Activities of Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET related to 2018/0209(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Establishing a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) (debate) ES
Amendments (6)
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Like all the funds made available by the Union, the LIFE programme must take into account EU territories with island status, whether or not they are Union overseas territories, as well as the potential associated problems. Various studies show that climate change will have a particularly marked effect on island territories, mainly as a result of the rise in sea and ocean levels. Moreover, in addition to the challenges of rising sea levels the Mediterranean faces acidification due to absorption of the carbon present in the atmosphere, which will also affect island territories.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) In the summer of 2018 there were extreme weather events in the Mediterranean, with features of severe tropical storms. The damage caused was extremely serious, even resulting in the loss of human life. In addition to the possibility of extraordinary funds being made available for individual disasters, a holistic approach must be taken to these events within the context of the European Union’s climate change adaptation strategy.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Programme is to contribute to the shift towards a clean, circular, energy-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy, including through the transition to clean energy, to the protection and improvement of the quality of the environment and to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, thereby contributing to sustainable development. The Programme’s objectives must also include the adaptation of European cities and regions to climate change.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to develop, demonstrate and promote innovative techniques and approaches for reaching the objectives of the Union legislation and policy on environment and climate action, including the transition to clean energy, and to contribute to the application of best practice in relation to nature and biodiversity, including combating invasive species such as the golden apple snail and the bullfrog;
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) to adapt European territories to the effects of climate change, paying special attention to island and coastal territories.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A specific budget shall be put in place that is available to the Commission’s offices in Member States as well as their field offices, to provide information at sub-state, regional and municipal levels concerning the possibilities for funding projects under the LIFE programme and its sub- programmes.