25 Amendments of Kathleen VAN BREMPT related to 2020/0036(COD)
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Achieving climate neutrality should require a contribution from all economicis necessary in all economic sectors, including the transport sector with full inclusion of the aviation and maritime sectors. In light of the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to a sustainable, affordable and secure energy system relying on a well-functioning internal energy market is essential. The digital transformation, technological innovation, and research and development are also important drivers for achieving the climate-neutrality objective.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Union has, through the ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package29 been pursuing an ambitious decarbonisation agenda notably by constructing a robust Energy Union, which includes 2030 goals for energy efficiency and deployment of renewable energy in Directives 2012/27/EU30 and (EU) 2018/200131 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and by reinforcing relevant legislation, including Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council32 . _________________ 29COM(2016) 860 final of 30 November 2016. 30Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1) 31Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 32Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13).
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) The 'Clean Energy for All Europeans' package will need to be revised and all its connected legislation strengthened, in order to reach the climate neutrality goal by 2050 at latest.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Union is, and should remain, a global leader in the transition towards climate neutrality, and is determined to help raise global ambition and to strengthen the global response to climate change, using all tools at its disposal, including climate diplomacy and the exploration of new instruments such as the carbon border adjustment mechanism.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Adaptation is a key component of the long-term global response to climate change. Therefore, Member States and the Union should enhance their adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, as provided for in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement, as well as maximise the co- benefits with other environmental policies and legislation. Member States should adopt comprehensive and ambitious national adaptation strategies and plans, leading to climate neutrality in 2050 at the latest and guided by the knowledge that the costs of inaction greatly exceed the investments needed for climate action.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the well- being of citizens, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the international context and trade policies; the need to make the transition just and socially fair so nobody is left behind; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost-effectiveness and technological neutrality ininnovative technologies for achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission, in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’, announced its intention to assess and make proposals for increasing the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 to ensure its consistency with the climate-neutrality objective for 2050. In that Communication, the Commission underlined that all Union policies should contribute to the climate-neutrality objective and that all sectors should play their part. By September 2020, the Commission should, based on a comprehensive impact assessment and taking into account its analysis of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , review the Union’saise the 2030 target for climate and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50to 55 to 655 % emission reductions compared with 1990 levels. Where it considers necessary to amend the Union’s 2030 and determine an appropriate 2040 target, according to what is necessary to reach the climate neutrality target, i. It should make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council to amend this Regulation as appropriate. In addition, the Commission should, by 30 June 2021, assess how the Union legislation implementing that target would need to be amended in order to achieve these required emission reductions of 50 to 55 % compared to 1990. _________________ 36Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) To ensure the Union and the Member States remain on track to achieve the climate-neutrality objective and progress on adaptation, the Commission should regularly assess progress. Should the collective progress made by Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective or on adaptation be insufficient or Union measures inconsistent with the climate- neutrality objective or inadequate to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience or reduce vulnerability, the Commission should take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties. The Commission should also regularly assess relevant national measures, and issue recommendations where it finds that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objective or inadequate to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change. An enforcement framework should be set up, giving the Commission the tools to request necessary adaptations from Member States, and allowing it to follow through with repercussions if the Member States fail to implement these requirements;
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) As citizens and communities have a powerful role to play in driving the transformation towards climate neutrality forward, strong public and social engagement on climate action should be facilitated at a local, regional, national, European and international level. The Commission should therefore engage with all parts of society to enable and empower them to take action towards a climate- neutral and climate- resilient society, including through launching a European Climate Pact.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Union-wide emissions and removals of greenhouse gases regulated in Union law shall be balanced at the latest by 2050, thus reducing emissions to net zero by that date, requiring contributions from all Member States and all sectors.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level respectiinternational, Union, national, regional and sectorial levely, to enable the collective achievement of the climate- neutrality objective set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States, economic sectors and citizens, ensuring a just transition and leaving nobody behind.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By September 2020, the Commission shall review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light ofto achieve the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options forset a new 2030 target of at least 550 to 565% emission reductions compared to 1990. Where tThe Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriateccordingly.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how the Union legislation implementrelevant to achieving the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 55 at least 55 to 65% emission reductions compared to 1990 and to achieve the climate-neutrality-objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider taking the necessary measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties. The Commission shall in particular evaluate the options for aligning emissions from aviation and maritime transport with the 2030 target and the 2050 climate-neutrality objective in order to reduce these emissions to net zero by 2050 at the latest and shall present legislative proposals as appropriate.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. By 30 September 2025, the Commission shall, in light of the climate neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) and following a detailed impact assessment, explore options for setting a Union 2040 target for climate in the range of 80 to 85 % emissions reductions compared to 1990 and shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a Contributions to reach the climate- neutrality objective In order to reach the climate-neutrality objective, all Member States and all sectors will need to make the necessary contributions, including the transport sector with full inclusion of the aviation and maritime sectors. In order to plan and monitor the required action in all sectors, sectoral climate-neutrality roadmaps shall be set up, which shall be evaluated and adapted by the Commission at fixed times;
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) cost-effectiveness and economic efficiency, including the cost of inaction;
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) the sectoral climate-neutrality roadmaps referred to in Article 2a;
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall ensure continuous progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change and all its consequences in accordance with Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall develop and implement adaptation strategies and plans that include comprehensive risk management frameworks, based on robust climate and vulnerability baselines and progress assessments. Member States and the Union shall establish a list of strategic sectors and value chains which are key to ensure a resilient, climate proof, healthy, socially just and future proof Union. Investments and policy measures needed for the preservation or revival of these sectors shall be determined.
Amendment 358 #
(a) the collective as well as individual progress made by all Member States and sectors towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective and individual progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with thate Union's climate-neutrality objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it mayshall issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the Member State concerned shall, within six months of receipt of the recommendation, notify the Commission of the measures it intends to adopt in order to take due account of the recommendation in a spirit of solidarity between Member States and the Union and between Member States;
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the Member State concerned shall set out, in its first progress report submitted in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, in the year following the year in which the recommendation was issued, how it has indeed taken due account of the recommendation. If the Member State concerned decides not and which measures it has adopted to address athe recommendation or a substantial part thereof, that Member State shall provide the Commission its reasoning;
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Where a Member State fails to comply with the obligations under paragraph 3, or fails to implement the measures in response to the Commission's recommendation, the Commission shall be able to follow through with repercussions in accordance with the framework set up for implementation, monitoring and enforcement of this Regulation.