13 Amendments of Arne GERICKE related to 2017/2006(INI)
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the creation of a system of Locally Determined Contributions, to b (LDCs), at the discretion of Member States which are implemented in direct connection and complementarity with the National Determined Contributions (NDCs),believes that such LDCs should not create any additional administrative burden for Member States;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises the special responsibility of cities for tackling climate change as they contribute to 70% of CO2 emissions globally; believes that the commitments made during the Paris City Hall Declaration in 2015 will only be met through engagement with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and the wide adoption of Action Plans by cities across the European Union; calls on the Commission to help ensure, wherever necessary, the successful integration of the Compact of Mayors and the Covenant of Mayors which began on 22 June 2016.
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the exemplary function of public administration as an energy consumer and calls for EU Structural Funds to be focused or boosted in order to promote energy efficiency in public buildings and self-sufficiency in municipalities through regenerative energy;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Is dismayed at the European Court of Auditors’ 2016 assessment that the EU’s target of spending 20% of its budget in the current programming period on climate action will not be met; acknowledges the wide number of difficulties with measuring and evaluating EU projects which attempt to alleviate climate change and its impacts; calls for the Commission to keep the ENVI Committee updated on progress in this important area.
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines the significance of decentralised, cooperative Citizens’ Energy Projects and calls for their support from EU Structural Funds and through a reduction of the administrative burden at national and regional levels.
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Recognises the importance of bottom up approaches for receiving stakeholder buy in for alleviating climate change; acknowledges the potential for tools laid out in the Common Provision Regulation, such as Integrated Territorial Investments (ITIs) and Community-Led Local Developments (CLLDs), in helping to achieve EU objectives in this area; calls on the Commission to work with stakeholders at the national and local level to ensure the full range of tools at their disposal are utilised.
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls, in appreciation of the particular importance of the transport sector, for a number of model regions to be designated for the purpose of research into an intelligent, interconnected transport system between urban and rural areas.
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the Commission to end its reluctance to promote and do research into ‘made in Europe’ regenerative biofuels and bioenergy and once again fully to support farmers and research institutes in this climate-friendly project, thereby enabling particularly municipalities in less well-structured, provincial regions to share in the success of climate action.
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Recognises that EU cities contain the vast majority of Europe’s research and development industry focused on climate change; calls on the Commission to ensure that these industries are given the tools they need to flourish including access to finance, proportionate environmental legislation and the ability to hire the best talent from across the EU.
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Reiterates the European Parliament’s commitment to seeing a successful global roll out of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy; notes the importance of the implementation of goals which are fully measurable; further notes that a number of submitted Action Plans contain commitments through to 2020 and that therefore additional work needs to be undertaken by these cities up to 2030.
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Welcomes voluntary measures (traffic light labelling) which make the climate impact and carbon footprint of food and other products visible and calls for EU-wide common indicators to enable voluntary but comparative labelling, particularly in regional trade.
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Stresses the significance of education in climate protection and calls for sufficient measures for municipalities and schools to be able to ensure the requisite expertise.
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7g. Is aware of the problems facing municipalities and regions hitherto economically totally dependent on the extraction of conventional energy sources such as coal and calls for their structural transformation to be supported by European funding programmes.