3 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2016/2024(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that climate and resource efficiency mainstreaming is of horizontal importance in all EU policies for achieving the goals set by the Europe 2020 strategy; underlines, therefore, that at least 20% of the MFF for years 2014-2020 – as much as €180 billion − shall be spent on climate change-related action; recalls, moreover, that moving the EU economies towards decarbonisation in order to fulfil the obligations arising from the Paris Agreement on climate change will be one of the main challenges that the European Union will have to face in the coming decades;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the transition towards a circular, low-carbon economy is an absolute necessity; emphasizes that not only sufficient funds should be made available to facilitate and promote this transition, but that European funded projects should not have a negative impact on this transition;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the added value of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the European environment, and calls therefore for sufficient resources to be allocated in the 2017 budget to preserve this biodiversity, mainlyboth in rural and urban areas;