Activities of Dario TAMBURRANO related to 2015/2112(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris
Amendments (10)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU's leadership on climate change mitigation and adaption, including the creation of new skills, and jobs and growth that it brings; notes the crucial need for a global binding agreement to be concluded in Paris andwithin an economic system that is compatible with the physical limits of our planet, in accordance with the seventh environment action programme to 2020 1 a ; underlines the strong coherence that must always be ensured between the climate change-related goals with the preservation of endangered biodiversity; notes the crucial need for a global binding agreement to be concluded in Paris, since our climate system has come dangerously close to a non-return tipping point; stresses that continued EU leadership requires the full commitment of all parties to this agreement; insists onthat this agreement should include binding provisions for conducting a regular, transparent performance review based on the most up- to-date scientific knowledge, data, and technology; __________________ 1a "Living well, within the limits of our planet" (COM(2012)0710)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Whereas today in the EU more than EUR 1 trillion is invested in fossil fuels by economic operators such as banks, insurance companies and pension funds, that in some cases do not even have the obligation to be transparent in terms of investments choices hindering or even impeding a more complete and correct evaluation of the EU financial assets; whereas it is of vital need that political decision-makers act immediately and with determination to remain under the 2°C limit, in order to avoid incommensurable financial losses and prevent consequent economic and social damages;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for an inclusive participation of local communities affected by the related mitigation and adaptation processes and projects; underlines the importance of decentralising energy production, namely by favouring local cooperatives, citizens' renewable energy projects and activities aimed at stimulating self-production and consumption fostering the transition from a fossil to a renewable economic system;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU's energy-intensive industries fail to make similar commitments on GHG reductions, carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon leakage; emphasises that if our international partners fail to commit responsibly and credibly on GHG reductions, such a failure would risk having far-reaching implications on a plurality of areas of collaboration;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the Commission, in order to maintain a level playing field for EU industry and the energy sector, to promote links between the EU ETS, after the reviews which will enhance its performance, and other emission trading systems, with the aim of creating a future world emissions trading market system; beyond helping to create an effective "hard cap" for emissions, such a trading system should embed into product, services and transport prices the world- wide external cost of carbon emissions, in order to significantly reduce global emissions and increaseto ensure fair industrial competitivenesson;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the Commission to develop alternative tools with the goal of creating a powerful market signal directed against both carbon consumption and carbon production; such tools must take into account that since every form of fossil energy releases carbon, the most effective road for curbing emissions consists in stopping or at least seriously limiting extraction; highlights, in syntony with the IMF working paper "How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies?" 1 b , that the massive extraction subsidies granted by the EU and many of its international partners are damaging the environment, imposing large fiscal costs, discouraging investments and inducing multiple inefficiencies; __________________ 1b WP/15/2015
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the global phase-out of, following a definite schedule that should become a section of the agreement, of these and other environmentally, socially and economically harmful subsidies, which distort competitiveness, discourage international cooperation, and hinder innovation;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action, confirmed by a widespread consensus of the scientific community, whose findings must orient our long-term policy decisions; stresses that a concerted global political, social and financial pushcommitment for clean energy innovation is crucial to meeting our climate goals and, to facilitate growth in EU green-economy sectors; highlights the need to preserve existing copyright and intellectual property rights in technology and knowledge transfer to third countriesthe flourishing of an economy compatible with the physical limits of our planet and to better absorb the potential impacts of a carbon bubble;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the enormneed to encourage the research aboust carbon storage potential of the bioenergy sector; calls for bioenergy, together, taking into consideration the uncertainties still existing in the field, and the effective difficulties encountered in its implementation; calls to pay a special attention to the bioenergy sector, acting synergically with grassland and, forestry, to be recognised for their emission-mitigating qualitie and soil management techniques, such as biochar, in order to be able to exploit their emission-mitigating qualities, which must be balanced with other equally important goals like preservation of biodiversity and food security; considering that anyway the best storage of carbon is in untapped fossil sources, prudently kept in their original geological reservoirs;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7
7. Commends the US andnited States of America and the People Republic of China on their commitment to playing a more significant global climate role; points to the economic benefits that strong global commitments bring for the competitiveness of EU industry; regrets that some developed countries, creating true long-term value for all citizens, are an essential part of a system of reinforced international relations, oriented towards long-term peace, solidarity and sustainability; regrets that some developed countries, for the sake of meeting short- term national goals, continue to increase their emissions per capita.