Activities of Pär HOLMGREN related to 2019/2712(RSP)
Plenary speeches (1)
Climate and environmental emergency - 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) (debate)
Institutional motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain (COP 25)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 3 #
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special reports entitled 'Climate Change and Land' and 'The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate',
Amendment 11 #
Citation 17
— having regard to the Leaders’ Declaration adopted at the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany, from 7 to 8 June 2015, entitled ‘Think ahead. Act together’, in which they expressed their support in “sharing with all parties to the UNFCCC the upper end of the latest IPCC recommendation of 40 to 70 % reductions by 2050 compared to 2010 recognising that this challenge can only be met by a global response”High-Level synthesis report of the latest climate science information convened by the Science Advisory Group of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, entitled 'United in Science',
Amendment 14 #
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the 2019 Special Eurobarometer on Climate Change,
Amendment 40 #
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the serious risks of climate change are at the heart of citizens’ concerns; highlights that, according to the 2019 Special Eurobarometer on Climate Change, 93% of European citizens see climate change as a serious problem, while 92% of respondents supports the objective of reaching climate-neutrality by 2050, and respectively 92% and 89% of them would support an increase of the renewable energy and energy efficiency targets in that regard; welcomes the fact that people across the world, in particular younger generations, are increasingly active in fighting for climate action; welcomes their calls for greater collective ambition and swift action in order not to overshoot the 1.5°C limit; believes that national, regional and local governments, as well as the EU, should heed these calls;
Amendment 64 #
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses concern at the findings of the High-level synthesis report 'United in Science' convened at the occasion of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, in particular that growth of coal emissions resumed in 2017 and that annual growth of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels reached a new high in 2018, thereby leading to alarming and unprecedented GHG concentrations in the atmosphere;
Amendment 65 #
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that the current level of NDC ambition would need to be increased fivefold in order not to overshoot the 1.5°C limit; highlights that this global ambition is still technically feasible, and that it would bring about numerous co- benefits on the environment and public health;
Amendment 74 #
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the findings of the IPCC special report on 'The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate', in particular the aggravated risks to marine ecosystems, coastal economies and livelihoods exacerbated by climate change and rising sea levels, the related acidification of oceans and marine heatwaves, and the unprecedented glaciers and sea ice melting;
Amendment 77 #
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines that about 23% of global human-caused GHG emissions comes from agriculture, forestry and other land uses, as confirmed by the IPCC special report on 'Climate Change and Land'; expresses concern that agricultural intensification and increasing land-use disturbances, such as forest fires, are further deteriorating the capacity of land to act as a carbon sink;
Amendment 84 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the launch of the Climate Ambition Alliance during the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, by which 59 Parties to the UNFCCC have signalled their intention to submit an enhanced NDC by 2020, as provided for in the Paris Agreement, as well as 65 Parties, including the Union, that are working towards achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050; deplores, however, that all Member States were not yet ready to support an increase in the level of ambition of the Union's NDC, as called for by the European Parliament;
Amendment 91 #
Paragraph 10
10. CUrges once again EU leaders to support the Union's long-term objective to reach domestic net-zero GHG emissions as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest during the European Council of 12- 13 December 2019; calls on the country holding the EU Presidency and the Commission to submitcommunicate this objective to the UNFCCC as soon as possible the Union’s long-term strategy to reach domestic net-zero emissions in 2050reafter; stresses that in order to reach domestic net- zero GHG emissions in 2050 in the most cost-efficient manner, and in order to avoid relying on carbon removal technologies that would entail significant risks for ecosystems, biodiversity and food security, the 2030 ambition level will need to be raised; believes it to be of the utmost importance for the Union to send a clear message during the UN Climate Summit in September 2019 that it stands ready to enhance its contribution to the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 102 #
Paragraph 11
11. Supports an update of the Union’s NDC; calls, therefore, on EU leaders to support an increase in the level of ambition of the Union’s NDC; calls also on other global economies to update their NDCs to bring about global effects with an economy-wide target of at least 65% domestic GHG emission reductions by 2030 compared with 1990 levels; calls on the Commission to put forward such increase in the level of ambition of the Union’s NDC as part of the European Climate Law to be presented within the first 100 days in office of the upcoming Commission; calls on the country holding the EU Presidency and the Commission to submit this enhanced Union's NDC to the UNFCCC ahead of COP26;
Amendment 122 #
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to contribute to an effective outcome of the review of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss & Damage foreseen at COP25, including through the establishment of a finance arm with additional financial sources;
Amendment 124 #
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Expresses concern that Parties to the UNFCCC have so far failed to agree on common time frames for their post- 2030 NDCs; believes it is detrimental that these time frames are aligned with the five-year ambition cycle of the Paris Agreement in order to avoid lock-in of low ambition; calls on the Commission and the Member States to do their utmost to achieve a global agreement on common five-year time frames at COP25;
Amendment 128 #
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to advocate for strict and robust international rules relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement to prevent loopholes in accounting or double counting of emission reductions; expresses concern at the potential use towards NDC targets of units issued under the Kyoto Protocol as this would seriously deteriorate the environmental integrity of the future mechanisms established under Article 6; supports the inclusion of human rights and gender equality safeguards within all Article 6 mechanisms, as well as the implementation of a grievance mechanism for communities affected by the implementation of Article 6 mechanisms;
Amendment 135 #
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 157 #
Paragraph 21
21. Recognises that the EU and its Member States are the largest provider of public climate finance; welcomes the decision at COP24 to decide on a new more ambitious target from 2025 onwards, beyond the current commitment to mobilise $100 billion per year as of 2020, but expresses concern that the actual pledges by developed countries still fall far short of their collective goal of $100 billion per year; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the establishment of a share of proceeds from Article 6 mechanisms to the Adaptation Fund;
Amendment 177 #
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the importance of a just transition to a climate neutral economy and the need for an anticipatory approach to ensure a just transition for citizens and to support the most vulnerable regions and communities; stresses the importance of creating a just transition fund, to guarantee an inclusive transition for the people and the regions most affected by decarbonisation, such as the coal mining regions; believes that Europe’s climate transition must be ecologically, economically and socially sustainable; calls on the Union and the Member States to put in place appropriate policies and financing in this regard, conditioned to clear, credible and enforceable short and longer term economy-wide decarbonisation commitments from the concerned Member States, including by integrating in their final NECPs concrete policies to phase out coal by 2030;
Amendment 185 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Welcomes the announcement by Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen to introduce a carbon border tax; believes that in order to be WTO- compliant, such mechanism should fully replace current carbon leakage provisions under the EU ETS, and apply to imports and exports alike;
Amendment 201 #
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women, who are in general more impacted by climate change than men yet bear a greater burden while not being as involved in key decision-making on climate action; stresses therefore that women’s empowerment of all marginalised gender communities, as well as their full and equal participation and leadership in international forums, such as the UNFCCC, and national, regional and local climate action, are vital for the success and effectiveness of such action; calls on the EU and the Member States to fully support the implementation of the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan, in particular through mainstreaming the gender perspective into EU climate and development policies, and to promote the participation of indigenous women and women’s rights defenders within the UNFCCC framework;
Amendment 218 #
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets that the transport sector is the only sector in which emissions have grown since 1990; stresses that this is not compatible with long-term sustainable developmentclimate- neutrality objective, which instead requires reductions in emissions from all sectors of society at a great and faster rate; recalls that the transport sector will need to be fully decarbonised by 2050; notes that the Commission’s analysis shows that the current global targets and measures envisaged by the International Maritime Organisation and the International Civil Aviation Organisation respectively, even if fully implemented, fall short of the necessary emissions reductions, and that significant further action consistent with the economy-wide objective of net-zero emissions is needed; considers that in order to ensure the consistency of NDCs with the economy-wide commitments required by the Paris Agreement, Parties should be encouraged to include emissions from international shipping and aviation and to agree and implement measures at international, regional and national level to address emissions from these sectors;
Amendment 231 #
Paragraph 31
31. Recalls that shipping CO2 emissions are projected to increase by 50% to 250% in the period to 2050; welcomes the agreement on the initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships as a first step for the sector to contribute to the realisation of the temperature goal in the Paris Agreement; believes that, in order to preserve its global climate leadership and credibility, the EU should translate the objectives of the initial IMO Strategy into EU legislation; regrets that the IMO has not, so far, made progress on the adoption of short and medium-term measures to reach the objectives of the strategy; stresses the importance and urgency of implementing short and medium-term measures before 2023; underlines that further measures and action are needed to address maritime emissions and calls, therefore, on the EU and the Member States to closely monitor the impact and implementation of the IMO agreement and urges the Commission to consider additional EU action, as part of its 2050 decarbonisation strategy, to reduce maritime emissions in line with the temperature target of the Paris Agreement and to drive investments into zero-emission ships and the necessary enabling infrastructures;
Amendment 245 #
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Amendment 246 #
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses the urgent need to mainstream climate ambition into all EU policies; reiterates its call to have more ambition climate mainstreaming in the future MFF, including by spending at least 50% of the next MFF for climate action while improving climate tracking and climate proofing methodologies, and ensuring that projects and programmes that are inconsistent with the achievement of the EU climate objectives and of the Paris Agreement are not eligible for EU support;
Amendment 251 #
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32c. Deeply regrets that fossil fuel subsidies are still increasing and amount to around EUR 55 billion per year in the EU despite the Union's global commitment to phase them out by 2020; urgently calls on all Member States to integrate in their final NECPs concrete policies, timelines and measures to phase out all national fossil fuel subsidies;
Amendment 253 #
Paragraph 32 d (new)
32d. Welcomes the entry into force of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol; believes it should create a new momentum for the Union to ensure a rapid revision of the F-gas Regulation to address known shortcomings that threaten the Union's climate ambition, such as illegal HFC trade and insufficient action against the use of SF6;