BETA

3 Amendments of Nicola DANTI related to 2020/2273(INI)

Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the EU should seek cooperation with its trading partners to raise and strengthen the awareness of the biodiversity dimension in trade, work to include binding levels of biodiversity protection in the upcoming work on WTO reform, and in other international trade fora, as well as in our free trade agreements, any such introduction must be based on scientific evidence and never be used as green-washed protectionism; stresses that provisions of biodiversity belongs in all free trade agreements, investment agreements, and voluntary partnership agreements (VPAs) under FLEGT;
2021/03/01
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums, in particular by advocating for binding targets at global level to increase ambition and ensure that post- 2020 action on global biodiversity will be effective;
2021/03/01
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the placing of products associated with deforestation or forest degradation from the EU market; stresses the necessary complementary work on the supply side by highlighting the example of the Voluntary Partnership Agreements under FLEGT aiming to preserve forests, being the natural habitat of many endangered species, with its objectives to encourage sustainable forest management, to address deforestation and forest degradation, and to promote sustainable development, as it has committed to in the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, the Paris Agreement, and the Convention of Biological Diversity Aichi targets; calls on the Commission to adopt a moratorium on imports of wild animals from reported emerging infectious disease hotspots;
2021/03/01
Committee: INTA