achievement of climate neutrality in 2050 and the implementation of EU GHG emissions targets will require significant investments from public and private sector; raises concerns about the EU’s and Member States’ financial capabilities to carry out a successful transition; recalls that energy transition need to be fair and just in order to protect EU prosperity and prevent energy poverty;

Amendment 365 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Recalls that the Paris Agreement requires the revision of NDCs every five years, with the next revision due in 2025; underlines that this new NDC must reflect the findings of the first global stocktake and align with the EU’s fair share in limiting global warming to 1.5°C, as agreed at COP28;

Amendment 366 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Calls on the Commission to prepare the Union-wide post-2030 intermediate climate targets in full partnership with industry, agriculture, social partners and all relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 367 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25c. Considers that international climate negotiations will foremost focus on the intermediate NDC for 2035, which is to be submitted next year under the UNFCCC five-year policy cycle; calls for a realistic Union NDC for 2035 reflecting the lead times for clean tech investment and deployment on the Union’s mitigation pathway towards net-zero in 2050; believes, in this light, that the Union’s interim NDC for 2035 should not simply be a linear derivative of the Union’s 2040 climate target;

Amendment 368 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Radan KANEV, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)

25d. Considers that for a net target up to 90 % to be economically and socially achievable, key enabling conditions to increase the resilience, competitiveness and opportunities for EU industry and SMEs and to ensure social acceptability will first have to be met;

Amendment 369 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)

25e. Considers that key enabling conditions for the Union’s 2040 target include the prior preparation of practical, cost-effective and economically efficient pathways towards the achievement of post-2030 targets; the integration of climate policy in a comprehensive competitiveness policy; ensuring a stable and predictable regulatory framework, resolving contradictory requirements and removing bureaucratic obstacles to climate-friendly investments; facilitating efficient, market-based and technology- open instruments for competitive net-zero business models; rapidly scaling up and prioritising investment in clean energy infrastructure and technologies in a technologically neutral way; and linking negative emissions to the EU Emissions Trading System;

Amendment 37 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas an equilibrium should be restored between balanced economic growth within the framework of the social market economy, social progress and environmental protection (including climate-related aspects) as set out in Article 3(3) TEU, and whereas the largely ideologically motivated ‘climate policy’ as it stands should be put to an end;

Amendment 370 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 f (new)

25f. Underlines that the Union is acting on the GST mandate by having updated the Union NDC based on the adopted “Fit for 55” package, which is expected to reduce the Union’s net domestic GHG emissions by more than 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990 when fully implemented;

Amendment 371 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Radan KANEV, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 g (new)

25g. Asks the Commission to consider post-2030 intermediate climate targets which are conditional on other major Parties stepping up their action and scaling up their nationally determined action similar to the EU;

Amendment 372 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 h (new)

25h. Stresses that the adoption of the “Fit for 55” package makes the EU a global leader in delivering concrete measures towards the achievement of the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement; urges other Parties to follow similar and relevant measures;

Amendment 373 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 i (new)

25i. Considers that the focus for the coming years should be on implementing the existing legal framework for 2030 in the simplest, fairest and most cost- efficient way, while continuing to support EU industry and citizens throughout this transition; stresses the importance of a stable and predictable policy framework to provide clarity for investors, businesses and citizens;

Amendment 374 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 j (new)

25j. Supports a new Clean Industrial Deal to complement the Green Deal; believes that an ambitious climate policy should be based on efficient, market- based and technology-open instruments, in partnership with industry and social partners, in order to provide planning security for the transition towards a net- zero and competitive business model;

Amendment 375 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 k (new)

25k. Calls on the EU to focus more strongly on the external dimension of the European Green Deal and step up its green diplomacy, including through a dedicated Climate Envoy, in order to compel other Parties to undertake similar efforts, ensure the competitiveness of our economy and avoid carbon leakage;

Amendment 376 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Reiterates the need to mainstream climate ambition into all EU policies and the measures transposing them, and underlines that Article 6(4) of the European Climate Law obliges the Commission to assess the consistency of any draft measure or legislative proposal, including budgetary proposals, with the EU’s climate targets;deleted

Amendment 377 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Reiterates the need to mainstream climate ambition into all EU policies and the measures transposing them, and underlines that Article 6(4) of the European Climate Law obliges the Commission to assess the consistency of any draft measure or legislative proposal, including budgetary proposals, with the EU’s climate targets; Recalls that according to the European Climate Law the Union’s and Member States’ actions should be guided by the precautionary and ‘polluter pays’ principles established in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and should also take into account the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle of the Energy Union and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the European Green Deal;

Amendment 378 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Reiterates the need to mainstream climate ambition into all EU policies and the measures transposing them, and underlines that Article 6(4) of the European Climate Law obliges the Commission to assess the consistency of any draft measure or legislative proposal, including budgetary proposals, with the EU’s climate targets; urges the Commission to fully implement this provision in the way it conducts impact assessments on all EU policy areas;

Amendment 379 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE, Anna STÜRGKH

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Reiterates the need to mainstream climate ambition into all EU policies and the measures transposing them, and underlines that Article 6(4) of the European Climate Law obliges the Commission to assess the consistency of any draft measure or legislative proposal, including budgetary proposals, with the EU’s climate targets; urges the Commission to apply this rule rigorously and without exceptions;

Amendment 38 #

Silvia SARDONE, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Roberto VANNACCI, Sebastiaan STÖTELER, Valérie DELOGE, Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Jana NAGYOVÁ, Ondřej KNOTEK

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas natural solutions, the incorporation of green infrastructure and installation of natural shading reduce temperatures in cities; whereas data from a flagship example in South America show decrease in urban temperature by 2 degrees after implementation of natural solutions1a; whereas strategic decisions and actions include installation of natural shading to decrease urban heatwave casualties1b; _________________ 1a https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/01 /nature-positive-cities-tackle-extreme- heat/ 1b idem 1a

Amendment 380 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Reiterates the need to ~~mai~~revise the EU Green Deal to enstuream that EU climate ambition into all EU policies and the measures transposing them, and underlines that Article 6(4) of the European Climate Law obliges the Commission to assess the consistency of any draft measure or legislative proposal, including budgetary proposals, with the EU’s climate targetsnd environmental policies are based on pragmatism, lead to enhanced competitiveness of European businesses and duly take into consideration the economic and social impact;

Amendment 381 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Reiterates the need to mainstream realistic and long-term climate ambition into all EU policies and the measures transposing them, and underlines that Article 6(4) of the European Climate Law obliges the Commission to assess the consistency of any draft measure or legislative proposal, including budgetary proposals, with the EU’s climate targets;

Amendment 382 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Emphasises that an agricultural system dependent on massive imports of soy and maize which harms the environment, biodiversity, public health and animal welfare is inherently unsustainable; stresses the need for the agricultural sector, with particular emphasis on the industrial livestock industry, to take responsibility for their contribution to the climate crisis; calls on the Commission and the Member States to swiftly commit to concrete, sustained and binding measures to reduce agricultural GHG emissions and calls for a global commitment on a significant and swift reduction of all agricultural GHG emissions;

Amendment 383 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Encourages the Commission to set measurable targets to reduce the consumption of meat in the EU, more in line with dietary guidelines and the sustainability challenges;

Amendment 384 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the national energy and climate plans and long-term strategies of the Member States include sufficient action and financial means to achieve the EU’s 2030 targets;deleted

Amendment 385 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the national energy and climate plans and long-term strategies of the Member States include sufficient action and financial means to achieve the EU’s 2030 targets; highlights in this context the importance of strengthening the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in accordance with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement to facilitate the achievement of these climate targets through the use of these certificates;

Amendment 386 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the national energy and climate plans and long-term strategies of the Member States include sufficient action and financial means to achieve the EU’s 2030 targets and long– term objectives; expresses concern at the gap in ambition in the current plans and calls on all Member States to step up their climate action before it is too late;

Amendment 387 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the national energy and climate plans and long-term strategies of the Member States include sufficient action and financial means to achieve the EU’s ~~2030~~ targets in an appropriate and truly effective way;

Amendment 388 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Welcomes the commitment by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her political guidelines 2024- 2029 to propose to enshrine in the EU Climate Law a 90 % emission-reduction target for 2040, which confirms the recommendation made in Communication “Securing our future Europe’s 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 building a sustainable, just and prosperous society” of 6 February 2024; stresses that 90 % corresponds to the low end of the 90-95 % net emissions reductions recommended by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change; reminds that the Advisory Board identified a shortfall between the assessed feasible pathways for domestic emissions and fair share estimates based on different equity principles, and recommended addressing this shortfall by aiming for the upper limit of feasible reductions in domestic emissions; draws attention to the significant economic and environmental co-benefits associated with an ambitious 2040 target;

Amendment 389 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to fully and swiftly implement the European Green Deal, ensuring policy coherence between its goals and observing the ‘do no significant harm’ principle;

Amendment 39 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the 2023 UNFCCC synthesis report on NDCs states that the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions level in 2030 is projected to be 2 % below the 2019 level; whereas the IPCC concludes that in scenarios limiting warming to 1.5 °C, GHG emissions need to be 43 % below their 2019 level by 2030;deleted

Amendment 390 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Recalls the UNFCCC 5-year common time frames and the reference made by article 4.7 of the European Climate Law to those time frames; calls, therefore, on the Commission to propose not only a 2040 climate target, but also an ambitious target for the year 2035;

Amendment 391 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)

27c. Calls on the Commission to make a proposal to revise the European Climate Law to enshrine the 2035 and 2040 targets as soon as possible so as to enable the Union to submit its updated NDC by the COP30, and to then make legislative proposals to contribute to the achievement of the new targets; calls on the Commission to propose separate sub- targets for gross emissions reduction, land-based removals, and technological removals, providing transparency and clarity to businesses and the international community on the components of the EU's overall targets; calls also on the Commission to propose a process for each Member State to set up a national climate neutrality objective to be met by 2050 at the latest;

Amendment 392 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 d (new)

27d. Welcomes the commitment by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her political guidelines to stay on course on all the goals set in the Green Deal; believes that complying with the goals requires the swift and full implementation of the adopted legislation as well as the adoption of additional measures and more financial resources without delay;

Amendment 393 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables; welcomes the progress made since the launch of RePowerEU on both aspects; highlights however that progress needs to be continued and accelerated; calls on the Commission to propose, as part of the EU Climate Law revision for the introduction of new intermediate targets, to phase out coal by 2030, fossil gas by 2035, and oil by 2040 at the latest, and to set up a phase- out date and process for fossil fuel subsidies; recalls and supports Commissioner Hoekstra’s vow that the next Multiannual Financial Framework will be fossil fuel subsidy-free; calls on the Commission to propose new targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency post-2030 to accelerate the transition towards a fully renewable- based and highly efficient economy by 2040; insists that bioenergy should only be incentivised if it is biodiversity friendly and where it delivers significant near- term climate benefits compared to fossil fuels; calls on the Commission to propose a Green and Social Transition Fund of at least 1 % EU GDP using new common EU debt and savings generated by the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies; calls on the Commission to make proposals to address the ESABCC’s finding that some EU policies are inconsistent with the need to reduce the role of fossil gas in the energy system so as to achieve climate neutrality and avoid costly infrastructural and contractual carbon lock-ins;

Amendment 394 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables; Calls on the Member States and EU to accelerate transition from fossil fuels-based economy towards 100 % sustainable renewable energy;

Amendment 395 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables; stresses that the EU must avoid being energy dependent on third countries in any way;

Amendment 396 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of further cutting the EU’s energy dependence on third countries, in particular in respect of fossil fuels, and the need to boost the deployment of ~~renewables~~green energy;

Amendment 397 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on imported fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables and clean energy sources, such as nuclear energy;

Amendment 398 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on imported fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of the domestic production of natural gas and renewables;

Amendment 399 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables and nuclear energy;

Amendment 4 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 5 October 2022 on ‘access to water as human right – the external dimension’,

Amendment 40 #

Javi LÓPEZ, César LUENA, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the 2023 UNFCCC synthesis report on NDCs states that the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions level in 2030 is projected to be 2 % below the 2019 level; whereas the first global stocktake (GST) completed in 2023 at COP28 highlights the critical need to limit global warming to 1,5ºC to significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; whereas the IPCC concludes that in scenarios limiting warming to 1.5 °C, GHG emissions need to be 43 % below their 2019 level by 2030;

Amendment 400 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation further highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables;

Amendment 401 #

Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of ~~renewables~~low carbon energy;

Amendment 402 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of ~~cutt~~ending the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables;

Amendment 403 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of ~~cutting the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels~~diversifying energy supply and the need to boost the deployment of ~~renewabl~~low- carbon technologies;

Amendment 404 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Calls upon the European Commission to provide analyses and legislative proposals towards adopting binding phase-out dates and trajectories for ending the use of coal (by 2030 at the latest), fossil gas (by 2035 at the latest) and fossil oil (by 2040 at the latest), while stopping further development and investment in fossil fuel infrastructure, especially for fossil gas; recognises that in addition to harnessing tremendous social and economic benefits such as reduced spending on fossil fuel imports, the EU thereby would also set a strong example for other countries to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels;

Amendment 405 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Highlights that both according to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Scientific advice for the determination of an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for 2030–2050 of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, all policy scenarios aligned with the Paris Agreement require both land- based and technological carbon removals at scale;

Amendment 406 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Calls on the Commission to make proposals to address the ESABCC recommendation to better target support by EU policies to the deployment of CCU and CCS for applications with non-viable non-fossil alternatives, considering that CCU and CCS are less efficient and have higher sustainability risks compared to renewable energies;

Amendment 407 #

Emma WIESNER, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE, Anna STÜRGKH, Grégory ALLIONE, Jeannette BALJEU

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Stresses the need to step up EU action on climate adaptation, resilience and preparedness by adopting binding EU legislation on climate adaptation, by taking action to improve water resilience, and by strengthening the EU Civil Protection Mechanism;

Amendment 408 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Underlines that nuclear energy reminds the best alternative to fossil fuels; it is therefore imperative to prioritise investments in the nuclear sector in order to guarantee energy transition;

Amendment 409 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)

28b. Reiterates that COP28 noted the importance of transitioning to sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption and production in efforts to address climate change, including through circular economy approaches, and encourages further efforts in the European Union in this regard as a critical contribution towards achieving its climate targets;

Amendment 41 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas inadequate progress has been made towards achieving the long- term goals of the Paris Agreement since it was adopted in 2015; whereas the 2023 UNFCCC synthesis report on NDCs states that the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions level in 2030 is projected to be 2 % below the 2019 level; whereas the IPCC concludes that in scenarios limiting warming to 1.5 °C, GHG emissions need to be 43 % below their 2019 level by 2030;

Amendment 410 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. ~~Notes~~Reminds of its consent given on 24 April 2024 to the Council Decision of 4 March 2024 on the approval of the withdrawal of the European Atomic Energy Community from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) to no longer allow fossil fuel companies to sue EU governments when climate policies affect their profits; believes the withdrawal is a step in the good direction of consistent climate policies and accelerated renewable energy investments;

Amendment 411 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. ~~Not~~Welcomes the Council Decision of 4 March 2024 on the approval of the withdrawal of the European Atomic Energy Community from the Energy Charter Treaty;

Amendment 412 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. ~~Not~~Welcomes the Council Decision of 4 March 2024 on the approval of the withdrawal of the European Atomic Energy Community from the Energy Charter Treaty;

Amendment 413 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Stresses that climate and environmental pressures and impacts from consumption and related production put many ecosystems under pressure beyond their regeneration capacity; points out that EU’s material and consumption footprints are still far beyond what is sustainable within the planetary boundaries and that progress on circular material use is too slow; recalls the commitment in the 8th EAP to significantly decrease the Union’s material and consumption footprints so as to bring them into planetary boundaries as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to propose EU targets for reducing the Union’s material and environmental footprints, as well as additional measures to accelerate the shift to a circular economy and sustainable resource use, while ensuring a just and inclusive transition; calls for the mainstreaming of circular economy into other EU policies and fields;

Amendment 414 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Recognises that achieving the Paris Agreement targets will require substantial decarbonisation of urban areas; emphasises the importance of ensuring that financial support reaches the local level to continue advancing climate action while protecting local economies; welcomes the efforts of EU cities and regions in the Mission on 100 Climate-Neutral Cities, Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, the Covenant of Mayors, and other initiatives; calls on the Commission to continue supporting and expanding these initiatives;

Amendment 415 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE, Anna STÜRGKH, Jeannette BALJEU

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Notes that the GST highlights the importance of transitioning to sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption and production in efforts to address climate change, including through circular economy approaches, and underlines the need to continue to develop the circular economy in the EU, including by supporting innovation and investment in circular solutions and business models and markets for secondary raw materials;

Amendment 416 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Recognises the interdependence between climate change, biodiversity loss and land, water and ocean degradation; emphasises the importance of addressing the climate change, biodiversity, water, food, health, nexus in an effective and coherent manner;

Amendment 417 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)

29b. Reiterates that COP28 noted the importance of transitioning to sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption and production in efforts to address climate change, including through circular economy approaches, and encourages further efforts in the EU in this regard as a critical contribution towards achieving climate targets;

Amendment 418 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

The ~~climate and environmental crisi~~triple planetary crisis: climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss

Amendment 419 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underscores that the climate and biodiversity crises are interlinked; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation; and that the responses to both crises need to be aligned; recalls that, currently, 80 % of habitats in the EU are in a bad state1a; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems, in particular soils, forests, agricultural ecosystems, freshwater bodies, oceans and other carbon-rich ecosystems, and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation and build resilience, which are necessary for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement; firmly believes that the Paris Agreement goals cannot be met without restoring nature, including in the Union; calls for the swift implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Law; stresses that agriculture should contribute to protecting and restoring biodiversity; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ news/ecosystems-need- restoration#:~:text=According%20to%20t he%20EEA%27s%20latest,a%20poor%20 or%20bad%20state

Amendment 42 #

Radan KANEV

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR ) Community GHG Database shows that in 2023 the largest economies such as China, India, and Brazil increased their emissions, while all sectors in the EU27 experienced a decrease in their GHG emissions compared to 2022;

Amendment 420 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underscores that the climate and biodiversity crises are interlinked and the mitigation of one environmental problem cannot undermine the efforts to tackle the other; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation; believes that environmental policies should be designed with full alignment with the One Health approach; points out that Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and the Council on General Union Environmental Action Programme to 2030 holistically recognises the interconnections between human health, animal health and the environment through integration of the One Health approach in policy making;

Amendment 421 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underscores that the climate and biodiversity crises are interlinked; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation and adaptation; recognises that the EU’s climate targets cannot be met unless Member States implement existing EU legislation relating to nature and biodiversity; in that regard, strongly welcomes Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s commitment in her political guidelines 2024-2029 to focus on efficient implementation and enforcement with each Commissioner preparing an annual progress report for their respective European Parliament Committee and Council formation;

Amendment 422 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underscores that the climate and biodiversity crises, desertification, water scarcity, drought and deforestation, which are interlinked; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation and avoid extreme weather phenomena;

Amendment 423 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underscores that the climate and biodiversity crises are interlinked; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation and adaptation;

Amendment 424 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underscores that the climate, pollution and biodiversity crises are interlinked; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation;

Amendment 425 #

Lena SCHILLING, Marie TOUSSAINT, Delara BURKHARDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underscores that ~~the climate~~environmental protection and biodiversity c~~rises~~onservation are interlinked; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and, where appropriate, restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably ~~in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation~~;

Amendment 426 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Is deeply concerned with the fact that global ecosystems keep losing their ability to absorb CO2, and that global deforestation is persisting, putting the world off track to meet the goal to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 agreed in COP26; expresses deep concern with the significant gap between the 2030 carbon sink enhancement target set by the land use, land use change, and forestry Regulation (LULUCF) and the measures to deliver on the target included in National Energy and Climate Plans; urges Member States to increase their ambition; calls for swift implementation of the EU deforestation regulation as an important tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss associated with global deforestation; welcomes the Commission’s proposals on forest governance and on forest monitoring that will ensure the availability of timely, high- quality data in a standardised format, enabling Member States to apply efficient and cost-effective measures in a timely manner in order to foster stronger and more resilient carbon sinks;

Amendment 427 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Stresses the complementarity between the roll-out of renewable energy and nature conservation and restoration both inside and outside EU; stresses that the environmental transition should be carried out with the least environmental cost, and that synergies between renewable energy and nature conservation and restoration should be maximised; underlines the support of the renewable energy industry in the EU for a nature-positive roll-out of renewable energy infrastructure;

Amendment 428 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Highlights the need to invest more efficiently in innovative solutions including nature-based solutions in order to strengthen climate adaption, particularly for limiting floods and droughts; while providing for real-time monitoring and community engagement, optimising costs and managing resources effectively;

Amendment 429 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls on all the countries party to COP29 to ensure water security, water sustainability and water resilience in order to build a competitive and innovative economy, while also ensuring food security and access to water and sanitation for all;

Amendment 43 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas improved compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, as set out in Article 5 TEU, is essential and the EU should therefore move away from the idea of regulating all issues relating to the lives of citizens from Brussels;

Amendment 430 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Encourages the adoption and dissemination of nature-based solutions (NBS) to combat climate change, including afforestation, wetland restoration and regenerative agricultural practices;

Amendment 431 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Highlights the IPCC’s findings that, next to increased protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, forestry practices in managed forests need to be improved; regrets that a focus on wood production has led to intensive forestry operations, clear-cutting practices and homogenisation of European forests in many regions, which has weakened the natural resilience of forests and compromise their capacity to sustain multiple ecosystem services; highlights that alternative approaches such as close- to-nature forestry would limit negative impacts on biodiversity, reduce carbon emissions from soils and off-site effects on water bodies, reduce soil compaction caused by heavy harvesting machines and facilitate the adaptation of forests to climate change, while supporting both rural economies and societal wellbeing;

Amendment 432 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Asserts the need to manage all available water sources in order to prevent water scarcity, reduce pollution and prioritise water for irrigation in agriculture and the watering of livestock with a view to ensuring food security; and, where water and resource circuits are largely ring-fenced in order to foster a circular economy, the optimal use of resources and resource recovery;

Amendment 433 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Welcomes the spotlight on water- related challenges by the COP29 presidency that provide a global platform during the COP29 for parties to collaborate and deliver solutions on water;

Amendment 434 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30c. Recognises the universality of water as a resource for all sectors, and in particular the energy and food production sectors; calls on all the countries party to COP29 to adopt sustainable water strategies to establish water-smart societies in a resilient world;

Amendment 435 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30c. Calls on all Parties at the COP29 to achieve water security, water sustainability, and water resilience in order to build a competitive and innovative economy while ensuring a zero-pollution environment and access to water and sanitation for all;

Amendment 436 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)

30d. Affirms the need to manage all available water sources in such a way that water scarcity and pollution are avoided; where water and resource loops are largely closed to foster a circular economy, optimal resource efficiency and resource recovery;

Amendment 437 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 e (new)

30e. Calls on all parties to make their water system resilient against the impact of climate and demographic change; by mobilising all relevant stakeholders and instruments to overcome water risks for the society, economy, and environment;

Amendment 438 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 f (new)

30f. Recognises the role of digital tools as a part of a water resilient society, in all climate-mitigating activity, especially in gaining increased awareness over issues of water quality and quantity that prevent biodiversity, agriculture, food and energy security, and basic human needs;

Amendment 439 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 g (new)

30g. Acknowledges the universality of water as a resource to all sectors, including those responsible for energy, food and critical digital services; calls all the Parties of the COP29 to adopt water strategies in line with their climate policy to build water-smart societies in a resilient world;

Amendment 44 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas the EU and its Member States submitted their update of the NDC committing to reduce their net GHG emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990;~~deleted

Amendment 440 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Recognises that healthy ecosystems and rich biodiversity underpin human survival and provide life-critical services such as food and clean water, and highlights the fact that climate change is one of the direct drivers of biodiversity loss; points to how climate change has already altered terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems all around the world, causing species losses and declines in key ecosystem services; recognises that these climate-driven impacts on ecosystems have caused measurable economic and livelihood losses around the world; notes that the IPPC’s 6th Assessment Report concludes that climate change has reduced food security and affected water security due to warming, changing precipitation patterns, the reduction in and loss of cryospheric elements, and the greater frequency and intensity of climatic extremes; stresses that the world’s land and ocean sinks have absorbed 56 % of the human-induced GHG emissions of the past 60 years, and that according to the IPCC, maintaining the resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem services on a global scale depends on effective and equitable conservation of approximately 30 % to 50 % of the Earth’s land, freshwater and ocean areas1a; _________________ 1a https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment- report/ar6/

Amendment 441 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Recognises that healthy ecosystems and rich biodiversity provide life-critical services, and highlights the fact that climate change is one of the direct drivers of biodiversity loss; points to how climate change has already altered terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems all around the world, causing species losses and declines in key ecosystem services; calls on Member States to swiftly prepare ambitious national restoration plans;

Amendment 442 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Recognises that healthy ecosystems and rich biodiversity have a high intrinsic value but also provide life-critical services, and highlights the fact that climate change is one of the direct drivers of biodiversity loss; points to how climate change has already altered terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems all around the world, causing species losses and declines in key ecosystem services;

Amendment 443 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Stresses the need for new dedicated budgetary funds to enhance and protect biodiversity in the European Union;

Amendment 444 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)

31b. Calls for more ambitious targets to be set in the medium-long term to ensure that at least 50 % of marine and terrestrial areas are protected and to ensure that non-protected areas are ecologically managed, underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured, protected areas should be ecologically connected and clear conservation plans implemented;

Amendment 445 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls ~~on the Commission to develop the mapping of these~~attention to the IPCC AR6 conclusions that conservation, improved management and restoration of ecosystems offer the largest share of economic mitigation potential and that land restoration contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation with synergies via enhanced ecosystem services and with economically positive returns and co-benefits for poverty reduction and improved livelihoods, whereby inclusive decision making, including recognition of inherent rights of Indigenous Peoples, is integral to successful adaptation and mitigation across ecosystems; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of high-carbon ecosystems and develop methodologies for the separate, robust and transparent accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystems;

Amendment 446 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of these ecosystems and develop methodologies for the accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystems; warns that contradictory investments, such as financing the drainage of wetlands yet subsequently funding the restoration of the same areas, undermine the efficiency of EU financial resources and create uncertainty for farmers and the agricultural sector;

Amendment 447 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems (salt marshes, seagrasses, mangroves), and the species that enable these ecosystems to function, offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of these ecosystems ~~and develop~~in order to work further on the identification of robust, transparent and science-based methodologies for the proper accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystems in a manner that does not undermine other biodiversity objectives;

Amendment 448 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of these ecosystems and develop methodologies for the accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystemsare to be examined on a case-by-case basis at Member State level;

Amendment 449 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of these ecosystems and develop methodologies for the accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystems in a manner that does not undermine other biodiversity objectives;

Amendment 45 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, with a view to achieving these global goals, the EU and its Member States submitted their update of the NDC committing to reduce their net GHG emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990; whereas the EU and its Member States are the most committed region in the world in this regard and have the most ambitious policies at global level on cutting emissions and developing the green economy;

Amendment 450 #

César LUENA, Javi LÓPEZ

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems, and the species that enable these ecosystems to function, offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of these ecosystems and develop methodologies for the accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystems;

Amendment 451 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, forests, traditional agroforestry systems, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of these ecosystems and develop methodologies for the accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystems;

Amendment 452 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to ~~develop the mapping~~facilitate the collection of relevant information of these ecosystems and develop methodologies for the accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystems;

Amendment 453 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Stresses the need to protect the rights and interests of indigenous peoples and local communities~~; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenders~~ by ensuring effective and robust regulatory protection of the environment, land rights and indigenous peoples’ rights, livelihoods and cultures, including the right to free, prior and informed consent; stresses the central role of indigenous communities in climate action, implementation, data collection, decision-making and knowledge-sharing; calls on the Parties to ensure that all commitments made at COP28 to implement the Paris Agreement align with existing international human rights obligations and standards applicable to business operations, and respect indigenous people’s rights; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenders and calls for those responsible for murders, defamatory attacks, acts of persecution, criminalisation, imprisonment, harassment and intimidation against them to be held accountable;

Amendment 454 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Stresses th~~e need to~~at all climate actions must protect, respect, promote~~ct the rights and interests of indigenous peoples and local communities; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defender~~ and fulfil human rights, including the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children and youth, persons with disabilities, and people in vulnerable situations; emphasises the importance of gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, and intergenerational fairness in addressing the climate crisis; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenders; calls on all Parties to uphold these values and ensure meaningful public participation, access to information, and Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for affected communities;

Amendment 455 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Stresses th~~e need to protect the rights and interests of indigenous peoples and local communities; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defender~~at all climate actions must protect, respect, promote, and fulfil human rights, including the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, and the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children and youth, persons with disabilities, and people in vulnerable situations; emphasises the importance of gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, and intergenerational equity in addressing the climate crisis; ; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenders; calls on all Parties to uphold these values and ensure meaningful public participation, access to information, and Free Prior and Informed Consent for affected communities;

Amendment 456 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. ~~Stresses the need to protect the rights and interes~~Urges all Parties, when taking action to address climate change, to commit to protect, respect, promote and fulfil their obligations on human rights, inter alia the rights of indigenous peoples as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of iIndigenous pPeoples and the rights of local communities; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenders and to hold accountable those who threaten them;

Amendment 457 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Stresses the need to protect the rights and interests of indigenous peoples and local communities; ~~stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenders;~~

Amendment 458 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Acknowledges that the needed deployment of renewable energy will significantly increase the demand of certain critical raw materials; underlines the need to avoid and minimise the environmental effects of mining operations in their locations and to ensure consultation and free prior consent, human rights and health protection of affected communities; points out that large shares of these materials are located on or near indigenous peoples’ lands1a; stresses the need to strengthen indigenous peoples’ rights on land and resources, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention 169, and to comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent; _________________ 1a https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893- 022-00994-6

Amendment 459 #

Viktória FERENC, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Calls on the Parties of COP29 to advance in the proceedings of the Conference in terms of social justice for all, with sustainable approach towards decision-making that strikes a balance between the social, environmental and economic pillars; emphasises the importance to fully protect our communities from disproportionate and adverse human health and environmental hazards, and ensure equitable access to a sustainable, resilient and healthy environment for future generations;

Amendment 46 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the EU and its Member States submitted their update of the NDC committing to highly ambitious targets to reduce their net GHG emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990, despite contributing less than 7% to global emissions, while largest emitters have not yet demonstrated enough ambition;

Amendment 460 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Stresses the need to protect the health of people and communities affected by water scarcity, droughts, air pollution, extreme weather conditions or other effects of climate change;

Amendment 461 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)

33b. Recognises the adverse impacts of climate change on human health and well-being due to exacerbated heat, malnutrition, air and water pollution, undermining both mental and physical health and leading to displacement1a, _________________ 1a Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (eds H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, et al.). Cambridge University Press; 2022

Amendment 462 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Stresses the importance of effectively, swiftly and fully implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework; ~~recalls the failure in achieving the Aichi targets~~underlines that its implementation can maximise the ability of nature to help mitigate and adapt to climate change and to minimise negative impacts of climate action on biodiversity; reminds that conserving highly biodiverse, intact ecosystems on land and in the ocean is the most cost-effective nature- based action to tackle climate change; recalls the failure in achieving the Aichi targets, owing largely to the lack of implementation; insists therefore on the need to translate the 4 goals and 23 targets of the GBF into nationally driven action;

Amendment 463 #

César LUENA, Javi LÓPEZ

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Stresses the importance of implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including to maximise the ability of nature to help mitigate and adapt to climate change and to minimise negative impacts of climate action on biodiversity; reminds that conserving highly biodiverse, intact ecosystems on land and in the ocean is the most cost-effective nature-based action to tackle climate change; recalls the failure in achieving the Aichi targets;

Amendment 464 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Stresses the importance of implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework~~; recalls~~ and warmly welcomes the commitment of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her political guidelines to focus on fulfilling the EU’s obligations in this regard; calls on Member States and third countries to step up their efforts to meet their international obligations on biodiversity, recalling the failure in achieving the Aichi targets;

Amendment 465 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Stresses the importance of implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework; recalls the failure in achieving the Aichi targets; welcomes the submission of EU targets under this Framework to the Convention on Biological Diversity based on the Nature Restoration Law;

Amendment 466 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Stresses the importance of implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework; recalls the failure in achieving the Aichi targets; welcomes the submission of EU targets under this Framework to the Convention on Biological Diversity based on the Nature Restoration Law;

Amendment 467 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Stresses that in line with international standards all industrial and extractive activities should be prohibited in protected areas;

Amendment 468 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Welcomes all efforts by governments and non-governmental actors to maximise the potential of soils to mitigate climate change and to improve water availability; underlines the transboundary impacts of soil degradation that warrant joint international efforts to tackle all soil degradation threats; draws attention to the huge importance of peatlands for climate change mitigation; calls for efforts globally and within the EU to swiftly restore peatlands, so that they can be a sink rather than a source;

Amendment 469 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Emphasises that soil is the largest terrestrial carbon store with indispensable role in the global climate cycle; Welcomes all efforts by governments and non- governmental actors to maximise the potential of soils to mitigate climate change and to improve water availability; believes therefore that the conclusion of an EU agreement on the Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive is of high importance to ensure EU’s resilience and adaptation to climate change;

Amendment 47 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas on 16 October 2023 the EU and its Member States submitted their update of the NDC committing to reduce their net GHG emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990;

Amendment 470 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Grégory ALLIONE, Jeannette BALJEU

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Welcomes all efforts by governments and non-governmental actors to maximise the potential of soils to mitigate climate change and to improve water availability; stresses the need for global action to ensure clean and high– quality water;

Amendment 471 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Welcomes all efforts by governments and non-governmental actors to maximise the potential of soils to ~~mitigate climate change and to~~ improve water availability;

Amendment 472 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Stresses the critical link between air pollution and climate change, noting that air pollution is responsible for around 7 million premature deaths annually, with fossil fuel combustion accounting for a significant share of these deaths; welcomes international efforts to address both climate change and air quality through initiatives like the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC); calls on all Parties to enhance cooperation on this matter and align air quality policies with climate action to protect public health and the environment globally;

Amendment 473 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Leire PAJÍN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure the protection of and investment in existing and newly established water infrastructure, as a tool to combat climate change;

Amendment 474 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)

35b. Recalls the importance of a Health Day on the COP 29 to work towards common health challenges and Facilitating collaboration on human, animal, environment and climate health challenges, such as by implementing a One Health approach;

Amendment 475 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring water and water-related ecosystems; highlights the devastating environmental, social and economic impacts of desertification, droughts, floods and water pollution; and the need for common approaches to properly prevent and adapt to this phenomenon and overcome it; underlines, therefore, the importance of water availability and sustainable water management for climate change mitigation and adaptation; highlights that water stress is becoming a major and growing concern in Europe and that droughts and water scarcity are no longer rare or extreme events, with about 20 % of the European territory and 30 % of Europeans affected by water stress during an average year according to the EEA1a; highlights the need to prevent excessive pressures from economic activities on river bodies in some regions of Europe affecting their ecological flow; calls for the efficient use, reuse and recycling of water and for the protection and restoration of ecosystems supporting groundwater resources; stresses the need for the speedy and full implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in order to achieve its objectives and better manage Europe’s water resources; _________________ 1a EEA report entitled ‘Water resources across Europe – confronting water stress: an updated assessment’, October 2021

Amendment 476 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring water and water-related ecosystems; highlights the devastating environmental, social and economic impacts of desertification, droughts, floods and water pollution; welcomes the launch of the first United Nations system-wide Strategy on Water and Sanitation as a key tool to community resilience to climate change, given that 1.42 billion people live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability1a; welcomes von der Leyen’s commitment to put forward a European Water Resilience Strategy to ensure sources are properly managed, scarcity is addressed, and enhance the competitive innovative edge of our water industry and take a circular economy approach; welcomes also the promise to lead efforts to help address water stress across the world; insists that ensuring water resilience entails restoring and protecting freshwater ecosystems and calls for urgent EU efforts to foster and finance the restoration and protection of natural sponge landscapes which promote water retention and the replenishment of aquifers, such as floodplains and wetlands including peatlands; _________________ 1a https://www.unwater.org/water- facts/water-scarcity

Amendment 477 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring water and water-related ecosystems as vital components of climate resilience and biodiversity conservation; highlights the devastating environmental, social and economic impacts of desertification, droughts, floods and water pollution; calls for enhanced international cooperation to address the growing water crisis, promote sustainable water management, and implement nature-based solutions that can mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events and support long-term water security;

Amendment 478 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring water and water-related ecosystems; hHighlights the ~~devastat~~concerning environmental, social and economic impacts of desertification, water pollution and extreme climate phenomena such as droughts, floods and ~~water pollution~~forest fires;

Amendment 479 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring water and water-related ecosystems; highlights the devastating environmental, agricultural, social and economic impacts of desertification, droughts, floods and water pollution; and the threat for food safety;

Amendment 48 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Laurent CASTILLO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas a number of legislative acts adopted under the European Green Deal contain contradictory requirements and nonessential reporting requirements, which restrict and burden companies, in particular SMEs, in the transition towards a net-zero economy and jeopardise EU competitiveness;

Amendment 480 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring water and water-related ecosystems; highlights the devastating environmental, social and economic impacts of desertification, forest fires, droughts, floods and water pollution;

Amendment 481 #

Grégory ALLIONE, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE, Emma WIESNER

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Calls for a global approach to water management, recognizing water as a fundamental human right. Urges the EU to lead efforts to protect and restore water ecosystems, in line with the Water Framework Directive, EU Biodiversity Strategy, and European Green Deal; calls on COP29 Parties to adopt a human rights-based approach to water and sanitation, ensuring no one is left behind; encourages the EU to promote knowledge-sharing, innovation, and capacity-building to mitigate climate change and improve access to water and sanitation, aligned with the SDGs;

Amendment 482 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Stresses the need to strengthen the UE Civil Protection Mechanism by increasing its financial, material and human resources in order to enhance the EU’s capacity to prevent and manage increasingly frequent large-scale and cross-border natural disasters such as wildfires, droughts and floods;

Amendment 483 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Stresses the importance of developing climate-resilient infrastructure in rural and vulnerable communities, with a particular focus on increasing the adaptive capacities of small-scale farmers;

Amendment 484 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Welcomes the adoption of the historic UN High Seas Treaty (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement); calls on the Parties to continue work on the UN Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue; stresses that climate mechanisms depend on the health of the ocean and marine ecosystems currently affected by global warming, pollution, overexploitation of marine biodiversity, acidification, deoxygenation and coastal erosion; stresses that the IPCC recalls that the ocean is part of the solution to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; recalls the importance of ocean-based solutions also in restoring ecosystems, ensuring food security and providing resources;

Amendment 485 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Welcomes the adoption of the UN High Seas Treaty (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement); calls on the Parties to continue work on the UN Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue; stresses that climate mechanisms depend on the health of the ocean and marine ecosystems currently affected by global warming, pollution, overexploitation of marine biodiversity, acidification, deoxygenation and coastal erosion; welcomes von der Leyen’s commitment to launch a European Oceans Pact to ensure good governance and sustainability of our oceans;

Amendment 486 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Noting Europe’s high environmental protection standards and the alignment with the international standards laid down in the Convention on the Law of the Sea, calls on Member States to extend the breadth of their territorial sea to 12 nautical miles and the breadth of their exclusive economic zone to the maximum limit set out in the UNCLOS; notes that Europe’s intact exclusive economic zone in the Mediterranean is an example of compliance with international standards;

Amendment 487 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls on EU Member States and COP29 Parties to join the precautionary pause on deep-seabed mining, until a robust regulatory framework is in place to protect the marine environment and until the scientific knowledge is sufficient to allow for informed decision-making;

Amendment 488 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Emphasises the importance of promoting sustainable aquaculture practices, in order to prevent over- exploitation of marine resources, pollution, and habitat destruction; calls on the EU to support innovation in low- impact aquaculture techniques that ensure food security, protect marine ecosystems and reduce harmful impacts such as nutrient pollution and plastic waste;

Amendment 489 #

Silvia SARDONE, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Roberto VANNACCI, Valérie DELOGE, Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Jana NAGYOVÁ, Ondřej KNOTEK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 c (new)

37c. Stresses the critical role of oceans in climate regulation calls for concerted efforts to enhance the resilience and protection of oceanic carbon sinks, including the safeguarding of marine ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass beds, and coral reefs; urges the EU to advance global action on the restoration and conservation of these ecosystems as part of a broader strategy to mitigate climate change and ensure the health of marine environments;

Amendment 49 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas in 2022 China was the largest emitter of GHG emissions, counting for the 30% of global GHG emissions, while the EU contributed to less than 7%;

Amendment 490 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Stresses the need to combat plastic pollution~~; welcomes the ongoing work on the Global Plastics Treaty~~ because of the climate impact of plastic throughout its life cycles; welcomes the ongoing work on the Global Plastics Treaty; and calls on the UN member states to reach an ambitious and effective agreement, consistent with the Paris Agreement, at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental negotiating committee in Busan this year; underlines the necessity to address plastic pollution by reducing waste at its source, cutting down on plastic use and consumption, and increasing circularity; calls for a systemic approach in order to appropriately address plastic pollution in the environment, including microplastics, and its impact on climate change;

Amendment 491 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. ~~Stresses the need to combat plastic pollution; welcomes the ongoing work on the Global Plastics Treaty~~Welcomes the ongoing work on the Global Plastics Treaty; stresses that, in order to effectively combat plastic pollution, the EU has to commit to an ambitious and legally binding Treaty, based on a global circular approach, including a clear target to reduce plastic production in line with the Paris agreement; calls on Member States to ensure a just transition to a safe circular economy by supporting repair, reuse and refill business models and prioritizing the well-being of the communities most affected by plastic pollution;

Amendment 492 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Is concerned with the findings of scientists, according to which limits of the chemicals pollution planetary boundaries were exceeded1a; Stresses the need to combat chemical and plastic pollution; welcomes the ongoing work on the Global Plastics Treaty; and calls for accelerated action to achieve the comprehensive plan under the Global Framework on Chemicals towards ‘Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste’; _________________ 1a https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c 04158

Amendment 493 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Stresses the urgent need to combat plastic pollution, which poses a severe threat to marine ecosystems, biodiversity, and human health, with an estimated 81a million tons of plastic entering the ocean each year; welcomes the ongoing work on the Global Plastics Treaty as a historic opportunity to establish binding international commitments to reduce plastic production, phase out harmful single-use plastics, and promote circular economy principles that minimise waste; calls for ambitious global targets to eliminate plastic leakage into the environment by 20401b, with clear accountability mechanisms for governments and corporations; urges the EU to lead in advocating for a robust treaty that fosters innovation in sustainable alternatives, and promotes extended producer responsibility (EPR) to ensure that the full lifecycle of plastics is addressed; additionally stresses the importance of tackling microplastics, especially in ocean and freshwater ecosystems, through strict regulation of industries responsible for microplastic pollution; _________________ 1a https://www.unep.org/topics/ocean- seas-and-coasts/ecosystem-degradation- pollution/plastic-pollution-marine-litter 1b https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/eu -calls-global-ban-some-plastic-products- fight-pollution-2024-04-19_en

Amendment 494 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Welcomes the fact that several EU trading partners have introduced carbon trading or other carbon pricing mechanisms; invites the Commission to further encourage and support other Parties to introduce or improve similar carbon pricing mechanism and to explore links and other forms of cooperation with existing carbon pricing mechanisms in third countries; welcomes, in this regard, the creation of the Commission Task Force on International Carbon Pricing and Markets Diplomacy and calls on the Commission to make this Task Force fully operational in a timely manner;

Amendment 495 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Underlines the importance of creating a flexible and effective European mechanism for suspending fisheries imports from states that are not addressing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, based on the recommendations of the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea and the UN Environment Programme;

Amendment 496 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Considers that cost-effective nature-based solutions should be prioritised and scaled up so as to mitigate and adapt to climate change;

Amendment 497 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)

38b. Emphasises that any climate policies must not impose an excessive burden on the agricultural sector, which is vital for food security and rural economies, and which are already faced with numerous crises, such as prolonged droughts, rising temperatures, irregular rainfall, early frosts, hail and floods, which ultimately lead to harvests being lost and to falling yields;

Amendment 498 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 c (new)

38c. Calls for increased funding for research and innovation as part of the broader climate agenda; particular emphasis should be placed on the development of new technologies and practices which reduce emissions in the long term; supports the rapid expansion of existing innovative instruments, which have shown significant potential in both climate mitigation and climate adaptation;

Amendment 499 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Emphasises that voluntary industry initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions have not yielded significant results and will be utterly insufficient to tackle the climate crisis; stresses the importance of regulatory measures and binding emissions reduction targets for all relevant sectors;

Amendment 5 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

– having regard to the World's Health Organisation (WHO) report of 20 December 2023 on Climate Change and Health1a, _________________ 1a https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/E B154/B154_25-en.pdf

Amendment 50 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the first global stocktake (GST) completed in 2023 at COP28 underlined the urgent need to address the interlinked global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss in the broader context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the vital importance, for sustainable climate action, of protecting, conserving, restoring and sustainably using nature and ecosystems;deleted

Amendment 500 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Welcomes the fact that 158 countries have become signatories to the Global Methane Pledge to date; calls for a quantified, science-based assessment of the progress made since its adoption at COP26; strongly urges, in particular, the large methane-emitting Parties that have not joined the pledge to do so as soon as possible; urges all signatories to ensure that they reduce methane emissions within their territories by at least 30 % from 2020 levels by 2030 and to adopt national measures to achieve this aim; calls for the signatories of the pledge to enhance governance on methane by drawing up an overarching framework to make progress towards the collective commitment; calls for more attention at the upcoming and future COPs to be given to mitigating non-CO2 GHGs;

Amendment 501 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Welcomes the fact that 158 countries have become signatories to the Global Methane Pledge to date; calls for a quantified, science-based assessment of the progress made since its adoption at COP26; recalls that the IEA has estimated that, to stay below 1.5°C, methane emissions from fossil fuels would need to be cut by 75 % by 2030, and notes with concern that pledges made by countries and companies to date would lead to a cut of only 50 % and that most pledges are not yet backed up by plans for implementation; calls therefore on all signatory countries to increase ambition and robustness of their pledges;

Amendment 502 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Welcomes the fact that 158 countries have become signatories to the Global Methane Pledge to date; calls the Global Methane Pledge signatories to accelerate action to reduce and abate methane emissions by 2030; calls for a quantified, science-based assessment of the progress made since its adoption at COP26;

Amendment 503 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. ~~Welcom~~Notes the fact that 158 countries have become signatories to the Global Methane Pledge to date; calls for a quantified, science-based assessment of the progress made since its adoption at COP26;

Amendment 504 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Recalls that, globally, cities are responsible for 60 % of GHG emissions and therefore emphasises the importance of ensuring that the local level is able to continue advancing climate action while protecting local economies, including access to financial tools without excessive administrative burdens;

Amendment 505 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)

39b. Recognises the leadership of local and regional governments in accelerating and broadening climate action; stresses the need for enhanced cooperation with local and regional governments in the process of preparing, financing, and implementing NDCs ahead of COP30, as well as national adaptation plans (NAPs), National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), and long-term strategies (LTS);

Amendment 506 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)

39c. Highlights the necessary commitment to fostering technological advancements that address climate change and enhance climate resilience; encourages the deployment of breakthrough solutions in energy, transportation, and industrial processes with innovations that not only might contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions but also drive economic growth, and create jobs; recognises the critical role of public-private partnerships in accelerating the commercialisation of innovative technologies and will continue to support collaborative efforts that bring new ideas from the lab to the market;

Amendment 507 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 d (new)

39d. Underlines that the adoption and scaling of clean technologies are imperative for global climate goals and to limit as much as possible global warming; calls for enhanced international cooperation in the development and deployment of clean energy solutions, such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and carbon capture and storage;

Amendment 508 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 e (new)

39e. Underlines the importance of increasing the adoption of circular economy practices, improving energy efficiency, and reducing the carbon intensity of industrial processes; Calls for the Parts to foster innovation in low- carbon technologies that drive the industrial sector toward sustainable practices while maintaining its global competitiveness;

Amendment 509 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 f (new)

39f. Stresses the need for integration of clean technologies across sectors and providing financial and technical assistance, ensuring that clean technologies are accessible and affordable; emphasises the need for policies that support the transition to a low-carbon economy while ensuring energy security and competitiveness. Reaffirms the need for not just technological innovation but also changes in consumption patterns and infrastructure development;

Amendment 51 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the first global stocktake (GST) completed in 2023 at COP28 underlined the urgent need to address the interlinked global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss in the broader context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the vital importance, for sustainable climate action, of protecting, conserving, restoring and sustainably using nature and ecosystems; whereas the outcome of the stocktaking exercise should subsequently spur on the Parties to ratchet up their level of ambition and drive climate action;

Amendment 510 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Calls on all Parties also to include specific methane reduction targets in their NDCs; notes that no Parties have set any quantified targets to address methane emissions from livestock; reiterates its call to ensure ambitious reductions of GHG emissions in the agriculture sector along with tackling competitive disadvantages among different global regimes beyond the EU;

Amendment 511 #

Viktória FERENC, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Calls on all Parties also to include specific methane reduction targets in their NDCs; Highlights the investments made in methane-reducing technologies on livestock farms across the Member States, such as in feed additives and advanced manure management systems;

Amendment 512 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Calls on all Parties also to include specific and ambitious methane reduction targets in their NDCs, which should cover all sources;

Amendment 513 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Calls on all Parties also to include specific me~~thane reduction target~~asures to reduce methane emissions in their NDCs;

Amendment 514 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40a. Calls on the Parties to put in place transformative changes in the way water and sanitation are perceived, valued, used and managed, and which cannot be brought about by the water and sanitation sectors alone, but need collective, cross- sectoral approach and solutions that leverage synergies and manage trade-offs across sectors to prevent global water crisis on the horizon, threatening ecosystem resilience, green transition, but also hard-won development gains, human rights and peace;

Amendment 515 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Recalls the EU regulation on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector which will apply, from 1 January 2027, also to EU importers of crude oil, natural gas and coal; reiterates its call on the Commission to propose, based on an impact assessment, a 2030 EU binding methane emissions reduction target covering all relevant emitting sectors and including methane among the regulated pollutants in the National Emission Reduction Commitments Directive1a; _________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1)

Amendment 516 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)

41a. Recalls that agriculture and waste management are responsible for 54 % and 27 % of EU methane emissions; reiterates its call for a 2030 EU binding methane emissions reduction targets covering all emitting sectors and to include methane among the regulated pollutants in the National Emissions Reduction Commitments Directive;

Amendment 517 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

~~42. Highlights the fact that the transport sector is the only sector in which emissions have risen at EU level since 1990 and that this is not compatible with the EU’s climate goals;~~deleted

Amendment 518 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Highlights the fact that the transport sector is the only sector in which emissions have risen at the EU level since 1990 ~~and that this is not compatible with the EU’s climate goals~~, which is not compatible with the EU’s climate goals; stresses that achieving the EU’s climate objectives will require greater and faster emission reductions from all sectors of society, including the aviation and maritime sectors; welcomes the inclusion of maritime and aviation emissions in the EU ETS as a crucial step toward decarbonisation, which should inspire greater ambition at the international level, including within the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); calls for the EU to advocate for the adoption of stricter global targets and timelines within these organisations; is concerned by the slow progress achieved in the IMO and ICAO in addressing emissions from international shipping and aviation;

Amendment 519 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Highlights the fact that the transport sector is the only sector in which emissions have risen at EU level since 1990 and that this is not compatible with the EU’s climate goals, which require greater and faster reductions in emissions from all sectors; is concerned by the slow progress achieved in the IMO and the ICAO in addressing emissions from international shipping and aviation;

Amendment 52 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the first global stocktake (GST) completed in 2023 at COP28 underlined the urgent need to address the interlinked global crises of climate change, water scarcity and biodiversity loss in the broader context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the vital importance, for sustainable climate action, of protecting, conserving, restoring and sustainably using nature and ecosystems;

Amendment 520 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Highlights the fact that the transport sector is the only sector in the EU in which emissions have risen ~~at EU level~~ since 1990 and that this is not compatible with the EU’s climate goals, which require greater and faster reductions in emissions from all sectors of society, including the aviation and maritime sectors;

Amendment 521 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Stresses the importance of supporting modal shift and intermodal transport at EU-wide level, expanding rail transport both for passengers and freight and fostering public transport, cycling and shared mobility for passengers, both in urban and rural areas; welcomes Commission President von der Leyen commitment to propose a Single Digital Booking and Ticketing Regulation; calls on the Commission and Member States to take more action for the internalisation of externalities in the transport sector, making clean transport options more attractive;

Amendment 522 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 b (new)

42b. Calls on the Commission to make proposals to increase the social fairness of transport decarbonisation measures, including by removing exemptions from decarbonisation requirements for and restricting the use of super yachts, private jets and business planes;

Amendment 523 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 c (new)

42c. Calls for more Union and national demand management measures, such as bans on short-haul flights, and penalisation of so-called “ghost flights”, as well as for efficiency and circularity requirements, including vehicle size reduction and end-of-life requirements;

Amendment 524 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 d (new)

42d. Calls on the Commission to evaluate options to expand decarbonisation requirements to inland waterway vessels, while at the same time enhancing climate resilience of inland waterway transport and its respect of biodiversity;

Amendment 525 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 e (new)

42e. Highlights that according to the Impact Assessment accompanying the Commission Communication on Europe’s 2040 Climate Target, in 2040 around 40 % of Europe’s car and van fleet will still not be zero-emissions; calls therefore on the Commission to propose new measures to accelerate the electrification of road transport, including targets for zero-emission corporate fleets, and initiatives and funding for expanded charging network infrastructure;

Amendment 526 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls on the International Maritime Organization to adopt measures to reduce maritime emissions~~; calls on the Commission and the Member States to restart UNFCCC negotiations on attributing international shipping emissions to national inventories~~ in line with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5ºC target, requiring a 37 % reduction by 2030, 96 % by 2040, and full decarbonisation by 2050; recognises that if the IMO negotiations fail to achieve action in line with the Paris Agreement, the EU should revise its shipping legislation to enlarge its scope and to align it with the Science Based Targets; notes that recently approved EU shipping legislation is a step in the right direction, but acknowledges that further efforts are needed to achieve zero emissions from shipping; calls on the Commission and the Member States to restart UNFCCC negotiations on attributing international shipping emissions to national inventories on a 50-50 % basis, mirroring the scope of the ETS and FuelEU Maritime; notes with concern the rise in black carbon emissions from Arctic shipping and the insufficient IMO ban on heavy fuel oil; calls for immediate action to address these emissions by requiring ships operating in or near the Arctic to switch to cleaner fuels and install particulate filters to protect the region from further harm; calls for the EU to engage in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy to support other countries in setting up their own national and regional legislation to decarbonise the shipping sector;

Amendment 527 #

Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls on the International Maritime Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organisation to adopt measures to reduce maritime and aviation emissions; calls on the Commission and ~~the~~ Member States to restart UNFCCC negotiations on attributingon of international shipping emissions to national inventories; recalls that, according to the EU ETS Directive, the Commission has the obligation to examine the expansion of the EU ETS scope to more than 50 % of the emissions from ships performing voyages between a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State and a port of call outside the jurisdiction of a Member State and to flights to aerodromes located outside the EEA in case IMO and ICAO do not deliver emissions reductions aligned with the Paris agreement;

Amendment 528 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls on the International Maritime Organization to adopt measures to reduce maritime emissions in line with the Science Based Targets and the 1.5°C limit set by the Paris Agreement; recognises that if the IMO negotiations fail to achieve action in line with the Paris Agreement, the EU should revise its shipping legislation to enlarge its scope, in line with the provisions of the ETS Directive; calls on the Commission and the Member States to restart UNFCCC negotiations on attributing international shipping emissions to national inventories;

Amendment 529 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls on the International Maritime Organization to adopt measures to reduce maritime emissions; calls on the ~~Commission and the Member States~~International Maritime Organization to restart UNFCCC negotiations on attributing international shipping emissions to national inventories, in an effective and sustainable way;

Amendment 53 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the first global stocktake (GST) completed in 2023 at COP28 underlined the urgent need to address the interlinked global crises of climate change, water scarcity and biodiversity loss in the broader context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the vital importance, for sustainable climate action, of protecting, conserving, restoring and sustainably using nature and ecosystems;

Amendment 530 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Stresses the urgent need for the aviation sector to align with global climate goals, particularly the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement, as aviation accounts for 2.5 % of global CO₂ emissions but has a total climate impact of around 4 % due to non-CO₂ effects; calls on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to adopt more ambitious measures under CORSIA to reduce these emissions; highlights the disproportionate climate impact of private jets, which are up to 14 times more polluting than commercial flights, and urges leaders to choose the least polluting transport options, including for COP29;

Amendment 531 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Recalls that non-CO2 climate impacts from aviation activities are estimated to be twice as high as those of CO2 alone, with research showing that long-haul flights have larger impacts and present larger mitigation opportunities than short-haul ones; highlights the importance of gathering knowledge on non-CO2 impacts of both intra-EU flights and flights from and to international destinations and of adopting measures to reduce those impacts in accordance with the rules and timelines established in the EU ETS;

Amendment 532 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Acknowledges the significant contribution by farmers and foresters to natural carbon removal and storage in soils and forests;

Amendment 533 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

~~44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector;~~deleted

Amendment 534 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

~~44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector;~~deleted

Amendment 535 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector;, which globally accounts for 10-12 % of anthropogenic emissions and 11 % of total EU emissions in 20201a; notes that EU agricultural emissions have stagnated since 2005, with only a 1.5 % reduction projected by 2040 under current policies; stresses that a transition towards more sustainable agricultural practices, shorter supply chains, and shifts towards healthier foods, diets, and lifestyles would significantly reduce agricultural emissions, enhance mitigation and adaptation, release pressure on land, and help restore soil quality and ecosystems; reiterates that the overconsumption of meat and ultra- processed products needs to be addressed; emphasises the importance of developing more sustainable agriculture by providing farmers with alternatives to reduce the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides; highlights that reducing the production and use of synthetic fertilisers and increasing natural carbon sequestration in soils and soil organic matter can offer multiple benefits by increasing soil fertility, restoring biodiversity, and providing substantial mitigation potential; _________________ 1a European Environment Agency (EEA). (2023). Progress and prospects for decarbonisation in the agriculture sector and beyond. https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/P rogress-and-prospects-for- decarbonisation/progress-and-prospects- for-decarbonisation.

Amendment 536 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector; emphasises the importance of developing a more sustainable agriculture, including by giving farmers alternatives in order to reduce the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides; emphasises that reducing the overall production and use of synthetic fertilisers and increasing the use of natural carbon sequestration in soils and soil organic matter can offer multiple benefits by increasing soil fertility and biodiversity restoration while providing substantial mitigation potential; points, moreover, to the need to tackle in parallel competitive disadvantages among different global regimes beyond the EU that undermine the GHG emissions reduction efforts;

Amendment 537 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Acknowledges the ~~significant~~ potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector, highlighting, nonetheless, the lack of a comprehensive methodology to set a GHG emissions accounting system which would cover adequately different types of agriculture and its structural conditions; points out that the introduction of new emissions reduction targets in the agricultural sector must be preceded in each case by an assessment of the impact on the viability of the agricultural sector in the region concerned and must not jeopardise local and global food security;

Amendment 538 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Acknowledges the ~~significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural~~efforts that the European sector has made to cut its emissions and engage in beneficial agricultural practices; stresses, meanwhile, the need for other countries and regions to take measures to reduce the environmental impact of their crop raising, which would also serve to strike the right balance in production and trade conditions in the primary sector;

Amendment 539 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector, along with the protection of European agricultural production, which unfortunately in the past five years is being replaced by imported products; notes that imports of non-European agricultural products that do not comply with minimum production standards harm the environment many times over;

Amendment 54 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas soils are the largest terrestrial carbon pool on the planet; whereas ensuring healthy soils strengthens resilience and reduces vulnerability to climate change; whereas, globally, 500 000 hectares of peatlands a year are lost, while already drained and degraded peatlands contribute around 4 % of annual global human-induced emissions1a; whereas despite only covering 3-4 % of the world’s land surface area, peatlands are responsible for storing nearly one third of the world’s soil carbon, which is more than double that of all the world’s forests combined; _________________ 1a UNEP press release, ‘Global assessment reveals huge potential of peatlands as a climate solution’, 17 November 2022

Amendment 540 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. ~~Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector~~Highlights that emissions from agriculture have remained largely unchanged since 2005, stresses that reductions are needed to fulfil the EU’s climate objectives, and acknowledges the significant potential for reduction: welcomes Commission President von der Leyen’s commitment to present a Vision for Agriculture and Food in the first 100 days for the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of our farming sector within the planetary boundaries;

Amendment 541 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector; stresses the need to support and protect small-scale farmers during the transition to more sustainable practices by providing the financial resources, technical assistance and policy frameworks needed to adapt to new climate standards, thereby ensuring that climate action is fair and inclusive;

Amendment 542 #

Viktória FERENC, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector; as farmers are frontline victims of the consequences of climate change, it is necessary to establish measures that support farmers and ensure sustainable and viable solutions for the sector;

Amendment 543 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Acknowledges the ~~significant~~ potential for global GHG emissions reductions in the agricultur~~al sector~~e sector; while recognises the role of agriculture in maintaining food security;

Amendment 544 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Highlights the immense impact of the agricultural sector, particularly the intensive livestock industry, on the climate and on biodiversity loss in the EU and worldwide due to land-use changes for grazing and in particular the massive production of feed crops; stresses the additional negative impact of these practices on soil, air and water pollution, human and animal health and animal welfare; underlines the need for a rapid phase-out of intensive livestock farming and a significant reduction in the amount of farmed animals and calls on the Commission, the Member States and the non-EU Parties to introduce suitable and effective legislative and non-legislative measures to achieve this;

Amendment 545 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Calls on the Commission to propose an in-depth reform of the Common Agricultural Policy as part of the Vision, to ensure financial support is focused on the transition to low-input and low-emitting activities and to ensure that farmers adopting sustainable practices, such as organic farming and agro- ecological solutions, can make a decent living; calls also for a new proposal to reduce the use of pesticides in line with the ambition laid down in the Farm To Fork Strategy;

Amendment 546 #

Aurelijus VERYGA

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Emphasises the importance of promoting competitive, sustainable and resilient agricultural sector that continues to ensure food security; in order to advance towards the goals defned and make progress in the emissions reduction at farm level, calls on the Commission to stimulate the large-scale adoption of precision agriculture technologies, including IoT sensors, drones, AI, and satellite imagery, thereby improving resource efficiency and crop management;

Amendment 547 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Stresses that agricultural production in Europe is subject to exceptionally high standards of environmental protection, animal welfare, quality control and compliance monitoring. Encourages all Parties to draw inspiration from these policies to raise their own standards of agricultural production, which in the long run will contribute not only to more adequate climate protection on a global scale, but also to faster negotiations of free trade agreements;

Amendment 548 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Calls on the EU to increase investments in green technologies and innovations in the agricultural sector, such as precision agriculture, sustainable irrigation systems and climate-smart agricultural practices;

Amendment 549 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Daniel BUDA, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Insists on the need to support farmers in the transition to sustainable farming practices, without placing a financial and administrative burden on them;

Amendment 55 #

Javi LÓPEZ, César LUENA, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas water is a fundamental resource for human life, agriculture, and ecosystems, and its availability is being severely impacted by climate change, leading to increased droughts, floods, and water scarcity across the globe; whereas the degradation of water-related ecosystems, including rivers, wetlands, and lakes, exacerbates the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and human livelihoods;

Amendment 550 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Recognises the need to reward farmers and foresters helping to decarbonise the economy and working with nature, preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems;

Amendment 551 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 b (new)

44b. Calls for the Vision to address all parts of the food system, from production, through processing and distribution and consumption, and finally food loss and waste; calls on the Commission to make the long-due proposals improving information on food sustainability and fostering demand for health and sustainable food, notably the revision of the Food Information to Consumers Regulation (FIC) which was announced for end 2022, and the EU-level framework law for Sustainable Food Systems (SFS), which was scheduled for end 2023; calls on the Commission to propose strengthening the food waste reduction targets of the Waste Framework Directive, to align them with the 50 % reduction targets of the Farm to Fork Strategy; stresses also the importance of measures that make healthy and sustainable food accessible by citizens of all incomes;

Amendment 552 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 b (new)

44b. Calls on the Commission and all other Parties to continue working towards the implementation of the COP28 UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action; underlines the need to continue to work towards sustainable and resilient food systems;

Amendment 553 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 b (new)

44b. Stresses the need for the agricultural sector to swiftly phase-out its dependency on fossil fuels, emphasises that this requires phase-out goals for chemical pesticides and artificial fertilisers;

Amendment 554 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 c (new)

44c. Stresses that climate change represents a very severe threat to crop production, fisheries, aquaculture and food security in Europe, and notes with concern that the EEA European Climate Risk Report urges to take action at both EU and national level to enhance resilience in these areas; calls on the Commission, as part of the next CAP reform, to better target resilience, for instance through support to the management of risk of prolonged droughts, through promotion of less water-intensive crops and of sustainable practices that enhance ecosystem resilience, such as by improving soil quality and health, enhancing water retention and limiting soil erosion; highlights that EU initiatives promoting a partial shift from animal-based to plant- based food can reduce freshwater consumption for food production, as well as dependency from feed sourced outside Europe;

Amendment 555 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 c (new)

44c. Underlines the fact that the Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU Agriculture calls for urgent, ambitious, and feasible action at all levels to guarantee that the agricultural sector operates within planetary boundaries; and welcomes their acknowledgement that a shift towards balanced and more plant- based diets that are healthier and more sustainable is essential for a successful transition;

Amendment 556 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 d (new)

44d. Emphasises that adapting our diets and drastically reducing the production and consumption of animals while developing alternative protein sources to substitute meat, dairy and other animal products is a cost-effective, quick, healthy and easy measure to fight climate change and will realise countless co-benefits for human, animal and ecosystem health and welfare;

Amendment 557 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 e (new)

44e. Recalls the significant impact of the agricultural sector, particularly the intensive livestock industry on climate change and biodiversity loss; emphasises that intensive industrial agriculture and livestock farming should not receive funding, nor be incentivised or rewarded; stresses instead the importance of supporting the development of agro- ecological and plant-based agricultural practices, reducing animal density and the amount of farmed animals, stimulating local production and investing in the development of regional infrastructure for a more sustainable agricultural sector;

Amendment 558 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 f (new)

44f. Stresses that the IPCC underlined that balanced diets, featuring plant-based foods, such as those based on coarse grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and animal-sourced food produced in resilient, sustainable and low-GHG emission systems, present major opportunities for adaptation and mitigation while generating significant co-benefits in terms of human health; underlines that the IPCC concluded that by 2050, dietary changes could free several million km2 of land and provide a technical mitigation potential of 0.7 to 8.0 GtCO2eq yr-1, relative to business-as- usual projections1a; _________________ 1a IPCC, 2019: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems

Amendment 559 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

~~45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions;~~deleted

Amendment 56 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Daniel BUDA, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the EU is a leader in international climate negotiations, but a collective effort is needed by all Parties to achieve global climate targets; whereas EU emissions represent around 9% of worldwide emissions and decarbonisation in the EU alone will not be enough;

Amendment 560 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions, including the defence sector, while maintaining operational effectiveness, and that the development of decarbonisation technologies and strategies in the defence sector should be accelerated; notes that the inclusion of disaggregated military emissions in UNFCCC submissions is voluntary and it is not currently possible to identify reported military GHG emissions from the submitted UNFCCC data; calls on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Commission and the Council to formulate a proposal for the transparent accounting of military emissions to the UNFCCC which acknowledges the adoption of the Strategic Compass for Security and Defence, and in order to fully implement the Climate Change and Defence Roadmap;

Amendment 561 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions; emphasises, however, that these efforts must be made in a balanced and sustainable way, without imposing disproportionate costs on given sectors, and in particular vulnerable sectors such as agriculture; insists that emission reduction measures should be tailored to the specific context of each sector, ensuring that economic competitiveness, food security and sustainable development are not compromised;

Amendment 562 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions; Highlights, however, that the diversity and complexity of some sectors, notably agriculture, across the world present significant challenges which call for tailored solutions and balanced approach, so that the implementation of emission reduction targets does not lead to uncontrolled job losses, a decline in the profitability of farms and enterprises or shortages on the global and local markets for food, raw materials and products;

Amendment 563 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions; highlights that renewable energy based electrification is the cheapest and most efficient way to decarbonise several sectors of the economy; highlights the need for the EU to expand support for access by industries to affordable and abundant renewable energies, thus fostering EU competitiveness, energy independence and decarbonisation;

Amendment 564 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions; calls for a UNFCCC COP29 outcome of a strengthened Mitigation Work Programme that accelerates action pre- 2030 and complements the Global Stocktake, with a focus on sector-specific partnerships to implement outcomes and promote the rapid, equitable shift to 100 % renewable energy;

Amendment 565 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions; calls for a UNFCCC COP29 outcome of a strengthened Mitigation Work Programme that accelerates action pre- 2030 and complements the Global Stocktake, with a focus on sector-specific partnerships to implement outcomes and promote the rapid, equitable shift to renewable energy;

Amendment 566 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45a. Welcomes Commission President von der Leyen’s commitment to launch a Clean Industrial Deal within the first 100 days; calls on the Commission to launch a plan, as part of the Deal, to decarbonise key industrial sectors, such as energy intensive industries, expand EU manufacturing capacity especially of key renewable and storage technologies, and strengthen EU coordination on industrial strategies, investments and infrastructure development; calls on the Commission to swiftly adopt environmentally sound green and circular product standards and performance requirements, and propose measures, such as green, circular and resilience requirements in public procurement, so as to increase demand for renewable technologies and sustainable products; calls on the Commission to make proposals for new EU funding for industrial decarbonisation with social and environmental conditionalities, and for the expansion of EU unemployment and just transition schemes to support and empower workers in the industrial ecological transition;

Amendment 567 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45a. Points to the disproportionate climate impact of the use of private jets; stresses that private jets are up to 14 times more polluting than commercial planes per passenger; notes again with concern that private jet use in Europe is estimated to have increased by 30 % compared to the pre-pandemic level; calls on all Parties, including the EU Member States, to take measures to discourage the use of private jets;

Amendment 568 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)

45b. Believes that the recent reform of the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), with a planned phase out of free allowances and of all allowances within the next decade, coupled with expanded financial support from the Innovation and Modernisation Funds, will contribute to accelerating the decarbonisation of the energy and industrial sectors in Europe, through the substitution of fossil fuel use with the use of renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency solutions; is of the opinion that any future reform of the EU ETS should keep or strengthen the level of climate ambition of this instrument, in accordance with the principle of non-regression enshrined in the European Climate Law and the Paris Agreement, and should preserve the current architecture whereby negative emissions, even if safely and permanently stored, cannot offset necessary emission reductions in accordance with Union climate targets laid down in the EU Climate Law;

Amendment 569 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 c (new)

45c. Welcomes the fact that several EU trading partners have introduced carbon trading or other carbon pricing mechanisms and invites the Commission to further promote this and similar policies on a global scale and to explore links and other forms of cooperation with existing carbon pricing mechanisms in non-EU countries in order to accelerate cost-efficient and socially fair emissions reductions worldwide; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to put in place safeguards to ensure that any such mechanisms, including those with links with the EU ETS, will continue to deliver additional and permanent mitigation contributions and will not undermine the EU’s domestic GHG emissions commitments;

Amendment 57 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas both the climate and biodiversity crises are rooted in resource extraction and overconsumption of natural resources;

Amendment 570 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Highlights the fact that the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism will provide an effective mechanism to price emissions from products imported to the EU and to address carbon leakage while supporting the adoption of carbon pricing worldwide;deleted

Amendment 571 #

Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Jeannette BALJEU

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. ~~Highlights the fact that the EU’s c~~Points out that, in 2021, 1.1 billion out of the 3.5 billion tonnes CO2 from EU consumption were produced in non-EU countries; calls for the full implementation of the Carbon bBorder aAdjustment mMechanism ~~will provide an effective mechanism to price emissions from products imported to the EU and to address carbon leakage while supporting the adoption of carbon pricing worldwide~~as a tool to foster emissions reduction from imported goods, alongside financial support to the industrial decarbonisation of least developed countries; calls on the Commission to monitor, put an end and sanction any fraud and circumvention practice, and to propose measures to expand the scope of the CBAM to more sectors and goods so as to enhance the climate impact of this instrument;

Amendment 572 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Highlights the fact that the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will provide an effective mechanism to price emissions from products imported to the EU and to address carbon leakage while supporting the adoption of carbon pricing worldwide; calls on the Commission to work on expanding the scope of CBAM in line with the provisions of the CBAM Regulation while engaging with third countries to facilitate the correct implementation of the mechanism and encourage the introduction of carbon prices;

Amendment 573 #

Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Highlights the fact that the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism will provide a~~n effective~~ mechanism to price emissions from products imported to the EU ~~and to address carbon leakage while supporting the adoption of carbon pricing worldwide~~whose effectiveness remains to be proven and which will be harmful for European businesses that are preparing to have to pay a high carbon cost with the reform of the EU’s emissions trading system;

Amendment 574 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Highlights the fact that the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism ~~will~~is expected to provide an effective mechanism to price emissions from products imported to the EU and to address carbon leakage while supporting the adoption of carbon pricing worldwide;

Amendment 575 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. ~~Highlights the fact~~Notes that the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism will provide a~~n effective~~ mechanism to price emissions from products imported to the EU and to address carbon leakage while supporting the adoption of carbon pricing worldwide;

Amendment 576 #

Emma WIESNER, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE, Jeannette BALJEU

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Recognises that farmers and the agricultural sector are indispensable partners not only in ensuring food security and maintaining vibrant rural areas, but also in achieving the EU’s climate neutrality objectives, including the UN sustainability goals; emphasises that farmers should be given the opportunity to actively contribute to and participate in the development of policies on climate change mitigation and adaptation, and ecosystem conservation; considers that the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture could serve as an example to the world to that end;

Amendment 577 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Welcomes the fact that according to the World Bank, 24 % of global emissions are now covered by carbon pricing; nevertheless regrets that both the coverage and the pricing levels remain far too low to meet the Paris Agreement goals; urges all Parties to implement pricing of fossil fuels and fossil raw materials as part of their climate policies in line with the polluter pays principle and taking into account the need for a just transition, at a level corresponding to the necessary emissions reductions; stresses the need for a global approach towards carbon pricing;

Amendment 578 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Recognises the essential role of SMEs in the Europe and globally in driving and delivering on employment and growth as well as in leading the way on the green transition;

Amendment 579 #

Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE, Jeannette BALJEU

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)

46b. Invites the Commission to further promote emission trading schemes or other carbon pricing mechanisms on a global scale and to explore links and other forms of cooperation with existing carbon pricing mechanisms in non–EU countries in order to accelerate cost–efficient and socially fair emissions reductions worldwide; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to put in place safeguards to ensure that any links with the EU ETS will continue to deliver additional and permanent mitigation contributions and will not undermine the EU’s domestic GHG emissions commitments;

Amendment 58 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report is clear that the climate targets under the Paris Agreement can no longer be achieved without negative emissions and carbon capture and storage is a critical decarbonisation strategy in most mitigation pathways;

Amendment 580 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)

46b. Welcomes the strong engagement by EU business actors to provide solutions to accelerate climate action globally;

Amendment 581 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Stresses the need to address the climate and environmental impact of the textile sector; recognises that the textile industry needs to play an important role in the transformation to a circular economy and tackle challenges related to, for example, waste prevention, waste management, microplastic shedding, water usage, overproduction and the overall durability and non-toxicity of the production process and recyclability of textile products, including by ensuring that textiles are designed to be long- lasting and recyclable; stresses that working towards establishing global standards for when brands can make green claims about a product is imperative; highlights, in this regard, that consistent and transparent mandatory criteria will help consumers make informed choices and prevent greenwashing and ensure that sustainability claims are backed by verifiable evidence;

Amendment 582 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Stresses the urgent need to address the significant climate and environmental impact of the textile sector;, which is responsible for around 8-10 % of global GHG emissions and substantial resource consumption, particularly water and energy1a; calls for the adoption of circular economy principles, including sustainable production, waste reduction, and increased recycling, while tackling challenges such as microplastic shedding, overproduction, and water usage; urges the EU and international bodies to set ambitious targets for reducing emissions, phasing out harmful chemicals, and promoting eco-friendly materials, and to establish global standards for verifiable sustainability claims to prevent greenwashing and help consumers make informed choices; _________________ 1a International Finance Corporation (IFC). (2023). Strengthening Sustainability in the Textile Industry. https://www.ifc.org/en/insights- reports/2023/strengthening-sustainability- in-the-textile-industry

Amendment 583 #

Emma WIESNER, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Stresses the need to address the climate and environmental impact of the textile sector and urges the sector to take a bigger responsibility globally for its emissions across its value chain and product lifecycle; highlights, in this regard, the need for consistent and transparent standards and criteria to help consumers make informed choices and prevent greenwashing by ensuring that sustainability claims are backed by verifiable evidence;

Amendment 584 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Stresses the need to address the climate and environmental impact of the textile sector; reminds of its call for an absolute decoupling of growth from resource use in the textile sector; calls on the Commission to follow up on the EU Textiles Strategy commitments and propose targets for waste reduction, reuse and recycling;

Amendment 585 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Stresses the need to address the ~~climate and~~ environmental impact of the textile sector;

Amendment 586 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Advocates the promotion of large- scale tree planting initiatives and the integration of other nature-based solutions in urban areas as effective measures to rein in rising temperatures, address the urban heat island effect and improve air quality to protect the public and reduce energy costs; considers that urban greening, including the creation of parks, green roofs and green walls, should be an integral part of urban planning and climate resilience strategies;

Amendment 587 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)

47b. Emphasises the need to provide farmers with tools, mechanisms, techniques, opportunities and financial incentives to adopt climate-smart farming practices that improve productivity while contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation, rather than taxing them to produce food; considers it essential to ensure that farmers are trained and equipped to adopt such practices and that they have adequate access to digital tools and innovative solutions enabling a more efficient use of resources, such as water and energy; believes that public policies should focus on facilitating access to those technologies and on capacity- building at a local level;

Amendment 588 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

~~48. Stresses the need to fight greenwashing by working towards establishing global standards for green claims;~~deleted

Amendment 589 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Stresses the need to fight greenwashing by working towards establishing global standards for green claims; reminds of its call for global standards for green claims in the textile sector as well as criteria to help consumers make informed choices;

Amendment 59 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)

Fc. whereas carbon pricing is the most efficient and cost-effective way to reduce emissions and stimulate green investments, as demonstrated by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in the industrial and energy sectors;

Amendment 590 #

Emma WIESNER, Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Anna STÜRGKH, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Stresses the need to fight greenwashing by working towards establishing global standards for green claims; in this regard underlines the need to establish strict rules at the EU level;

Amendment 591 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Stresses that climate change and environmental degradation lead to scarcity of natural resources, can increase conflicts and tensions, as well as food shortages and natural catastrophes, and are major drivers of human displacement and threat multipliers;deleted

Amendment 592 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Stresses that climate change and environmental degradation lead to scarcity of natural resources, can increase conflicts and tensions, as well as food shortages and natural catastrophes, and are major drivers of human displacement and threat multipliers; highlights the fact that women are disproportionately affected by this and that 80 % of people displaced by climate change are women1a; expects COP29 to pay more attention to climate-induced displacement; calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the needs and vulnerability of people affected by climate displacement and step up efforts to find solutions; _________________ 1a https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke3 26/files/publications/UNDP%20Linkages %20Gender%20and%20CC%20Policy%2 0Brief%201-WEB.pdf

Amendment 593 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Stresses that climate change, water scarcity and environmental degradation lead to scarcity of natural resources, that can increase conflicts and tensions, as well as food shortages and natural catastrophes, and are major drivers of human displacement and threat multipliers;

Amendment 594 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Stresses that climate change and environmental degradation lead to scarcity of natural resources and water insecurity, can increase conflicts and tensions, as well as food shortages and natural catastrophes, and are major drivers of human displacement and threat multipliers;

Amendment 595 #

Mohammed CHAHIM, Javi LÓPEZ

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Stresses that climate change and environmental degradation lead to scarcity of natural resources, such as water, which can increase conflicts and tensions, as well as food shortages and natural catastrophes, and are major drivers of human displacement and threat multipliers;

Amendment 596 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Notes that there is a growing scientific and political interest in Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) as a proposed set of climate engineering approaches to artificially reflect sunlight and cool the planet, such as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI); stresses that SRM does nothing to address the root cause of climate change, provides no scientific certainty on the effect and endangers climactic and geopolitical stability, potentially in a catastrophic fashion; recalls that a UN resolution on global governance has been blocked; calls on the Commission to take action on SRM by initiating a non-use agreement to stop its deployment, restrict its development, and object to future institutionalisation of SRM in international institutions, in consistency with the precautionary principle and in the absence of evidence of its safety and a full global consensus on its acceptability;

Amendment 597 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. highlights the fact that the Mediterranean is one of the regions most affected by climate change, warming 20 % faster than the global average, with projections of 250 million people facing water scarcity within 20 years1a; notes that the Mediterranean Sea is becoming the fastest warming sea globally, with severe consequences for livelihood of coastal communities, economic sectors, and biodiversity; calls on the Commission and Member States to act urgently, cooperating with Mediterranean partners to implement ambitious adaptation measures and lead mitigation action, focusing on water management, ecosystem restoration, and sustainable economic transitions; _________________ 1a Mediterranean experts on climate and environmental change, ‘Risks associated to climate and environmental changes in the Mediterranean region’, 2019. https://ufmsecretariat.org/wpcontent/ uploads/2019/10/MedECCBooklet_ EN_WEB.pdf

Amendment 598 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Highlights the fact that the Mediterranean is one of the regions most affected by climate change, warming 20 % faster than the global average, with projections of 250 million people facing water scarcity within 20 years1a; notes that the Mediterranean Sea is becoming the fastest warming sea globally, with severe consequences for marine ecosystems, economic sectors, and biodiversity; calls on the Commission and Member States to act urgently, cooperating with Mediterranean partners to implement ambitious adaptation measures and lead mitigation action, focusing on water management, ecosystem restoration, and sustainable economic transitions; _________________ 1a Mediterranean experts on climate and environmental change, ‘Risks associated to climate and environmental changes in the Mediterranean region’, 2019. https://ufmsecretariat.org/wp- content/uploads/2019/10/MedECC- Booklet_EN_WEB.pdf

Amendment 599 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Recalls that aviation accounts for 2 to 3 % of global CO2 emissions and according to The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) the sector’s international CO2 emission could triple by 2050 compared to 2015; points out that according to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) the non- CO2 climate impacts of aviation activities are, in total, at least as significant as those of CO2 alone and are currently unregulated both in EU and globally; underlines the need to mitigate all aviation emission with climate impact and swiftly put in place regional and global binding policies to mitigate non-CO2 emissions of aviation;

Amendment 6 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (‘8th EAP’), as well as the 2023 monitoring report of the European Environment Agency on progress towards the 8th EAP’s objectives and the 8th EAP mid-term review of the European Commission,

Amendment 60 #

Javi LÓPEZ, César LUENA, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the ocean plays a vital role in regulating the climate by absorbing around 25% of human-caused CO2 emissions and over 90% of the excess heat generated by these emissions; whereas marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds act as crucial carbon sinks that support global climate regulation; whereas the degradation of these ecosystems weakens the ocean’s ability to sequester carbon and adapt to climate change, exacerbating climate impacts; whereas marine biodiversity is seriously endangered, despite the ocean playing athis unique and vital role as a climate regulator;

Amendment 600 #

Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Regrets the fact that often legally binding environmental legislation with effects on many sectors at the same time is drafted without a cross-sectoral, cumulative impact assessment on all affected sectors; Calls for comprehensive and cross-checking assessments of the different targets proposed in any environmental strategy, including their social and economic impacts at local, regional, national and global level;

Amendment 601 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Stresses that climate change will contribute to increased antibiotic resistance; in this regard, stresses the need for urgent action against antimicrobial resistance and calls for a global agreement by the Parties to reduce the use of antimicrobials and combat the risk of resistance;

Amendment 602 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)

49b. Notes that inclusion of disaggregated military emissions in UNFCCC submissions is voluntary and it is not currently possible to define reported military GHG emissions from the submitted UNFCCC data; supports introducing disaggregated compulsory reporting of military emissions to the UNFCCC; calls on the Member States to lead by example by publishing national data on the GHG emissions of their militaries and military technology industries as standard practice;

Amendment 603 #

Viktória FERENC, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE

Draft motion for a resolution
Subheading 10

~~Climate change and gender~~deleted

Amendment 604 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Subheading 10

~~Climate change and gender~~deleted

Amendment 605 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)

49b. Recognises the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and girls, particularly in developing countries where they are more reliant on natural resources for their livelihoods; notes that climate-induced disasters exacerbate gender inequalities, as women often face greater obstacles in accessing resources, land rights, and decision-making processes; believes that gender balance and the empowerment of women and girls are key to an inclusive and just transition; stresses the need for gender-responsive climate policies that ensure women’s participation in climate action and leadership roles at all levels;

Amendment 606 #

Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

~~50. Emphasises the need for more concrete actions by all Parties to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at COP25;~~deleted

Amendment 607 #

Viktória FERENC, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

~~50. Emphasises the need for more concrete actions by all Parties to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at COP25;~~deleted

Amendment 608 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

~~50. Emphasises the need for more concrete actions by all Parties to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at COP25;~~deleted

Amendment 609 #

Li ANDERSSON, Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Catarina MARTINS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. ~~Emphasises the need for more concrete actions by all Parties~~Believes that the transformation towards a sustainable society has to be done in an inclusive, fair and equal manner, and that the gender balance and the empowerment of women and girls are key to that transformation; emphasises the need for more effective gender mainstreaming throughout all relevant targets and goals; reiterates its call on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 25) and to create a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budgetary resources, to implement and monitor gender-responsible climate action in the EU and globally; believes this could set an example for other Parties to adopt similar measures;

Amendment 61 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas marine biodiversity is seriously endangered, despite the ocean playing a unique and vital role as a climate regulator; whereas the ocean is the planet’s greatest carbon sink and absorbs excess heat and energy released from rising greenhouse gas emissions, having until now absorbed around 90 % of heat generated by rising GHGs trapped in the earth’s system, and taken in 30 % of carbon emissions; whereas a healthy ocean is key for both climate adaptation and mitigation;

Amendment 610 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. EUnderscores the importance of inclusive approaches in the UNFCCC Process, including the Just Transition Work Programme; calls on all Parties, including the EU and its Member States, to increase efforts to integrate gender equality in their revised NDCs, as well as in climate and environmental policies, in particular those related to mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage, and to increase the meaningful involvement of women’s groups in their design and implementation; emphasises the need for more concrete actions by all Parties to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at COP25; urges the Member States and the Commission to increase efforts to achieve the goals set out in the EU Gender Action Plan III;

Amendment 611 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)

50a. Highlights the importance of aligning climate finance with gender equality, noting that women receive disproportionately less access to financial resources for climate adaptation and mitigation projects; considers that increasing women’s access to inclusive climate finance is critical for a just transition, and emphasises the need for a gender-transformative approach in climate finance; urges the EU and Member States to report on the gender responsiveness of their climate finance contributions and to enhance coherence between gender and climate support through external action instruments and the European Investment Bank (EIB), including through enhancing the participation of women in governance, decision-making, and programmes that support women’s role in climate governance;

Amendment 612 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)

50a. Stresses that adaptive capacity and vulnerability differ across gender, age, abilities, racial and occupation lines; calls therefore on all Parties to assess, respond and prioritise the needs of vulnerable populations in their national adaptation plans, adaptation communications and nationally determined contributions, looking for instance at the division of labour, resources and needs; calls to enable equitable participation of vulnerable populations, including those belonging to disaster-affected communities, in decision-making, including in relation to the operational mechanisms of the Loss & Damage Fund;

Amendment 613 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)

50a. Underscores the importance of inclusive approaches in the UNFCCC Process, including the Just Transition Work Programme; highlights the need to ensure that these spaces are genuinely representative and responsive to the diverse and intersecting identities of underrepresented stakeholders, including women and girls, indigenous peoples, local communities, people with disabilities, migrants, children and youth, people in vulnerable situations, and those facing multiple and compounding forms of discrimination and marginalisation;

Amendment 614 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)

50a. Points to the fact that people are impacted by climate change in different ways, depending on factors such as gender, age, disability, ethnicity and poverty; notes that vulnerable populations, such as the poor, indigenous peoples, women and the elderly are the hardest hit by its consequences; believes that gender balance and the empowerment of women and girls are key to an inclusive and just transition; emphasises the need for more effective gender mainstreaming throughout all relevant targets and goals;

Amendment 615 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)

50a. Considers that elevating the role of women in Asia and Africa will have a long-term visible impact on the handling of climate change;

Amendment 616 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 b (new)

50b. Highlights the importance of increasing women’s participation in decision-making in the climate diplomacy context, including in COP delegations and leadership at all levels of climate action; regrets that women made up less than 34 % of country negotiating teams at COP28, with only 2 % of delegations achieving gender parity, and notes that some Party delegations still consist of up to 90 % men; calls on all Parties to aim for gender parity in their delegations and at all levels of climate change decision- making and negotiations; urges all Parties to nominate a national gender and climate change focal point and increase their resources, training, and support, including within the EU;

Amendment 617 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 b (new)

50 b. Calls on all Parties, including the EU and its Member States, to increase efforts to integrate gender equality in the implementation of their NDCs, as well as in climate and environmental policies and to increase the meaningful involvement of women’s groups in the design and implementation; stresses the need for more concrete actions by all Parties, including the EU, to deliver on the commitments contained in the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at COP25; urges the Member States and the Commission to increase efforts to achieve the goals set out in the EU Gender Action Plan III;

Amendment 618 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 b (new)

50b. Highlights the need to strengthen gender considerations and feminist principles within the EU’s climate diplomacy;

Amendment 619 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 c (new)

50c. Stresses the need to accelerate action for gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and therefore for a gender- responsive implementation of the Sendai Framework; calls for further efforts to be made to prioritise and account for gender in disaster preparedness, particularly using disaggregated disaster risk reduction data sets;

Amendment 62 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas all IPCC mitigation pathways consistent with limiting temperature rise to 1.5°C involve, in addition to decarbonisation, very significant changes in current land-use trajectories to tackle and reverse these emissions1a ; whereas halt of deforestation, stepping up forest protection, maintenance and introduction of agroforestry, afforestation and reforestation, and responsible sourcing are among the key mitigation actions; _________________ 1a UNEP 2021, https://wedocs.unep.org/xmlui/bitstream/h andle/20.500.11822/37318/NBSCCM.pdf

Amendment 620 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 d (new)

50d. Considers that women’s access to inclusive climate finance must be increased and enabled; highlights the fact that gender-responsive climate financing is critical for a just transition; emphasises the importance of a gender- transformative approach in climate finance; urges the EU and its Member States to report on the gender responsiveness of its climate finance contributions and to increase the coherence between support for gender and climate through external action instruments and through the EIB, including through enhancing the participation of women and women’s organisations in governance, decision- making and programmes which support the role of women in climate governance;

Amendment 621 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 e (new)

50e. Highlights the importance of increasing women’s participation in decision-making in the climate diplomacy context, including in COP delegations and leadership at all levels of climate action; regrets that women made up less than 34 % of country negotiating teams at COP28, less than one in five Heads of Delegation (19 %) was a woman, only 2 % of delegations had equal numbers of men and women and that 79 % of delegations had more men than women; calls on all Parties to aim for gender parity in their delegations and at all levels of climate change decision-making and negotiations; urges all Parties to nominate a national gender and climate change focal point and increase their resources, training and support, including in the EU;

Amendment 622 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Believes that the European Parliament should be an integral part of the EU delegation at COP29, given that it must give its consent to international agreements and plays a central role in the domestic implementation of the Paris Agreement as one of the EU’s co- legislators; expects, therefore, to be allowed to attend EU coordination meetings at COP29 in Baku and to be guaranteed access to all preparatory documents; commits to acting independently and free from conflicts of interest;

Amendment 623 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Believes that the European Parliament should be an integral part of the EU delegation at COP29, given that it must give its consent to international agreements and plays a central role in the domestic implementation of the Paris Agreement as one of the EU’s co- legislators; expects, therefore, to be allowed to attend EU coordination meetings at COP29 in Baku and to be guaranteed access to allhave access to all COP29 preparatory documents; commits to acting independently and free from conflicts of interest;

Amendment 63 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas climate change is exacerbating the impact of water stress at local and regional levels; whereas risks are present in both low- and high-income countries with regard to water security and quality;

Amendment 64 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas degradation of marine ecosystems disproportionately harms vulnerable coastal communities, threatens livelihoods, food security and climate resilience, and thus jeopardizes future generations' right for a sustainable environment;

Amendment 65 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas IPCC Guidelines now recognise the importance of differentiating Global Ecological Zones (GEZs) and primary and secondary forests, with significant changes made between 2006 and 2019 Guidelines; whereas field measurements of biomass at sites of primary forests still show higher carbon stocks than IPCC default values which have uncertainty levels of 90% and many data gaps1a _________________ 1a Keith, H., Kun, Z., Hugh, S. et al. Carbon carrying capacity in primary forests shows potential for mitigation achieving the European Green Deal 2030 target. Commun Earth Environ 5, 256 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247- 024-01416-5

Amendment 66 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas existing water infrastructure acts as an important water reserve for both human and agricultural consumption, as well as for fire-fighting;

Amendment 67 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H

~~H. whereas methane has been responsible for around 30 % of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution;~~deleted

Amendment 68 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas methane has been responsible for around 30 % of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution; and rapid and sustained reductions in methane emissions are key to limiting near-term warming and improving air quality1a; whereas according to the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report, keeping global warming under 1,5 °C requires major reductions in anthropogenic methane emissions by 20301b; whereas methane is a potent GHG which is 28 times more powerful than CO2 in terms of its climate impact over a 100- year time frame and 80 times more potent over a 20-year time frame; whereas according to the UNEP emissions gap report, methane and nitrous oxide emissions remained steady from 2019 to 2021, and fluorinated gases continued to surge; whereas stronger action to reduce methane emissions is one of the most cost- effective measures for cutting GHG emissions in the short term1c; whereas the agriculture and livestock sector emits 145 million tonnes of methane a year, making it the largest and most significant sector for methane emissions; whereas methane emissions in agriculture are primarily driven by increasing livestock numbers; whereas livestock emissions from manure and enteric fermentation account for roughly 32 % of all anthropogenic methane emissions; _________________ 1a https://www.iea.org/reports/global- methane-tracker-2022/methane-and- climate-change 1b https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downlo ads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_LongerRepor t.pdf 1c UNEP report of 6 May 2021 entitled ‘Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions’

Amendment 69 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas methane has been responsible for around 30 % of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution; whereas according to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report deep reductions in anthropogenic methane emissions are needed by 2030 to limit global warming to 1,5 C, considering that, although methane has a shorter average atmospheric residence time than CO2, its greenhouse effect over a 20-year period is over 80 times more significant than that of CO2;

Amendment 7 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

– having regard to United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) 6, March 2024, UNEP/EA.6/Res.13 resolution on “Effective and inclusive solutions for strengthening water policies to achieve sustainable development in the context of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution”1a, _________________ 1a https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/k 24/008/49/pdf/k2400849.pdf

Amendment 70 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas methane has been responsible for around 30 % of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution; whereas rapid and sustained reductions in methane emissions are crucial to limiting near-term global warming, as methane is around 80 times more powerful than CO2 over a 20-year period;

Amendment 71 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the IPCC’s AR6 conclusions warn that climate change impacts are already and increasingly affecting the productivity of all agricultural and fishery sectors, exacerbating water scarcity and threatening food security, nutrition and livelihoods; whereas global food systems account for 31 % of global emissions; whereas over 100 million tonnes of synthetic fertiliser are applied to crops worldwide every year1a; whereas most emissions from synthetic nitrogen fertilisers occur after they are applied to the soil and enter the atmosphere as nitrous oxide (N2O) – a persistent GHG with 265 times more global warming potential than CO2 over a 100 year period; whereas the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser supply chain was responsible for an estimated 2.1 % of global greenhouse gas emissions1b; _________________ 1a https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/ core/bitstreams/42d5a668-f44c-4976- 8540-8efdb0f4d17b/content 1b Menegat, S. et al., ‘Greenhouse gas emissions from global production and use of nitrogen synthetic fertilisers in agriculture’, Scientific Reports, 2022

Amendment 72 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas many impacts of climate change are felt through water, such as more intense and frequent droughts, more extreme flooding, more erratic seasonal rainfall; whereas climate change exacerbates water scarcity, a growing problem in many parts of the world1a; _________________ 1a https://sdgs.un.org/sites/default/files/2024 -06/UN_System- wide_Strategy_for_Water_and_Sanitation _Advance_May2024_0.pdf

Amendment 73 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the emissions from EU food systems are systematically decreasing since 1990, in line with the EU ambitious climate and environmental objectives, while there are unavoidable emissions inherent to farming which are counter- balanced by positive externalities;

Amendment 74 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas small-scale farmers and rural communities are often disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change and need targeted support to adapt and build resilience;

Amendment 75 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the production of animal feed for the EU intensive livestock sector is one of the key drivers of land use change, linked to deforestation in third countries;

Amendment 76 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas moving away from intensive livestock farming practices towards sustainable, extensive agriculture will deliver an immense reduction in methane emissions from the agricultural sector and reduce negative consequences on the environment, biodiversity, animal welfare and public health, with drastically reducing the number of farmed animals kept in the EU being an essential step in this process;

Amendment 77 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas innovative green technologies in agriculture can play a key role in reducing emissions, while at the same time ensuring food security and resilience to climate shocks;

Amendment 78 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

Hc. whereas six of nine planetary boundaries to keep the planet habitable are already exceeded and the other three are nearly crossed, with intensive agricultural practices being one of the main drivers of the climate and biodiversity crises, undermining food security and availability;

Amendment 79 #

Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Catarina MARTINS, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)

Hd. whereas the IPCC special report on climate change and land demonstrates that a transition towards more plant-based diets provides significant potential for both adaptation to climate change and substantial GHG emissions reductions; whereas such dietary changes come with notable co-benefits for human, animal and environmental wellbeing and health;

Amendment 8 #

Javi LÓPEZ, César LUENA, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

– having regard to the UNFCCC Second report on the determination of needs of developing country Parties related to implementing the Convention and the Paris Agreement of January 2024,

Amendment 80 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the OECD’s seventh assessment of progress towards the UNFCCC climate finance goal finds that in 2022 developed countries provided a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries, a figure still well below the actual needs; whereas developing countries face the double challenge of simultaneously investing in development and in climate mitigation and adaptation, while addressing the costs of loss and damage;

Amendment 81 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the OECD’s seventh assessment of progress towards the UNFCCC climate finance goal finds that in 2022 developed countries provided a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries; whereas mitigation finance continues to account for the majority of finance, representing 60 % of the total; whereas adaptation finance reached USD 32.4 billion in 2022;

Amendment 82 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital J

~~J. whereas the UNEP’s 2023 adaptation gap report highlights that the current adaptation finance gap is estimated at USD 194 billion to USD 366 billion per year;~~deleted

Amendment 83 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the UNEP’s 2023 adaptation gap report highlights that the current adaptation finance gap is estimated at USD 194 billion to USD 366 billion per year; whereas the report finds that the adaptation finance needs of developing countries are 10-18 times as big as international public finance flows, which is over 50 % higher than the previous range estimate;

Amendment 84 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the UNEP’s 2023 adaptation gap report highlights that the current adaptation finance gap is estimated at USD 194 billion to USD 366 billion per year, a gap that will be increasing as climate impacts intensify;

Amendment 85 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K

~~K. whereas the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change highlights the need to urgently and fully phase out harmful fossil fuel subsidies across the EU;~~deleted

Amendment 86 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN, Chloé RIDEL, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change highlights the need to urgently and fully phase out harmful fossil fuel subsidies across the EU; whereas the elimination of these subsidies is critical to accelerating the transition to renewable energy, ensuring a fair allocation of resources, and meeting the EU’s climate targets under the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 87 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change highlights the need to urgently and fully phase out harmful fossil fuel subsidies across the EU; whereas the 2023 8th EAP monitoring report from the European Environment Agency highlights that most Member States do not have concrete plans on how and by when they intend to phase out fossil fuel subsidies;

Amendment 88 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the EU’s 8th Environment Action Programme (8th EAP) calls for an immediate phase out of subsidies for fossil fuels; whereas the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change highlights the need to urgently and fully phase out harmful fossil fuel subsidies across the EU;

Amendment 89 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. ~~whereas~~considering the opinion of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change ~~highlights the need to urgently and fully phase out harmful fossil fuel subsidies across the EU~~;

Amendment 9 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 37

– having regard to the ~~agreement under the~~ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea with respect to the definition of islands and the framework agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement), adopted on 19 June 2023,

Amendment 90 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Emma WIESNER, Anna STÜRGKH, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change ~~highlights the need to urgently and fully~~urges to align fully the EU policies with the need to phase out fossil fuels across the EU, including by swift phase out ~~harmfu~~of all fossil fuel subsidies across the EU;

Amendment 91 #

Pascal CANFIN, Nathalie LOISEAU, Grégory ALLIONE, Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change highlights the need to ~~urgently and fully phase ou~~phase out inefficient harmful fossil fuel subsidies across the EU;

Amendment 92 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas Azerbaijan, after having imposed a total humanitarian blockade on the Nagorno-Karabakh territory, then conducted a pre-planned, unjustified military attack against it in September 2023, which led to the forced exodus of the entire 100 000 ethnic Armenian resident population which has not since been able to return, amounting to ethnic cleansing ; whereas several of its former leaders are still detained in Baku and are considered to be Prisoners of War; whereas there are credible reports confirming the organised destruction of Armenian cultural and religious heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh; whereas no peace agreement has been signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia despite mediation efforts by the EU and others; whereas Azerbaijan persists in formulating demands that are manifestly incompatible with Armenia's territorial integrity;

Amendment 93 #

Nikolas FARANTOURIS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Sebastian EVERDING, Emma FOURREAU, Per CLAUSEN, Catarina MARTINS, Lynn BOYLAN, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Jonas SJÖSTEDT

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas soils are the largest terrestrial carbon pool on the planet; whereas ensuring healthy soils strengthens resilience and reduces vulnerability to climate change; whereas, globally, 500 000 hectares of peatlands a year are lost, while already drained and degraded peatlands contribute around 4 % of annual global human-induced emissions1a; whereas despite only covering 3-4 % of the world’s land surface area, peatlands are responsible for storing nearly one third of the world’s soil carbon, which is more than double that of all the world’s forests combined; _________________ 1a https://www.unep.org/news-and- stories/press-release/global-assessment- reveals-huge-potential-peatlands-climate- solution

Amendment 94 #

Lídia PEREIRA, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU, Flavio TOSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, András Tivadar KULJA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Radan KANEV, Sunčana GLAVAK, Peter LIESE

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas Article 4(5) of the European Climate Law requires the Commission, when preparing a proposal on a Union 2040 climate target, to duly take into account all enabling conditions in a balanced manner, including the cost- effectiveness and economic efficiency of the target, the competiveness of the Union’s economy, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and sectors most exposed to carbon leakage, and the need to safeguard and generate high- quality jobs and economic growth to ensure a just and socially fair transition for all;

Amendment 95 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas water scarcity and drought are increasing in scale and frequency; whereas the many ways in which water benefits ecosystems should be ensured, inter alia, through water planning and investments in water innovation, including water use, reuse, storage and smart sharing, and in energy efficiency;

Amendment 96 #

Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Valérie DELOGE, Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the IPCC envisions a role for nuclear energy in all of its scenarios, with a projected significant increase in nuclear energy capacity in most cases, ranging from 59% to 106% by 2030 and from 150% to 468% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels;

Amendment 97 #

Javi LÓPEZ, Matteo RICCI, Bruno TOBBACK, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL, Mohammed CHAHIM, Chloé RIDEL, Thomas BAJADA, Heléne FRITZON, Christophe CLERGEAU, Elena SANCHO MURILLO, Leire PAJÍN, Marta TEMIDO, Annalisa CORRADO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas cities, which cover only 2% of the world's surface, are responsible for around 70% of global CO2 emissions, primarily due to industrial activities and transportation systems reliant on fossil fuels1a; _________________ 1a Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2022). Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/

Amendment 98 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas nuclear energy is recognised by the IPCC as low-carbon energy and whereas it is integrated into all global scenarios aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050;

Amendment 99 #