Activities of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2020/2042(INI)
Shadow opinions (2)
OPINION on the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
OPINION on the impact of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Amendments (29)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Paris Agreement establishes that gender-responsive climate a perspectionve must be integrated into all aspects of the implementation of the agreementctions taken by Parties related to climate change adaptation and capacity-building;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas inequalities in wealth and the potential to tackle and adapt to climate change exist not only between the EU and other parties to the Paris Agreement, but also within the EU;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas climate change and consequential natural disasters have become commonone of the drivers of migration, which will be further exacerbated as the climate crisis worsbut the direct relationship between migration dynamics and climate change has still not been sufficiently researched to take this factor into account in predictions of future migration trends;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the EU must find a balance in providing support both to the third countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and to the Member States that are unable to address the challenges of climate neutrality without financial assistance;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas although factors related to climate change may influence decisions on migration, it is not possible to precisely determine their importance for the movement of people;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas today developing countries emit more than developed countries;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the heterogeneous character of data on migrants and displaced persons makes it difficult to assess the impact of climatic phenomena on international migration;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatorystrive to deliver ofn the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debt, both through its own commitments and through its assistance to others; points out that the EU is responsible for only around 9% of global emissions, and that the EU unilaterally reducing emissions will not therefore have a major impact on a global scale;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas migration is a complex process and migrants’ decisions to leave are most often motivated by a number of factors and conditions, both in the region of origin (push factors) and in the potential destination country (pull factors), including of a cultural, social, economic, legal or practical nature, and these factors are mutually determined and often coexist;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the current decision- making process under the UNFCCC is skewed againstdoes not allow for the full participation of LDCs and needs to be improved to better involve poor and vulnerable country delegates, for instance through assistance from richer countries;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all EUthe EU and its Member States to rapidly scale upmeet their climate -finance, prioritising grants‑based finance, in particular for LDCs and SIDS, and to increase financial support during the 2020-2025 period commitments, in particular those under Article 2(1)(c) of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, according to the Geneva Convention, only a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, has been forced to leave his or her country of origin, and who, because of these fears, is unable or unwilling to avail him or herself of the protection of his country, can be considered a refugee. notes, furthermore, that subsidiary protection under EU law may be granted to a person whose return to his or her country of origin may present a risk of suffering serious harm through the imposition of the death penalty or execution, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, serious and individual threat to life or health arising from the widespread use of violence against civilians in a situation of international or internal armed conflict, and who is unable or unwilling to avail him or herself of country-of-origin protection because of this risk;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the overall post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met through dedicated sub-goals, including a sub-goal for adaptation finance and a sub-goal for loss and damage finance;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the WIM Review 2019 acknowledges the importance of the implementation of the WIM for vulnerable populations in particular; urges the EU to support the calls of LDCs for a specific financing facility on loss and damage and for immediate debt relief;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that most displacements related to natural disasters are of an internal or regional nature, so that the affected population remains mainly within the borders of their countries of origin or neighbouring countries; stresses that a systemic approach should be taken to tackling climate change and natural disasters through the promotion of environmentally sustainable development, while addressing the root causes of migration and displacement in a long- term manner through development cooperation;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) and to appoint a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budget resources, to implement and monitor gender-responsible climate action in the EU and globally.;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that it is essential to support measures to minimise the effects of climate change in the place of origin of affected people in order to prevent migration from being their main adaptation strategy;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities can lead to climate-induced displacement; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate less restrictive legal channels for third-country workers and their families, which would include mobility schemes and preferential access for workers coming from a country, or part of it, affected by climate change;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warmigreater equity in efforts to combat climate change.
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the expansion of legal migration remains the exclusive competence of the Member States, which may introduce national solutions for migrants who are displaced due to natural disasters and climate change; notes that such arrangements should in any case include the necessary security procedures;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls that any multilateral framework for cooperation in the field of migration and asylum should be based on existing international regulations and should respect the competences of the Member States;