Activities of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2017/2009(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU action for sustainability - High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (debate) IT
Amendments (14)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to draw up an ambitious overarching strategy bringing together existing initiatives, identifying areas where further action or implementation is needed, setting new priorities based on identified gaps and providing guidance for both the EU institutions and the Member States in their implementation, monitoring and review of the 2030 Agenda, ensuring that both EU internal and external policies are in line with the agenda;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to define a clear, concrete, ambitious and detailed EU-wide Sustainable Development Goal (SGD) implementation plan with specific targets, deadlines, and methodology for coordination between the EU and its Member States, underpinned by a transparent and robust monitoring, accountability and review framework with the close involvement of Parliament, on the basis of a comprehensive set of indicators covering social, economic and environmental factors;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that ensuring tax justice, transparency and increasing Domestic Resources Mobilisation is crucial for financing the 2030 Agenda; supports increased efforts and funding for targeted education programmes and public campaigns, such as a European Year for Sustainable Development, to increase public awareness and action for the SDGs;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the important role of the sustainable production and use of timber and other forest-based materials such as cork and wood derivatives including textile fibres for the development of sustainable economic models and the creation of green jobs;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recognises the need for improved transportation and logistics for forest management and extraction of timber; calls on the Member States, therefore, to develop sustainable logistical and logging systems which have a reduced impact on the climate;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Supports the Commission’s intention to develop, together with the Member States and stakeholders, a set of ambitious, objective and demonstrable criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of forests, pointing out that these criteria should meet the requirements drawn up under ‘Forest Europe’ (the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe), which form a pan-European basis for uniform reporting on sustainable forest management and a basis for sustainability certification;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to establish an EU Multi- Stakeholder Platform, and with a role in the follow-up and exchange of best practices on SDG implementation across sectors, allowing a real engagement of stakeholders in the planning and monitoring of the implementation of the SDGs; stresses the need to include civil society as an active partner in the entire planning, implementation, monitoring and review process.
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that a way to improve the added value and income of agricultural holdings is to exploit by-products and waste; highlights, in this regard, the key role of bioindustries which, by recovering waste from livestock farms and agro- industrial activities, provide new sources of income and create jobs in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that the large amount of agricultural waste produced each year in the EU is a real problem for farmers, who have to be able to dispose of it; points out, in this regard, that converting agricultural waste into biogas is one of the most effective ways of treating agricultural waste; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to invest in this technology;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is convinced that innovation can help to achieve sustainable agriculture in the EU and believes that precision farming technologies are particularly important in order to promote the development of the sector;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Is convinced that economic development and sustainable production are not mutually exclusive and that innovation can help to achieve both objectives; urges the Commission to ensure that, during the forthcoming reviews and reforms of the relevant legislation, explicit account is taken of innovation;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission to come forward with an action plan and to set up an expert group in order to work towards a more sustainable integrated plant protection management system; highlights the need for a pest management system that improves the interaction between plant breeding efforts, natural combat systems and pesticide use;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Recognises the long-term challenges associated with sustainable agriculture and calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a long- term investment plan, with continuity of funding, for basic and applied research; calls on the Commission and Member States, furthermore, to invest in training for specialists in sustainable agriculture and to provide the opportunity to consult experts.
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to produce a report on the flagship EU carbon reduction scheme (the EU Emissions Trading Scheme - EU ETS) in order to ascertain whether the current trajectory for reductions will be enough to help the EU meet the SDGs and its commitments under the Paris Agreement; invites the Commission to provide adequate funding for the development of CO2 capture and storage technologies, which will play a fundamental role in the long-term strategy against global warming;