11 Amendments of Peter LIESE related to 2018/2598(RSP)
Amendment 4 #
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’,
Amendment 5 #
Citation 21 b (new)
– having regard to the Meseberg Declaration of 19 June 2018;
Amendment 15 #
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas an ambitious climate mitigation policy can create growth and jobs; whereas, however, some specific sectors are vulnerable to carbon leakage if the ambition is not comparable in other markets; whereas appropriate protection against carbon leakage is therefore necessary to protect jobs in these specific sectors;
Amendment 20 #
Subheading 1
Amendment 26 #
Paragraph 2
2. Scientific basis for climate action Points out that the WMO confirmed 2015, 2016 and 2017 as the three warmest years on record leading to a very pronounced Arctic warmth which will have a long- lasting repercussions on overall sea levels and weather patterns worldwide; stresses, in this connection, the 2017 Arctic Council conclusion that the Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate of the global average with widespread social, environmental and economic impacts;
Amendment 42 #
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on all Parties to contribute constructively to the process to be put in place towards 2020 when NDCs need to be updated and to ensure that their NDCs are in line with the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement as they would limit global warming only to a level of about 2.7 °C and would not even bring us close to 2°C ; acknowledges that current pledges are not yet sufficient to reach the goals of the Agreement; stresses, therefore, that global GHG emissions should reach their peak as soon as possible and that all parties, especially the EU and all G20 nations, should step up their efforts and update their NDCs by 2020, following the 2018 Talanoa dialogue;
Amendment 44 #
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that, should other major economies fail to make commitments comparable with those of the EU on GHG emissions reductions, it will be necessary to maintain carbon leakage provisions, particularly those aimed at sectors with a high carbon leakage risk in order to ensure the global competitiveness of European industry;
Amendment 46 #
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Regrets that in most other countries which have made commitments under the Paris Agreement, the debate on increasing their contributions is only starting very slowly; asks, therefore, the Commission to streamline the EU's consideration to increase the commitment with stronger efforts in order to motivate other partners to do the same;
Amendment 60 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Insists that, in particular after President Trump’s announcement, it is important to have appropriate provisions in place against carbon leakage and to ensure that companies that are among the best performers and that have a high carbon leakage risk will obtain the allowances they need for free; asks the Commission to examine the effectiveness and legality of additional measures to protect industries at risk of carbon leakage, for example a carbon border tax adjustment and consumption charge, in particular in respect of products coming from countries that do not fulfil their commitments under the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 118 #
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes that, in aviation, the EU ETS has already delivered around 100m tonnes CO2 of reductions/offsets;
Amendment 119 #
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Recalls that the European Parliament and Council will decide how to implement CORSIA in Union law through revision of the EU ETS legislation, and emphasises accordingly that entities participating in ICAO on behalf of the Union and its Member States shall avoid prejudging the manner in which the European Parliament and Council decide to implement CORSIA in Union law;