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Activities of Hildegard BENTELE related to 2020/2042(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries (debate)
2021/05/17
Dossiers: 2020/2042(INI)

Amendments (7)

Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that least developed countries (LDCs), fragile countries and small-island countries (SIDS) are most affected by the effects of climate change and therefore need to be prioritised; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure that sufficient resources are allocated to risk reduction strategies, technology transfer, capacity building in environmental education, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the establishment of a binding framework for clean development mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which is essential to help developing countries in transforming their economies by fostering investment in climate friendly infrastructures and initiatives, sustainable agriculture, waste management and circular economy projects, and to achieve not only sustainable energy but also competitive prices; calls for the reduction of EU export of waste resources, an enhanced circular economy worldwide and an introduction of a global ban on single use plastic;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. SPoints out that major CO2 emitters like the EU have a moral duty to help developing countries adapt to climate change; stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities lead to climate- induced displacement and forced migration; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that populations of Small Island Developing States are particularly exposed to impacts of climate change and that their challenges therefore require a special assessment, and increased building of resilience against climate- related shocks;
2020/10/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
- the reduction of general vulnerability through poverty and inequality reduction, as well as addressing specific vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change resulting, for example, from the locations of dwellings and the bases of livelihoods,knowledge transfer regarding resilience building, early- warning, disaster prevention and management, rural and urban planning;
2020/10/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- affirming and seeking widespread, binding recognition that migrationrecognising that climate change can be one of the root causes of migration and that it is becoming ever more necessary as part of the responsto increase local resilience to the impacts of climate change, and proposing international arrangements for managing climate migration,;
2020/10/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional agreementsaddressing of root causes of forced displacement, including climate change, and securing of right of people to stay in their homeland by assisting them in creating decent living and work conditions as well as providing them with essential social services such as education and healthcare;
2020/10/15
Committee: DEVE