4 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2020/2273(INI)
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. Whereas light pollution alters the natural night light levels for humans, animals and plants, thus negatively affecting biodiversity by, for example, unbalancing the migratory, nocturnal and reproductive activity of animals, leading also to the loss of insects and pollinators, who are fatally drawn to artificial light;
Amendment 532 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that livestock production is one of the main direct drivers of biodiversity loss; stresses that the current levels of meat and dairy consumption need to be significantly reduced by 2030 in order to reverse the current trend in biodiversity decline as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions; calls on the European Commission to introduce EU targets on meat and dairy consumption reduction, which should reflect the urgent need to limit livestock production to within EU carrying capacity, whilst respecting high animal welfare standards, based on grazing and home grown fodder whilst eliminating deforestation-driving imports of feed; calls, in parallel, on the Commission and Member States to step up efforts to promote healthy, sustainable plant based diets among EU citizens;
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Supports the Commission’s call to restore 25,000 km of free-flowing rivers in the EU through the removal of primarily obsolete barriers and the restoration of flood plains and wetlands; believes that hydropower can severely impact freshwater ecosystems, including fish migration and habitat loss; therefore, calls for a stop on EU subsidies to new hydroelectric plants as well as the exclusion of new plants from the list of renewable energies eligible for state aid and finally a ban on hydroelectric power plants in protected areas;
Amendment 849 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address noise and light pollution and set an ambitious and binding 2030 reduction target on the use of outdoor artificial light at night given the adverse impact of light pollution on biodiversity; furthermore, calls on the Commission to propose guidelines on how artificial light at night can be reduced by Member States;