Activities of Gianluca BUONANNO related to 2015/2112(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris (A8-0275/2015 - Gilles Pargneaux) IT
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Points out that the climate and energy package the EU adopted unilaterally in 2009 had a procyclical effect, serving to exacerbate the economic crisis that was already under way at that time; calls on the Commission not to put forward any further unilateral measures in this area, and if it does, to make a careful assessment of their impact on the macro- economic cycle before doing so;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the EU’s leadership on climate change mitigation and adaption, including the creation of skills, jobs and growth that it brings; notes the crucial need for a global binding agreecrucial need for a global binding agreement under which all industrialised countries and emerging economies make similar commitments to be concluded in Paris and stresses that continued EU leadership requires the full commitment of all parties to this agreement if the EU is to play a leadership role; insists on a regular, transparent performance review based on the most up- to-date data and on technological neutrality;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider withdrawing from the UNFCCC if a global binding agreement of this kind is not concluded in Paris;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and, 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 necessarystrengthened; considers it vital that sustainablthe European agribusiness isand manufacturing sectors are protected against carbon leakage;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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 and other emission trading systems, with the aim of creating a future world emissions trading market toenhancing their effectiveness in significantly reduceing global emissions and increase industrial competitivenessin an economically beneficial manner;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the global phase-out of environmentally and economically harmful subsidies, which distort competitiveness and hinder innovation;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action at global level; stresses that a concerted global political and financial push for clean energy innovation is crucial to meeting our climate goals and to facilitate growth in EU green- economy sectors; emphasises that any action taken by the EU must be consistent with its reindustrialisation targets; highlights the need to preserve existing copyright and intellectual property rights in technology and knowledge transfer to third countries;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CommendNotes the US’s and China on their’s 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, and calls on them to translate that commitment into practical action; regrets that some developed countries continue to increase their emissions per capita.