10 Amendments of Marco AFFRONTE related to 2016/0325(COD)
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The lack of clean water and nutritious food has adverse effects on the health and stability of the populations, and PRIMA aims at implementing a joint programme for the development and the adoption of innovative and integrated solutions for improving the efficiency, safety, security and sustainability of food production and water provision in the Mediterranean area. PRIMA should contribute to the achievement of the recently agreed Sustainable Development Goals and to the forthcoming European Sustainable Development Strategy.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Sustainable water provision and food production in the Mediterranean requires the protection of natural freshwater ecosystems, a shift to more efficient consumption patterns and the integration of renewable energy sources. Open, democratic and participatory governance of water provision is essential to ensure cost-efficiency and benefit to the whole society.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) PRIMA should contribute to the growth of innovative and sustainable solutions in agriculture, food production and water provision under Mediterranean environmental and climate constraints with a view to maintaining natural resources. PRIMA should also develop tools for encouraging the application of such solutions by communities, enterprises and citizen.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) The sustainable protection of natural areas such as freshwater ecosystems is key for the development and decisive to provide drinking water supplies.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 d (new)
Recital 8 d (new)
(8d) The water scarcity in the Mediterranean area require a different energy solutions and the introduction of more efficient patterns. Renewable energy should be integrated in the processes to replace fossil fuels.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 e (new)
Recital 8 e (new)
(8e) The importance of open, democratic and participatory governance is crucial to ensure that the most cost- effective solutions regarding water resources management are taken for the benefit of the whole society.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of PRIMA is to develop the fully piloted and demonstrated common innovative solutions for water provision and food systems in the Mediterranean region, to make them more climate resilient, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable, and to contribute to solving nutrition, health, well-being and migration problems upstreamincrease the efficiency, climate resiliency and sustainability of food productions and water provision and to contribute to solving nutrition, health, well-being and migration problems upstream, combating severe water needs in the Mediterranean basin, where some 180 million people are today considered ‘water poor’.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the formulation of a stable, long- term, sustainable common strategic agenda in the area of water provision and food systems in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and with the European Sustainable Development Strategy in order to safeguards natural resources, to address an inequitable water allocation and un-sustainable water management;
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) the growth of innovative and sustainable solutions in agriculture, food production and water provision, encouraging application by communities, enterprises and citizens; the sustainable management of water for arid and semi- arid areas; the sustainable farming systems under Mediterranean environmental constraints to maintain natural resources;
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) activities under the national programmes of the Participating States, including research programmes for a strategic management of water resources and a long-term mitigation and adaptation plans, in order to incorporate a more coherent and climate resilient water approach.