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13 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2017/2006(INI)

Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitment to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Under 2 Degrees Memorandum of Understanding;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional; insists on the importance of a direct dialogue with the local levels to guarantee the best possible action as close as possible to the citizens; stresses that this is particularly important given the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiterate their commitment to reducing their GHG emissions;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC procesprocess of the UNFCCC, an international body with a full right to take climate-related action and decisions, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional; stresses that this is particularly important given the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiterate their commitment to reducing their GHG emissions;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional level; stresses that this is particularly important given the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiterate their commitment to reducing their GHG emissions;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional; stresses that this is particularly important given the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiterate their commitment to reducing their GHG emissions;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned that extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts, are expected to affect many partstates of Europe more frequently, making people and ecosystems more vulnerable as long as no adaptation measures are taken;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the creation of a system of Locally Determined Contributions, to be implemented in direct connection and complementarity with the National Determined Contributions (NDCs), with a view to weighting contributions in accordance with the level of GHG emissions per inhabitant of each town, so that towns producing higher emissions per inhabitant will contribute more than others;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, the EIB and the Member States to focus on developing an appropriate administrative capacity of regions and cities in order to enable them to take full advantage of the public and private financing opportunities available at EU level, without in any way questioning local authorities’ right to free administration;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the CommissiFocuses on, the EIB and the Member States to focus onneed to developing an appropriate administrative capacity of regions and cities in order to enable them to take full advantage of the public and private financing opportunities available at EU level;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, the EIB and the Member States to focus on developing an appropriate administrative capacity of regions and cities in order to enable them to take full advantage of the public and private financing opportunities available at EU level;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to maximise the use of short supply chains and localism, since these are development models which can reverse our habits of consumption in favour of less polluting local solutions with lower GHG emissions;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s decision to draft a special report on cities and climate in 2023, and calls on the Commission to take an active part in its drawing-up and to champion a multi-level territorial vision of climate action.
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Draws attention to the problematic nature of the Trans-European Transport Networks; notes that, via its TEN-T programme, the EU is contributing to the density and length of the European road and motorway network, which undeniably has an impact on the environment in terms of emissions;
2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI