15 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2021/2187(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the UN World Water Development Report 2021,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the average distance that women and children in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 6 kilometres; whereas every day, women and children spend 200 million hours walking to collect water for their families; whereas the opportunity costs of collecting water are high and have far reaching effects as they shorten considerably the time available from other important activities;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas when water is not available at home and has to be collected elsewhere, there is an increase in the risk of contamination by the time it is drunk, leading to an increased risk of diarrhoeal diseases, which is the fourth cause of death among children under 5 and a leading cause of chronic malnutrition;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas it has been estimated that achieving universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation in 140 low and middle-income countries would cost approximately US$1.7 trillion from 2016 to 2030 but the benefit-cost ratio of such investments has been shown to provide a significant positive return in most regions;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas benefits from improved water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) include reduced health care costs for individuals and society as well as greater productivity and involvement in the workplace; whereas the WHO estimated that the total economic losses associated with inadequate WASH services amount to US$260 billion annually in 136 low- and middle-income countries;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the most vulnerable people the hardest; whereas access to hand hygiene facilities and access to water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is more urgent than ever as inadequate access to such facilities causes, inter alia, an increased risk for the spread of COVID- 19 and other infectious diseases;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas ‘water stress’ or water supply-linked vulnerability can be a direct and indirect cause of displacement and migration; whereas, according to the UN’s water development reports, five of the world’s eleven regions, accounting for two thirds of the global population, are currently experiencing water stress; whereas, according to the UN’s 2020 Sustainable Development Goals Report, water scarcity could displace some 700 million people by 2030; whereas the 2030 Water Resources Group concluded in 2009 that the world would face a 40% global water deficit by 2030 under a business-as-usual scenario;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas in Sub-Saharan Africa, where freshwater resources are estimated to be nearly 9% of the world's total, the six most water-rich countries hold 54% of the continent's total resources and the 27 most water-poor countries only hold 7%;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas water and waterways have an important cultural value and are recognized by some cultures and people, especially indigenous people, as living entities with the same rights as human beings;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the European Union and Member States to support the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation as well as the works under other UN human rights mechanisms related to the human rights to water and sanitation;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the important role of water in conflict, peace and security; underlines that while water can at times act as a conflict indicator (e.g. a source of contention), it can also have a positive role in promoting peace and cooperation; calls on the Commission to support inclusive and multi-track water diplomacy and water-related dialogues in its external action;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Understands that only through collaborative efforts by all waters users a sustainable balance could be preserved; supports water stewardship programs, including corporate water stewardship, as a socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial way of dealing with water, achieved through a stakeholder-inclusive process that involves site and watershed-based actions;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to check carefully that the infrastructure and energy projects financed through the various development cooperation and external policy instruments, including the European Investment Bank, uphold and neither jeopardise human rights, including the rights to water and sanitation, and the Sustainable Development Goals nor contribute to the expulsion of indigenous peoples from their lands;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes with concern that the lack of access to water and adequate sanitation has a devastating effect on women’s rights, making it difficult for women and girls to lead safe and healthy lives and exposing them to increased levels of violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)