Activities of Karol KARSKI related to 2020/2273(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: bringing nature back into our lives
Amendments (7)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that the degradaticlimate change is one of ecosystems and the stresthe factors con them caused by climate change itributing to the degradation of ecosystems, which among other issues leadings to the extinction of species and the loss of biodiversity at unprecedented rates and is threatening the human rights of current and future generations, such as the rights to life, health, food, water and sanitation, as well as the rights of the most vulnerable people, including women and children, the rights of indigenous peoples and the rights of rural and natural-resource- dependent communities; also emphasises that the degradation of and stress on ecosystems is coundtermining progress towards the achievement of most of the 2030 S-productive to efforts aimed at sustainable Ddevelopment Goveralsl, in particular the objectives of ending poverty and hunger, achieving food security and ensuring healthy lives;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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2. Underlines the need for urgent efforts to maintain biodiversity, in particular by taking effective actions to simultaneously protect human rights and conserve and sustainably use nature; calls in this regard for the development of a horealistic and human-rights-based EU policy approaEU policy approach, where appropriate, which aimeds at preventing biodiversity loss and degradation; also stresses the need to strengthen international environment and human rights law, environmental legislation and procedural environmental and human rights, in particular by improving access to information, public participation and access to justice, and by supporting the crucial role of local communities, indigenous peoples and environmental human rights defenders in maintaining biodiversitysupporting member states and relevant actors in their endeavours to prevent biodiversity loss and degradation and further the development of sustainable initiatives; also stresses the need to ensure that the matter of biodiversity is adequately addressed on all levels;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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3. Welcomes progress towards recognition of the linkage between human rights and the health of the biosphere at international and national level; fully supports in this respect the efforts by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment to develop guidancecommon guidelines on human rights obligations relating to the environment, ecosystems and biodiversity;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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4. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to develop a new European biodiversity governance framework and to follow an inclusive approach involving civil society in a compliance watchdog role to monitor the implementation of EU environmental legislation; also welcomes its aim to put forward a new initiative in 2021 on sustainable corporate governance to address human rights and environmental due diligence across economic value chains; insists in this regard on the need to elaborate EU legislation for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for EU companies, EU-domiciled companies and third-country companies operating in the internal market, imposing legal obligations to identify, cease, prevent and mitigate adverse impacts throughout their supply chains and establishing effective monitoring and enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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5. Stresses that deforestation and land- grabbing by large corporations has an enormous impact on indigenous peoples and local communities; calls on businesses to recognise their rights and to ensure their effeall relevant actors to actively participatione in decision- making processes regarding their lands, in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls on the Commission to mainstream biodiversity as a human right in EU external action and promote ambitious biodiversity-related policies in international fora, in accordance with the European Green Deal and the new EU Biodiversity Strategy; also calls on the Commission to deal with cooperation issues related to the conservation of biodiversity and respect for international environmental and human rights obligations in a common and consistent way, in particular through EU international comprehensive and sectoral agreements and political dialogues with partner countries; urges the Commission, in this regard, to make the most of human rights and sustainable development impact assessments and related recommendations; also calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines on the human right to a clean, healthy, safe and sustainable environment;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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7. Pays tribute to defenders of environmental human rights and land rights, local community representatives, lawyers and journalists standing up to protect natural resources, and strongly condemns the killings of such people and violent actsall acts of violence, such as killings and other means of aggression against them; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to continue to systematically take up cases of defenders of environmental human rights and land rights facing threats of violence with the countries concerned; urges the Commission, where appropriate to define a specific protection and support strategy for local communities and defenders of environmental human rights and land rights; also calls for enhanced support for civil society organisations working to protect the environment and biodiversity, in particular through the establishment of partnerships and the building up of capacity to defend the rights of indigenous peoples;