14 Amendments of Johannes BLOKLAND related to 2008/2015(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls in particular the essential objectives in combating climate change and stresses the importance of setting a clear medium-term target of a 20%-30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, and a long-term reduction target of 560%- 80% by 2050, in order to achieve a 50% probability of restricting the increase in average global temperature to 2°C over pre-industrial levels;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the considerable potential of the use of sustainable biomass for energy production with a view to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and calls for a European strategy for the exploitation of sustainable biomass for heating and cooling;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to reconsider the non-binding nature of the 20% goal for energy efficiency by 2020 and if necessary to propose to the Council that this target be made binding;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Reminds the relevant operators that the transport sector must also comply with the EU climate goals of reducing CO2 emissions by 2020 by at least 20%, and if there is an international agreement by at least 30%, below 1990 levels and increasing energy efficiency by 20% during the same period;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Stresses the important role of inland waterways in goods transport; emphasises the environmentally friendly nature of this sector and the fact that it has plenty of spare carrying capacity;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Regrets that, in spite of the need for transport policy toscope, in the interest of the transport sector as a whole, for effecting a modal shift to rail forand inland waterways for a large proportion of freight, investments in the expansion of the railways have fallen during the past decade;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Considers that shipyards and shipbuilders should look closely at new efficiency-boosting technologies such as the use of kite sails, the Air Cavity System (ACS), the exploitation of waste heat for electricity production, more efficient motors, better hull and rudder profiles, more accurate weather forecasts to permit course adjustments, and possible fuel savings thanks to hull paint;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83
Paragraph 83
83. Calls for research and development ofinto biotechnology for seed and plant breeding, in green gene technology and for plant protection to be stepped up in order to implement a climate protection policy for agriculture;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
86. Recognises that expansion of biogas systems to obtain energy by processing liquid manure can make an economically feasible and environmentally meaningful contribution to reducing methane emissions from livestock farming;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125
Paragraph 125
125. Calls for the establishment of a European Climate Fund or corresponding funds in the Member States, to be financed by part of the proceeds of ETS auctions, and regards this as a way of creating a capital stock to fund a future climate policy, given that there are limits on how far one can plan now for the individual measures of that policy and the investment they will require;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Y. whereas the ITER project has made Europe abecome a capital-intensive development centre for nuclear fusion as a possible new energy source for the future and that any contribution to the energy market can only be expected in the ultra-long term,
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
AA. whereas the production of biomass offers many developing countries new economic opportunities for energy production and as a fuel, and will make them less dependent on energy imports, provided that such production is sustainable and does not lead, for example, to monocultures or to competition with food production,
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC
Recital AC
AC. whereas a sustainable biofuels policy should be geared not only to setting sustainability criteria for the manufacture of first-generation biofuels but also to promoting the ideology-freefurther development of second-generation biofuels,
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AY a (new)
Recital AY a (new)
AYa. whereas tourism is the cause of negative environmental impacts such as high consumption of water and energy,