Activities of Mikael GUSTAFSSON related to 2013/2135(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies
Amendments (11)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the historical responsibility of the EU and other major greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters vis-à-vis developing countries and disadvantaged people, especially women, whicho are the prime victims of climate change; points to the need for renewed EU leadership in international climate negotiations and reinvigoration of the EU’s efforts to bring down its own emissions, aiming at the higher end of its 80-95 % GHG emission reduction target for 2050;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the international agreed climate goal to hold global mean warming under 2 degrees Celsius increase above preindustrial level; urges the Commission and Member States to target an increase of maximum 1.5 degree Celsius above preindustrial level, in order to recognize the least developed countries and especially the AOSIS;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the EU’s commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to support the efforts of developing countries, especially the least developed countries, to mitigate and adapt to climate change and to enhance resilience through capacity building, investments in research, technology transfer and contributions to the Green Climate Fund;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for greater efforts by the Member States to help fulfil the commitment made by developed countries to provide at least USD 100 billion per year in climate financing, additional to Official Development Assistance, by 2020;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlight the fact that women in the least developed countries are utmost responsible for sectors threatened by climate change; stress the importance and need for gender analysis and inclusion of gender perspective in all climate mitigation, adaption and disaster risk reduction actions programmes that are financed by the EU and Member States;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for an expanded and better working ETS whichimprovements of the ETS to provides effectiveicient climate goals and incentives for GHG emission reductions and also raises; the total amount of carbon credits must decrease gradually to reach climate-neutrality in year 2050; calls on the necessary to raise additional climate finance;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas the European Parliament and the European Council have declared their ambition to secure an 80-95% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared with 1990 levels and ; whereas 80% is on the low end of the 80-95% range which the IPCC considers necessary for industrialised countries to achieve compared to 1990 levels;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the internationally agreed climate goal is to keep global mean warming under 2 degrees Celsius from increasing above preindustrial levels; urges the Commission and Member States to target an increase of maximum 1.5 degree Celsius above preindustrial levels, taking into account impacts of climate change on the least developed countries.
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Equality between women and men is one of the European Union's founding values; the existing climate policy of EU has been largely gender-blind, reducing the effectiveness and efficiency of low- carbon, climate resilience; stress the importance and need for gender analysis and inclusion of gender perspective in all actions regarding energy efficiency, reduction of GHG: s and renewables.
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to submit an analysis of how renewable energy sources can be developed sustainably, taking into account environmental impact, aspects related to dependency on raw materials and life cycle and, above all, how to support stable sources of renewable energy such as hydropower, sustainable biomass or geothermal power;