Activities of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2022/2053(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Sustainable carbon cycles (short presentation)
Sustainable carbon cycles (A9-0066/2023 - Alexander Bernhuber)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the communication from the Commission on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)640 final),
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 – Bringing nature back into our lives’ (COM(2020)0380),
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas appropriately set agriculture and food policies facilitate the transition to sustainable food systems in line with the ambitions of the European Green Deal for a climate-neutral EU economy in 2050;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas every tonne of fossil CO2 that is not emitted or is or will be sustainably stored in carbon cycles is the best contribution to achieving climate targets; whereas storing CO2 from the atmosphere or other cycles should be used as one among many methods for achieving climate targets;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas carbon removal plays a crucial role in achieving a climate-neutral EU economy by 2050, as they can balance the emissions that are very difficult to eliminate, in particular in the agricultural sector, and create a new market-based income source for farmers;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the biogenic carbon cycle is natural and must be used in a sustainable way to substitute fossil carbon as soon and as extensively as possible;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the contribution of the sustainable carbon cycles initiative to reaching the EU net carbon removal target of 310 megatons (Mt) of CO2 equivalent by 2030, as mentioned in the Commission communication on sustainable carbon cycles; and in the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2018/841 as regards the scope, simplifying the compliance rules, setting out the targets of the Member States for 2030 and committing to the collective achievement of climate neutrality by 2035 in the land use, forestry and agriculture sector, and (EU) 2018/1999 as regards improvement in monitoring, reporting, tracking of progress and review, COM(2021) 554 final.
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the agricultural and forestry sectors can play a significant role in this process, given that they have the capacity to remove and store carbon through carbon reservoir use and management; underlinStresses that the agricultural and forestry sectors can contribute to the overall goal to be the first climate- neutral continent;, provided that they are streamlined for the purposes of increasing sustainable management,
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that carbon conservation is already an important issue and will continue to be in the future, especiallyits importance will increase in the future, not only for meeting EU climate targets, but also for preserving soil fertility and for climate change adaptation;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that the blue carbon economy could contribute to the storage of CO2 in coastal regions after careful research, but that its development must be preceded by thorough research to avoid damage to coastal ecosystems; encourages the Commission, therefore, to collect knowledge and data on blue carbon capture;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that carbon farming can be a new business model which should be additional and voluntary, and which aims to upscale climate mitigation by payenabling farmers to implement climate-friendlyprofit from the implementation of farm or forest management practices, by tapping into that will lead to increased carbon storage in biomass, organic matter or soil, by exploiting the potential of blue carbon ecosystems and by streamlining the industrial use of carbon thus sequestered for different purposes;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the requirement to take into account preliminary work on this issue, Member States’ different starting points and conditions, and the effects of carbon on climate change on carbon when evaluating climate change mitigation practices;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that carbon farming must be regulated in line with the current CAP and be seen as a complementary and additional topping-up option; underlines, however, that in the longer termfuture carbon farming should be market-based;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading IV
Subheading IV
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the new crules for monitoring, reporting and vertification oframework for carbon farming should be as simple as possible in its designdesigned to be as simple and easy to understand as possible and not result in disproportionate administrative burdens for land and forestry managers and owners; emphasises that the future Union certification framework will need to take into account already existing national initiatives with the same obj, while maintaining their effectiveness;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading V
Subheading V
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that carbon farming should be market-based and financed by public and/or private funds; calls on the Commission to create a genuinely new business model for farmers and foresters; notes that financing from the value chain or through the creation of a voluntary stored carbon market is possible; stresses that the CAP is not a viable source of funding, as the CAP is not a business model;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to revise current funding options in order to adapt them to carbon cycle business demands arising from the carbon cycle;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the increased interest of the European Investment Bank in funding climate and environment initiatives; calls for the creation of a dedicated financial instrument for sustainable carbon cycling investments;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for increased cooperation and excha, exchange of information and sharinge of best practices among stakeholders in order to promote better implementation of sustainable carbon cycling initiatives;