Activities of Enrique GUERRERO SALOM related to 2017/2086(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on women, gender equality and climate justice
Amendments (7)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that gender disparities in the ownership of and access to resources (such as land, credit and technology), coupled with sociocultural barriers, increase the exposure of those resources to climatic risks; points out, furthermore, that these have more of an impact in developing countries, giving rise to poverty and scarcity of resources, particularly among women; takes the view that gender considerations, as well as climate change programmes, should therefore be a central focus of policies and programmes in developing countries;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that women’s empowerment is central to the achievement of the SDGs; urges the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to mainstream gender into their climate policies and development cooperation; calls, furthermore, for gender diversity in decision-making bodies, as well as the actual empowerment of women, to be looked at once again, so as to guarantee women’s participation in the processes of decision-making, planning and implementation;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to address the gender-differentiated investment risks to sustainable agriculture; calls for the EU to help developing countries reform laws that restrict women’s ownership of and access to productive resources; highlights, furthermore, how vulnerable women are in certain sectors, such as the rural sector, which is still more affected by climate change;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the fact that the Paris Agreement includes references to gender balance, and insists that helping countries implement their climate objectives or attain their intended nationally determined contributions under COP21 will only be possible if we take advantage of the knowledge, foresight, participation and action of all sections of our societies, especially women;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for gender-sensitive action to ensure that women are not only seen as beneficiaries of climate action, but also as clean energy technology entrepreneurs, guaranteeing that women, with their unique abilities and knowledge, are involved in designing and implementing programmes;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls for consideration to be given to the introduction of the term ‘climate refugee’ in the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to promote gender equality in the context of climate justice in regional aid programmes, in the Human Rights and Democracy Action Plan, and in dialogue with third countries;