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11 Amendments of Martina MICHELS related to 2015/2324(INI)

Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas this region constitutes an interconnected macro-region with environmental, biodiversity-loss, climate- change and melting-of-glaciers, demographic, transport, tourism and energy-related issues, and whereas coordinated territorial planning could produce better results and added value for territorial cohesion of Alpine and peri-Alpine areas;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that local and regional authorities, together with local and regional civil society, should have a leading role in the political managing bodies and in the operational, technical and implementing bodies of the Strategy, in full respect of the principles of subsidiarity and multi-level governance;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Draws attention to the lack of effective, non-polluting connections within mountain areas; urges the Commission and the Member States to facilitate betterclean, low-carbon connections at local level in order to enhance cohesion and quality of life in these areas and encourage resettlement;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Encourages all local and regional authorities to increase the number of pedestrian-only mountain resorts;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
The environment, biodiversity, climate change and energy
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Condemns all practices which involve the indiscriminate mass slaughter of certain emblematic wild Alpine species;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the urgent need to develop new strategies to combat air pollution and climate change in the peri-Alpine regions;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of supporting the development of the most efficient renewable energies in the region, from hydro through solar and wind to the sustainable use of forest wood and to promote the development of new forms of renewable energy that are specific to the Alps;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. CallsExpresses concern at the profound changes taking place throughout the Alps as a result of climate change and the large-scale melting of glaciers; calls for a wide-ranging transnational plan to combat the melting of glaciers and climate change throughout the Alps; calls also for the further strengthening of the collaboration and work done in the framework of the World Glacier Monitoring Service, in view of the recent decisions of the COP21 conference in Paris and the strategy to be followed thereafter;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that the alpine regions have a major role to play in the functioning of water systems; stresses that mountain water sources should be protected as stringently as possible; points out that water is a public commodity and that its management should not be privatised at any level;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the participating countries to continue their efforts to diversify energy supply sources and to develop the renewable sources available, such as solar and wind energy, within the energy production mix; underlines the sustainability and competitiveness of hydropower plants; stresses, however, that the installation of hydropower plants frequently triggers major geological and environmental changes that could even cause large rivers such as the Rhône to sink into their own beds; calls on the participating countries to contribute to the setting-up of well-functioning electricity infrastructure networks in the macro- region;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI