5 Amendments of Željana ZOVKO related to 2016/0230(COD)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) On 10 June5 October 2016, the Commission presented the proposal for the EU to ratify the Paris agreementEuropean Union formally ratified the Paris agreement, thus allowing it to enter into force on 4 November 2016. This legislative proposal forms part of the implementation of the Union's commitment to economy- wide emission reductions as confirmed in the intended nationally determined reduction commitment of the Union and its Member States submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ('UNFCCC') on 6 March 2015.10 The Union's targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions also respond to the commitment made by the Union and its Member States to achieve the internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, in particular with regard to goal No 13 on urgently addressing climate change as a global challenge, including reducing emissions and building climate resilience. _________________ 10 http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/indc/S ubmission%20Pages/submissions.aspx
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) The land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector has a huge potential to contribute to the Union's international climate commitments. Management of land should meet the need for policy coherence and for sustainable development, in particular as regards its impact on local communities and food security. Against this background, the Union's policy in this sector should go hand in hand with Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), in particular with regard to its environmental and economic dimensions, so as to enhance synergies and guarantee a positive impact of internal climate policies on third countries.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) The Union should become a global leader in promoting and exporting research and investments in sustainable, advanced and innovative practices, techniques and ideas in the LULUCF sector, as well as in the diffusion of green technologies, in order to lower greenhouse gas emissions while preserving food production, therefore setting an example for its international partners, including developing countries. In this context, effective cooperation and partnership with private sector actors, especially with SMEs, should be enhanced.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may choose to include managed wetland, defined as land use reported as wetland remaining wetland, and settlement, other land converted to wetland and wetland converted to settlement and other land, in the scope of its commitment pursuant to Article 4. Where a handful Member States, with significant wetland areas, chooses to do so, it shall account for emissions and removals from managed wetland in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall account for emissions from deforestation and removals resulting from afforested land and deforestedation of the land, as the total emissions and removals for each of the years in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030.