Activities of Saskia BRICMONT related to 2020/2042(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the impact of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Amendments (9)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas climate-induced migration is strongly related to other factors, including poverty, since when a country lacks the appropriate resources to adapt to climate change, this can aggravate poverty and force people to move; whereas climate change is an important risk multiplier for conflict, drought, famine and migration, especially in the poorest countries;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that climate migration requires a normative framework to bridge existing protection gaps, via various and complementary methods; highlights the definition of climate migration offered by the IOM, as the movement of a person or groups of persons who, predominantly for reasons of sudden or progressive change in the environment due to climate change, are obliged to leave their habitual place of residence, or choose to do so, either temporarily or permanently, within a State or across an international border; highlights that on the one hand, migration in this context can be associated with greater vulnerability of affected people, particularly if it is forced and that, on the other hand, migration can also be a form of adaptation to environmental stressors, helping to build resilience of affected individuals and communities;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that, while climate migration is a reality that is set to intensify, and while some exceptions exist under national law in a limited number of Member States for what relates to environmental disasters, people who move for long-term, climate change-related reasons have no effective access to protection in the EU; reaffirms the exacerbated vulnerability of women, children and the poorest communities; calls on the Member States and the Commission to put in place protection pathways, which include promoting humanitarian visas, temporary protection, authorisation to stay, and regional and bilateral free movement agreements; proposes that a climate passport be issued to persons coming from a country, or part of it, that will become uninhabitable due to climate change as a way to offer them protection from vulnerability and statelessness; proposes that any change in the environment due to climate change be explicitly listed among eligibility criteria for humanitarian protection; calls on the Commission and Member States to put forward such proposals in international forums, in parallel to other EU initiatives;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) identifies climate change as a driver of migration and urges countries to introduce channels and to plan for people who move due to natural disasters and climate change; stresses that the GCM also restates the need to tackle the causes of climate change and to support adaptation in developing countries so that people are not forced to leave their homes;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate less restrictive legal channels for third-country workers and their families through an overall reform of the EU legal migration acquis, which would include mobility schemes and preferential access for workers coming from a country, or part of it, affected by climate change, as it is already the case in some Member States;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that introducing less restrictive and more coordinated EU channels for labour migration would complement the Common European Asylum System by providing additional paths for people affected by climate change, especially when fleeing slow- onset changes of the environment, where the decision to migrate may be voluntary and planned, even if constrained;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that, if not closed, existing legal gaps will exacerbate future humanitarian crises and calls on the European Commission and Member States to urgently take action to develop and ensure access to safe and regular channels for those displaced as a consequence of climate change;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that climate change acts as a risk multiplier for conflict, drought, famine and migration; stresses the importance of addressing environmental drivers of migration and of implementing the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) with the aim to protect people displaced by the consequences of climate change; welcomes the landmark decision of the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand, recognising that people fleeing climate-related and natural disasters have a valid claim for international protection under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; urges the Commission and the Member States to take stock of this ruling and take all the necessary measures to ensure full protection of environmentally displaced persons under the EU law and to provide appropriate asylum for climate refugees, while creating channels for safe and regular migration; proposes, in particular, that a climate pass is issued to persons coming from a country, territory or island which will be inhabitable due to climate change as a way to offer protection from vulnerability and statelessness, and that change in the environment due to climate change be added as one of the eligibility criteria for humanitarian protection; calls on the Commission and Member States to put forward such solutions in international fora, in parallel to other EU initiatives; recalls that ODA must keep its purposes of eradicating poverty, reducing inequality, meeting humanitarian needs and respecting human rights, and must never be conditional on migration control;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the EU to encourage the IPCC to draft a special report on the issue of climate-induced displacement;