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23 Amendments of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2022/2002(INI)

Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 19 September 2018 entitled ‘Indicators better suited to evaluate the SDGs – the civil society contribution’6 , _________________ 6 OJ C 440, 6.12.2018, p. 14.deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 22 June 2021 on a comprehensive approach to accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable development – Building back better from the COVID-19 crisis,deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas there will be no climate justice withproper discussion with regard to proper and sensible environmental-protection measures until an open and fact-based debate can occur; whereas the need is now paramount environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development; whereas achieving the SDGs is therefore an essto ensure that the environment-debate is not misguided by third-country interests that have infiltrated environmental groups and other policy entities; whereas only afterwards the important work can start with a revision of the SDGs in line with a proper policy with regard to environmential prerequisite to achieving a just transition underotection, to base the policy as well as the SDGs on facts and also to enable a complete overhaul and possible dismissal of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, as they are not entirely based on facts;
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the impact of the overreaction to the COVID- 19 pandemicflu is not yet fully known, but has already led to a significant degree of SDG backslidingloss for all citizens of the Member States;
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs; stresses that, in the light of the pandemic, the SDGs provide a unique pathway to both ensure a recovre- draft a new set of practical and completely fact based new sustainable development goals, in order for them to be fully guided and based on realities and the needs of the beneficiaries as well as the considerable reduction in development-aid that the EU will administrate in the light of the overreaction to the Covid-19 flu and the need for European nations to now concentrate their resources within their own countries in order to guarantee internal security, secure energy that would leave no one behindsupply and rule of law for their own citizens in order to leave no one behind in the Member States and build back better afor more equitable and resilient worldMember States;
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that efforts to mainstream the SDGs across EU policies have not matured beyond a mapping exercise; recalls that many EU internal policies not only contribute to the implementation of the SDGs, but also have a very high ecological, social and economic spillover impact on developing countries;deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the Commission to adopt a new, high-level EU SDG implementation strategy given that there are only eight years left to achieve the 2030 Agenda and, hence, urgent implementation is required;deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the view that theany adoption of the newa comprehensive implementation strategy should be preceded by a broad public participatory consultation procesnational referendums in all the Member States;
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Asserts that identifying the EU’s added value in SDG implementation can only be achieved through filling existing data gaps to better understand the EU’s true impact on SDG progress in the EU and globally;deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an annual review of the Eurostat SDG indicator set with the systematic participation of civil society organisations, in line with the 2021 review; emphasises that sustainable development is inherently trans-national; welcomes the work that Eurostat has initiated to this end and the first attempt to partially quantify such spillover effects, but stresses that this methodology needs to be further developed to sufficiently account for the EU’s global footprint8 ; _________________ 8 Eurostat, European Commission, 'EU SDG Indicator set 2021 – Result of the review in preparation of the 2021 edition of the EU SDG monitoring report', 2021.deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that a minimum level of data and statistical disaggregation in relation to the SDGs in the EU should be established, covering, where appropriate, geographic location, sex, income, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability and other characteristics;deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the key accountability tool in the 2030 Agenda; calls for the EU to present an annual EU voluntary review at each High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF);deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the importance of voluntary local reviews and voluntary subnational reviews for the implementation of the SDGs; calls on the Commission to present an inclusive EU voluntary regional review ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit, and every four years thereafter;deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to take stock of the progress made and of the findings of the Eurostat annual SDGs monitoring report during Parliament’s plenary session every September, alongside the State of the Union, thus initiating a ‘State of the Union SDGs’;deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that the EU budget isprovided by the taxpayers in the Member States could be a pivotal tool for implementing the SDGs, due to its size of EUR 1.8 trillion, long- term reach and multinational dimension9 ; 9; considers, however, that it has to be drastically reduced as a consequence of the overreaction to the Covid flu and the need of the Member States to build back their nations; considers that any use of Member State funding for the current definition of the SDGs has to end in order to await the redrafted and updated version of SDGs based on a fully fact-informed basis; _________________ 9 Policy Department for Budgetary Affairs, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, for the Committee on Budgetary Control, 'The Sustainable Development Goals in the EU budget', 2021.
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to track EU budget expenditure on climate, biodiversity, clean air, migration and gender equality10 ; regrets, however, that no progress has been made to track SGDs-related expenditure in its entirety; _________________ 10 Policy Department for Budgetary Affairs, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, for the Committee on Budgetary Control, 'Budgetary control of the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU budget – What measures are in place to ensure effective implementation?', 2021.deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes efforts made to integrate the SDGs into the European Semester;deleted
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that public andneither private financing must be aligned with the SDGs; urges the Commission to embed the 2030 Agenda in economic and financial policies and legislation, nor public financing need to be aligned with the SDGs;
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the urgency of requiringat financial institutions to define andcannot be required to adopt strategies and targets to align financial portfolios with the SDGs and regularly report on progrescannot be required to report on their affairs in relation to the SDGs;
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. RegretApproves that the EU still has no plan to finance the SDGs; exhorts the Commission to urgently come up with such a plan, bearing in mind the post- COVID-19 estimated annual SDG financing gap of EUR 4.2 trillion11 ; underlines that the absence of such a plan, with clearly defined, quantifiable targets, prohibits comprehensive SDG expenditure tracking under the EU budget; _________________ 11 OECD, 'Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2021 – A New Way to Invest for People and Planet', Paris, 2020.use the contributions of the Member States to finance the SDGs;
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes ongoing efforts to enhanceshrink the European financial architecture for development, as outlined in the Council conclusions of 14 June 2021commitment-levels for development;
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists that a global political reset and intensified multilateral cooperation will be necessary in order for the EU andintensified period of national focus for all Member States its partners to make meaningfunow needed to heal pfrogress in the coming eight years; recalls that, as the world’s most successful integration project with a track record of successfully championing multilateralism, the EU is uniquely placed to accelerate progress on SDG 17 (partnerships for the goals); calls, therefore, on the EU to assume a leadership role at the 2022 HLPF and the 2023 SDG Summit in defining this political reset;m the Covid-19 flu hysteria and the war between Russia and Ukraine; insists that, hence, the EU Commission now starts focusing on European matters and the Member States and propose how to invest in a better future for Europe.
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the fact that Europe faces its greatest SDG challenges in the areas of sustainable diets and agriculture, climate and biodiversity (SDGs 2, 12, 13, 14 and 15); calls on the Commission to develop a robust comparative analysis of SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) and SDG 14 (life below water), as trends cannot be calculated due to insufficient comparable data over the past five yeara considerable problem due to the irresponsible and ill-informed "green- policies" for such existential items as food and energy; calls on the Commission to refrain from their attempts of global dominance and empire-building, to concentrate on support for the Member States to build strong, independent and resilient European nations that can safeguard their citizens, democracies and cultural legacies;
2022/04/06
Committee: DEVEENVI