Activities of Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ related to 2017/2006(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the role of EU regions and cities in implementing the COP 21 Paris Agreement on climate change
Amendments (8)
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for coordination among all public authorities to be promoted and guaranteed, and for the involvement of the public, and of social and economic stakeholders, to be fostered;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges regions and towns and cities to establish specific adaptation plans to ensure that their vulnerability to climate change is reduced;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Maintains that increasing the resilience of society and of the actual places in which people live to address the inevitable effects of climate change requires a number of steps to be taken, including using water more efficiently and sensibly (adaptation measures relating to water should be given priority, along the same lines as the mitigation measures that are already being taken with regard to carbon), as well as measures applying to coastal areas; developing strategies based on green urban planning, with particular attention being paid to flood defences; mobilising awareness and resources for the adaptation of crops and forest management to address drought and fires, and increasing connectivity among ecosystems to encourage species to migrate;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Points out that people’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change, and especially to so-called extreme phenomena, is to a large extent determined by their ability to access basic resources such as energy and water, and with that in mind calls on public authorities to guarantee access to those two basic resources;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on local and regional authorities, to the extent possible, to set up public funds to promote the development of renewables, to de-centralise networks and to promote the use of consumer- generated electricity, etc.;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Urges public authorities to record the activities that increase vulnerability or increase greenhouse gas emissions and to provide tax incentives for activities that promote adaptation to climate change or emissions reductions;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote pilot schemes and models relating to the self- management of energy at local level – models that are based on distribution systems, the economic benefits of which are used to finance new facilities that reduce the impact on the environment.
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to promote the coordination and exchange of information and best practices between Member States, regions, local communities and cities.