14 Amendments of Urmas PAET related to 2017/2272(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
Citation 19
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas EU climate diplomacy was keycontributed to the conclusion of the Paris Agreement and, since then, the EU’s approach to climate diplomacy has been broadened; whereas, as part of the EU’s Global Strategy, climate policy has been integrated into foreign and security policy, and the link between energy and climate, security and climate change adaptation and migration has been strengthened;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to the UN Agenda 2030, including the SDGs, and stresses the need to fully and swiftly implement the Paris Agreement and the SDGs both in the EU and globally to develop a more sustainable economy and society; reaffirms the need for an ambitious EU climate policy and its readiness to improve the existing EU National Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2030 as well the necessity of developing a long-term strategy for 2050 in a timely manner;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes thatFinds the US President’s announcement of the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement gives the EU the opportunity and reinforces its obligationextremely regrettable; notes that the EU has the responsibility and the opportunity to assume a leading role in climate action and to step up its climate diplomacy efforts to form a strong alliance of countries and actors that will continue to support and contribute to the objectives of limiting global warming to well below 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that the global transition to low carbon, climate resilient economies and societies requires significant transformational investment; stresses the need for governments to create the enabling environments to reorient capital flows towards sustainable investment, building on the conclusions of the High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and in line with the Commission Communication on Sustainable Finance (COM(2018)0097); points out that ambitious climate action is compatible with economic development and shared improvements in living standards;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that future migration will increase if the negative repercussions of climate change are not adequately managed, and that measures have to be taken to address this pressing issue in the long-run;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes that the EU and its Member States continue to be the largest provider of global public climate finance; insists on the need for the Union to reach the target on climate change-related spending in the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); underlines that, taking into account the cross-cutting nature of the climate challenge, climate mainstreaming is critical to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, and therefore reminds of Parliament’s call for the next MFF to include a new and higher climate mainstreaming target and through aligning the whole EU budget to the achievement of the Paris objectives;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Acknowledges that climate change exacerbates the conditions that lead to migration in vulnerable areas, and considers it therefore imperative to address the link between climate change and migration in the Union’s climate diplomacy objectives;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an increased allocation of human and financial resources in the EEAS and the Commission, whichin order to better reflects the strong commitment to and increased engagement in climate diplomacy; urges the EEAS to include climate diplomacy on EU delegations’ agendas when meeting their counterparts from third countries and international or regional organisations and to orchestrate and assign strategic importance to climate diplomacy efforts in every EU delegation with the representations of the Member States in third countries; calls, therefore, for the inclusion of a higher percentage of climate experts when creating mixed posts in the EU delegations;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the EEAS and the CommissionCommission to fully reflect the global dimension, including EU climate diplomacy objectives, in its upcoming communications on the ‘Future of EU energy and climate policy’ and on the long-term EU strategy for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; also invites the Commission and EEAS to further develop a long-term vision in order to put forward a joint communication setting out itstheir understanding of EU climate diplomacy as well as a strategic approach for the EU’s climate diplomacy activities within 12 months following the adoption of this report, and taking into account Parliament’s approach as laid down in this text;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the EU and its Member States must be an active player in international organisations and forums (such as the UN, UNFCCC, the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HPFL), NATO, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the Arctic Council and the G7 and G20) and closely cooperate with regional organisations (such as the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and MERCOSUR) to foster global partnerships and ensure the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, while defending, strengthening, and further developing multilateral cooperation regimes; notes that climate can be an entry point for diplomatic relations with partners with whom other agenda items are highly contested, thereby offering an opportunity to enhance stability and peace;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the EU must be an active player inartner for international organisations and forums (such as the UN, UNFCCC, the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HPFL), NATO, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the G7 and G20) and closely cooperate with regional organisations (such as the Arctic Council, African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and MERCOSUR) to foster global partnerships and ensure the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, while defending, strengthening, and further developing multilateral cooperation regimes; notes that climate can be an entry point for diplomatic relationsengagement with partners with whom other agenda items are highly contested, thereby offering an opportunity to enhance stability and peace;
Amendment 188 #
13a. Highlights the particular vulnerability of the ecosystems in the Arctic to the climate change taking into account that in the last decades, the temperature in the Arctic has been increasing at about twice the rate of global average; recognises that pollution appearing in the Arctic climate is mostly derived from Asian, North American and European emitters, so that the emission reduction measures in the EU play a great role in tackling the climate change of the Arctic; taking into account also the interest in the Arctic and its resources because of the changing environment of the area and of the growing geopolitical importance of the Arctic; considers healthy and sustainable Arctic ecosystems, inhabited by viable communities, strategically important for the political and economic stability of Europe and the world; considers it necessary to finally implement EUs formal status as an observer in the Arctic Council;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends that the EU deepen its strategic cooperation with emerging economies which have a major impact on global warming, but which are also decisive in terms of global climate action; calls on the EU to create dedicated panels to debate climate and sustainability policies during high-level ministerial meetings; calls on the EU to share policy experiences and lessons learnt with its partners in order to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement; calls on the EU to build up partnerships for carbon markets beyond Europe;