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Activities of Fredrick FEDERLEY related to 2019/2712(RSP)

Plenary speeches (2)

Order of business
2019/11/25
Dossiers: 2019/2712(RSP)
Climate and environmental emergency - 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) (debate)
2019/11/25
Dossiers: 2019/2712(RSP)

Amendments (12)

Amendment 4 #

Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the 2019 special reports by the IPCC on Climate Change and Land and on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate,
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #

Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Chile, as the host country of COP25, has already indicated that it will highlight the role of the oceans in combating global warming, and that this decision makes even more sense after the publication of a new alarming report by the IPCC on ocean warming;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 26 #

Recital C b (new)
Cb. Whereas the experts of the IPCC “High level panel for a sustainable ocean economy” have presented proposals to make the oceans a source of solutions to climate change such as the restoration of marine forests and coastal ecosystems damaged by human activities;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 99 #

Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the country holding the EU Presidency and the Commission to submit to the UNFCCC as soon as possible the Union’s long-term strategy to reach domestic net-zero emissions inby 2050 at the latest; stresses that in order to reach domestic net- zero GHG emissions inby 2050 in the most cost-efficient manner, and in order to avoid relying on carbon removal technologies that would entail significant risks for ecosystems, biodiversity and food security, the 2030 ambition level will need to be raised; believes it to be of the utmost importance for the Union to send a clear message during the UN Climate Summit in September 2019at COP25 that it stands ready to enhance its contribution to the Paris Agreement;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 104 #

Paragraph 11
11. Supports an update of the Union’s NDC with an economy-wide target of 55 % domestic GHG emission reductions by 2030 compared with 1990 levels ; calls, therefore, on EU leaderMember States to support an increase in the level of ambition of the Union’s NDC accordingly; calls also on other global economies to update their NDCs to bring about global effects;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #

Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Expects that the European Green Deal, to be put forward by the Commission in early 2020, will set out a comprehensive and ambitious strategy for achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050 at the latest including the target of 55% emissions reductions by 2030;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 125 #

Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the fact that Chile is one of the most successful emerging countries in the transition to clean energy, and, in particular, that it shows the highest increase in solar energy production in the world; is of the opinion that its commitments to address the climate emergency should inspire many countries in South America and around the world;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 134 #

Paragraph 16
16. Considers that COP25 should define a new level of ambition, both in terms of ambition in implementing the Paris Agreement and in relation to the next round of NDCs, which should reflect enhanced commitments to climate action on land and in the oceans and across all sectors;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 163 #

Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the EU’s budget should be coherent with its international commitments on sustainable development and with its mid- and long-term climate and energy targets and should not be counterproductive to these targets or hampering their implementation; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure climate and biodiversity proofing of EU investments and put forward, where applicable, harmonised and binding rules on clim; underlines thate and biodiversity proofing of EU investll spending under the next Multiannual Financial Framework should be compliant with the objectives of the Paris Agreements;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 172 #

Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the importance of a just transition to a climate neutral economy and the need for an anticipatory approach to ensure a just transition for citizens and to support the most vulnerable regions and communities; stressees the importance of creatingon of a just transition fund, as one tool on the EU-level to guarantee an inclusive transition for the people and the regions most affected by decarbonisation, such as the coal mining regas well as acknowledging actors that are in the forefront of the green transitions; believes that Europe’s climate transition must be ecologically, economically and socially sustainable; calls on the Union and the Member States to put in place appropriate policies and financing in this regard, conditioned to clear, credible and enforceable short and longer term economy-wide decarbonisation commitments from the concerned Member States;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 183 #

Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Underlines the role of sustainable finance and considers that a rapid adoption and development of green finance by the key international financial institutions is essential for a successful decarbonisation of the global economy; underlines the need to implement the EU’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, and supports the setting up of an international platform on sustainable finance;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 186 #

Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Supports the work of the coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and encourages all governments to adopt the coalition’s commitments to align all policies and practices in the remit of finance ministries with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to adopt effective carbon pricing, as laid down in the ‘Helsinki principles’;
2019/10/07
Committee: ENVI