5 Amendments of Benoît LUTGEN related to 2021/2006(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector; supports the establishment of an international methane emissions observatory in which the Commission, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the International Energy Agency (IEA), would be responsible for collecting, reconciling, verifying and publishing data on anthropogenic methane emissions;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
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3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting the diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, as well as in herd management, manure management, animal husbandry, herd health and animal welfare, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
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4. CStresses that there is great potential in the valorisation of non- recyclable agricultural waste and residue streams which can be used in anaerobic digesters to produce biogas while reducing methane emissions; stresses that residues from this process, digestate, are a sustainable soil improver which can reduce the import and use of chemical fertilisers; considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy which offers opportunities for development and investment in rural areas; calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
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5. Considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivising methane reductions at farm level; stresses that obstacles such as insufficient knowledge and expertise preventing wider application should be addressed; urges the Commission to publish an inventory of best practices and available technologies by the end of 2021;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
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6. Notes that within the wider circular economy, the uptake of carbon removals and increased circularity of carbon should be incentivised; calls on the Commission, in accordance with the EU Climate Law, to explore the development of a regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals on the basis of robust and transparent carbon accounting that takes into account the differences between the greenhouse gases, and to verify the authenticity of carbon removals and reward farmers for their mitigation efforts.; calls on the Member States to promote the uptake of mitigation technologies through a wider deployment of carbon farming in their national strategic plans;