82 Amendments of Catherine CHABAUD related to 2020/0036(COD)
Amendment 56 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),including SDG 3 “Global Health and Well-Being”,
Amendment 57 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the dramatic consequences of air pollution on human health (400 000 premature deaths per year according to the European Environment Agency (EEA));
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission has, in its Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’19 , set out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve, restore and enhance the Union’s natural capital, marine and terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity, vital allies in the mitigation of climate change and protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. At the same time, this transition must be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind. _________________ 19 Commission Communication - The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final of 11 December 2019.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission has, in its Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’19 , set out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a healthier, fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital, and protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. At the same time, this transition must be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind. _________________ 19 Commission Communication - The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final of 11 December 2019.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The IPCC special report entitled «The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate » specifies that the ocean contributes to regulate the climate, as it absorbs more than 25% of the CO2 and 93% of the heat emitted by humans into the atmosphere, and supplies 50% of the planet’s oxygen. Climate mechanisms depend on the health of the ocean and marine ecosystems, which are currently affected by global warming, pollution, the overexploitation of marine biodiversity, rising sea levels, acidification, deoxygenation, marine heatwaves, the unprecedented melting of glaciers and sea ice, coastal erosion and extreme weather disturbances. The ocean is essential to achieve climate neutrality, especially through natural carbon sinks, such as mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds and salt marshes. However, to contribute to this objective, it is necessary to protect the health of the ocean and restore marine ecosystems, which are subject to significant and sometimes irreversible changes. Therefore, the IPCC recalls that the ocean is part of the solution to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and underlines the necessity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution on ecosystems, as well as to enhance natural carbon sinks.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The preamble to the Paris Agreement recognises the ‘importance of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems, including oceans’, and Article 4(1)(d) of the UNFCCC stresses that the Parties thereto shall promote sustainable management, and the conservation and enhancement of sinks and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases, including biomass, forests and oceans as well as other terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems. If the Paris agreement goals were to fail, the temperature could exceed the tipping point beyond which the ocean will no longer be able to absorb as much carbon and participate in climate mitigation.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The preamble to the Paris Agreement acknowledges the “right to health” as a key right; article 4(1)(f) of the UNFCCC states that all Parties thereto should employ “appropriate methods, for example impacts assessments, formulated and determined nationally with a view to minimising adverse effects on the economy, on public health and on the quality of the environment, of projects or measures undertaken by them to mitigate or adapt climate change”.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) According to the WHO, climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health - clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter - and that 250 000 additional deaths, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress, are expected every year between 2030 and 2050, with extremely high air temperatures contributing directly to deaths particularly amongst the elderly and vulnerable individuals. Through flood, heatwaves, drought and fires, climate change has a considerable impact on human health, including undernutrition, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and vector-borne infections.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Science has proved the interlinkage between health, environmental and climate crisis, notably linked to the consequences of climate change and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystems. Health and sanitary crises such as COVID-19 might multiply in the decades to come and require the EU, as a global player, to implement a global strategy aimed at preventing the development of such episodes, by addressing issues at their root, and promoting an integrated approach based on the sustainable development goals.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The European Climate Law should be people centred and should aim to protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Achieving climate neutrality should require a contribution from all economic sectors including emissions reduction from aviation and maritime transport. In light of the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to a sustainable, affordable and secure energy system relying on a well-functioning internal energy market is essential. The principle of energy sobriety should therefore be promoted. The digital transformation, technological innovation, and research and development, as well as participatory science, are also important drivers for achieving the climate-neutrality objective by fostering the uptake of sustainable solutions.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Union is a global leader in the transition towards climate neutrality, and is determined to help raise global ambition and to strengthen the global response to climate change, using all tools at its disposal, including climate diplomacy. The EU should also reinforce its environmental diplomacy in all international fora, such as the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and international negotiations on the ocean, which play a strong role in reaching international climate goals, in line with the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union and the Member States should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural solutions such as carbon sinks, including ocean and marine ecosystems, forests, soils, agricultural, and wetlands and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union by 2050. The Union-wide 2050 climate- neutrality objective should be pursued and achieved by all Member States collectively, and the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Union should continue its climate action and international climate leadership after 2050, in particular by helping the most vulnerable populations, through its external action and development policy, in order to protect people and the planet against the threat of dangerous climate change, in pursuit of the temperature goals set out in the Paris Agreement and following the scientific recommendations of the IPCC. and the IPBES.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Adaptation is a key component of the long-term global response to climate change. Therefore, Member States and the Union should enhance their adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, as provided for in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement, as well as maximise the co- benefits with other environmental policies and legislation. Member States should adopt comprehensive national adaptation strategies and plans. When adopting their adaptation strategies and plans, Member States should pay special attention to the most vulnerable areas such as coastal areas, islands, and outermost regions, which are particularly impacted by climate change, through natural disasters and extreme weather disturbances, including cyclones, storms, droughts, erosion, heat waves and fires, as well as rising sea level, rising sea surface temperature, flooding of coastal areas, and increasing ocean acidity. Adaptation strategies and plans should encourage nature-based solutions and take due account of the territorial specificities and local knowledge, as well as establish concrete measures to protect marine and coastal ecosystems. Adaptation strategies should also encourage a change of model in vulnerable areas, such as islands, based on environmentally friendly and nature-based solutions. They should enhance self-sufficiency to ensure better living conditions, including sustainable and local agriculture, sustainable management of water, renewable energies, etc., in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, in order to foster their resilience and the protection of their ecosystems.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the well- being of citizens, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC and the IPBES; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost- effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; the need to manage, preserve and restore marine and terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity ; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the quality of life and the well- being of citizens, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost-effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission, in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’, announced its intention to assess and make proposals for increasing the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 to ensure its consistency with the climate-neutrality objective for 2050. In that Communication, the Commission underlined that all Union policies should contribute to the climate-neutrality objective and that all sectors should play their part. It also emphasises that the Green Deal is an integral part of the strategy to implement the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals, which should be at the heart of the EU’s policymaking and action. By September 2020, the Commission should, based on a comprehensive impact assessment and taking into account its analysis of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , review the Union’s 2030 target for climate and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55 60% emission reductions compared with 1990 levels. Where it considers necessary to amend the Union’s 2030 target, it should make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council to amend this Regulation as appropriate. In addition, the Commission should, by 30 June 2021, assess how the Union legislation implementing that target would need to be amended in order to achieve emission reductions of 50 to 55 60% compared to 1990. _________________ 36Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) It is essential to increase the transparency and efficiency of the functioning of the Union’s measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to ensure that these measures are in line with the most up-to-date scientific evidence and the Union’s objectives under the Paris Agreement. To that end, the Commission should present a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council to establish a Union carbon budget, based on cumulative CO2 emission, which sets out the remaining quantity of greenhouse gas emissions in total for the Union economy, that could be emitted without putting at risk the Union’s commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Commission should use the Union carbon budget as a basis when proposing the trajectory for emissions reductions.
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to provide predictability and confidence for all economic actors, including businesses, workers, investors and consumers, to ensure that the transition towards climate neutrality is irreversible, to ensure gradual reduction over time and to assist in the assessment of the consistency of measures and progress with the climate- neutrality objective, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission toCommission should set out a trajectory for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the Union by 2050. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making37 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 37 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The climate footprint of the Union’s consumption is an essential tool to develop to improve the overall consistency of the Union’s climate objectives.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
Recital 23 b (new)
(23b) A fully efficient Union’s climate policy should address carbon leakage and develop the appropriate tools, such as a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, to cope with it and protect our standards and the frontrunners of our industries.
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the irreversible and gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural marine and terrestrial sinks or other sinks in the Union.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Regulation sets out a binding objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 in pursuit of the long-term temperature goal set out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and provides a framework for achieving progress in pursuit of the global adaptation goal established in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Regulation sets out a binding objective of climate neutrality in the Union and in each Member States at the latest by 2050 in pursuit of the long-term temperature goals set out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, and provides a framework for achieving progress in pursuit of the global adaptation goal established in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
This Regulation applies to anthropogenic emissions and removals by natural marine and terrestrial sinks or other sinks of the greenhouse gases listed in Part 2 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – title
Article 2 – title
2 Climate-neutrality and intermediate objectives
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Union-wide emissions and removals of greenhouse gases regulated in Union law shall be balanced in the Union at the latest by 2050, thus reducing emissions to net zero by that date. Each Member State shall reach net zero emissions at the latest by 2050.
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level respectively, to enable the collective achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States and the importance to manage, restore and protect marine and terrestrial biodiversity, ecosystems, and carbon sinks.
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level respectively, to enable the collective achievement of the climate-neutrality objective in the Union and in all Member States set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States.
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By September 2020, the Commission shall review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 iIn light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore optthe Union’s for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55%shall be 60% of domestic emission reductions compared to 1990. Where the Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate.
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By 30 September 2023, the Commission shall, in light of the climate- neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) set a Union 2040 target of at least 80% emission reductions compared to 1990.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. The Commission shall design by 30 June 2021 an indicator to monitor the evolution of the reduction of the Union’s climate footprint on the basis of data provided by the European Environment Agency. By 30 June 2023, the Commission shall assess the Union’s climate footprint and bring forward proposals to reduce it such that by 2030 it is consistent with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how all the Union legislation implementingrelevant to the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared to 1990the target set out in paragraph 3 of this Article, and to achieve the climate-neutrality-objective set out in paragraph 1 of this Article 2(1), and consider taking the necessary measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties amending Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulations (EU) 2018/841 and (EU) 2018/842, Directives 2012/27/EU and (EU) 2018/2001, Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and Council Directive 2003/96/EC1b, in accordance with the Treaties. _________________ 1aRegulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 13). 1bCouncil Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (OJ L 283 31.10.2003, p. 51).
Amendment 496 #
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how the Union legislation implementing the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 5560 % emission reductions compared to 1990 and to achieve the climate-neutrality-objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider taking the necessary measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties. In particular, the Commission shall propose to include specific sectors that are still not contributing to the EU climate objectives, such as maritime transport and tourism.
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9 to supplement this Regulation by setting out aBy 30 September 2023, the Commission shall assess and design on the basis of the criteria set out in paragraph 3 trajectory at Union level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) until 2050 and make a corresponding legislative proposal to that effect. At the latest within six months after each global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall review the trajectory. The Commission shall make, where appropriate, a legislative proposal to adjust the trajectory.
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. When setting a trajectory in accordance with paragraph 1, the Commission shall considertake into account the following criteria:
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point -a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point -a (new)
(-a) the Union carbon budget provided for in Article 3a;
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
(ab) the social, economic and environmental costs of inaction and insufficient action;
Amendment 623 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) best available technology, while respecting the concept of technological neutrality and the need for research in or investments to mature new, promising technology in all sectors;
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) energy efficiency, energy sobriety, energy affordability and security of supply;
Amendment 661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) benefits for the health and the quality of life of European Citizens
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) the need to manage, protect and restore marine and terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity, ensure environmental effectiveness and progression over time;
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) the prevention of possible carbon leakage;
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
(j) the best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC and IPBES.
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) ensuring stable, long lasting and climate effective natural sinks over time.
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j b (new)
(jb) inter-relationship and trade-offs between Union measures on adaptation and mitigation
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j c (new)
(jc) the progress of relevant sectors;
Amendment 748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Union carbon budget 1. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall establish a Union carbon budget based on cumulative CO2 emissions and make legislative proposals to the European Parliament and the Council as appropriate. 2. The Union carbon budget shall set out the remaining quantity of greenhouse gas emissions in total for the Union economy that could be emitted without putting at risk the Union’s commitments under the Paris Agreement. 3. The Commission shall use the Union carbon budget as a basis when setting a trajectory in accordance with Article 3(1) and when making the assessments referred to in Articles 5 and 6.
Amendment 753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a European Committee on Climate Change 1. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall set up the European Committee on Climate Change (ECCC), an independent scientific advisory body on climate change, consisting of a network of existing national independent expert advisory bodies and composed of one senior representative by national body. All Members States are encouraged to install such independent expert advisory bodies. In order to avoid duplication of work, the European Environmental Agency (EEA) shall serve as the secretariat of the ECCC. 2. The ECCC can initiate and produce any reports, analysis and recommendations relevant to contribute to achieve the European Union climate’ objectives. The ECCC shall assess any European policies with the Union’s climate objectives.
Amendment 760 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall meet national and Union objectives for climate adaptation, and shall ensure continuous progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change in accordance with Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 765 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall develop and implement adaptation strategies and plans that include comprehensive local risk management frameworks, taking into account the specificities of territories, based on robust climate and vulnerability baselines and progress assessments and based on the management, restoration and protection of marine and terrestrial ecosystems to enhance their resilience, as well as, on nature-based solutions. These strategies and plans shall include measures in line with the national and Union objectives on climate adaptation.
Amendment 774 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ask beneficiaries of its financial instruments in high emitting sectors, including projects supported by the European Investment Bank, to carry out a climate adaptation stress test. The list of the concerned beneficiaries and the turnover threshold to be applied shall be set out by delegated acts within six months after the entry into force of this Regulation. Where the beneficiary fails the climate adaptation stress test, they shall not be eligible to the Union’s financial instrument. The Commission shall provide guidance to beneficiaries, based on the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change and the European Environment Agency’s data on how to align an investment project with climate adaptation requirements. Such guidance shall use appropriately the criteria established by [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment].
Amendment 779 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. As part of its report under Article 14(2) of Directive 2014/89/EU, the Commission shall assess Member States’ maritime spatial plans in light of an ecosystem-based approach and make recommendations as appropriate to address climate adaptation changes in marine and coastal areas.
Amendment 789 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 30 SeptemberJune 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall assess, together with the assessment foreseen under Article 29(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999:
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the progress made by each Member State and the collective progress made by all Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory to be established as referred to in Article 3(1) and the intermediate objective set out in Article 2(3); where the trajectory is not available, the assessment shall be made on the basis of the criteria set out in Article 3(3) and the 2030 climate target;
Amendment 795 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the collective progress made by all Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1); and the intermediate objectives set out in Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a).
Amendment 806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the progress made by each Member State and the collective progress made by all Member States on adaptation as referred to in Article 4.
Amendment 820 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 822 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 30 SeptemberJune 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall review:
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the consistency of Union measures with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1); and the intermediate objectives set out in Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a).
Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Where, based on the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission finds that Union measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) and the intermediate objectives set out in Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, or that the progress towards either the climate-neutrality objective or on adaptation as referred to in Article 4 is insufficient, it shall take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties, at the same time as the review of the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1).
Amendment 857 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. On this basis, the Commission will assess every 3 years whether the EU is on track to meet its 2030 targets of 60% emission reduction or whether stronger actions, including EU legislation, are needed.
Amendment 860 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess anythe alignment of draft measure or legislative proposal, in light ofcluding multiannual financial frameworks of the Union, any guidelines, including guidelines on State aid, with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) and the intermediate objective set out in Article 2(3) before adoption, and include this analysis in any impact assessment accompanying these measures or proposals, and make the result of that assessment public at. Where the guideline, draft measure or legislative proposal is not consistent with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) and the intermediate objectives set out in Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a), the Commission shall make corrective measures before the time of adoption.
Amendment 861 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess anythe alignment of all Union draft measures or legislative proposal in light ofs with the climate- neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) once the trajectory is established, as well as the Union carbon budget set out in Article 3a, before adoption, and include this analysis in any impact assessment accompanying these measures or proposals, and make the result of that assessment public at the time of adoption. By applying climate proofing, the Commission shall ensure that all measures and legislative proposals are aligned with, or not in conflict with, the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1).
Amendment 874 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where the Commission gives its approval to a state aid request by a Member State in accordance with Article 108 TFEU, the Commission shall include provisions in its decision where the beneficiaries shall report every year on how they align their activities with the objectives set out in Article 2(1), Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a).
Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall use this assessment to promote the exchange of best practices and to identify actions to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation.
Amendment 876 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Where the Commission makes recommendations to the Council regarding the authorisation to open trade negotiations under Article 207 TFEU, the Commission shall include provisions to make the Paris Agreement an essential element of all future trade and investment agreements. The Commission shall demonstrate that a trade or investment agreement does not conflict with the objectives set out in Articles 2(1), 2(3) and 2(3a) before concluding a political agreement with a third country.
Amendment 887 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the consistency of national measures identified, on the basis of the National Energy and Climate Plans or the Biennial, national long-term strategies or Progress Reports submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as relevant for the achievement of and the CAP Strategic Plans submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXXX/XXXX [2018/0216(COD)] of the European Parliament and of the Council as relevant for the achievement of the 2030 target set out in Article 2(3), Article 2(3a) and the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 902 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the adequacy and effectiveness of relevant national measures to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4.
Amendment 912 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
On this basis, the Commission shall assess every 3 years whether the Union is on track to meet its 2030 targets of 60% emission reduction or whether stronger actions, including EU legislation, are needed.
Amendment 915 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the progress made by each Member State and the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with thate Union’s climate-neutrality objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) once the trajectory is established, or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it mayshall issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available at the moment it issues the recommendation.
Amendment 919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it mayshall issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available at the moment it issues the recommendations.
Amendment 928 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall use this assessment to promote the exchange of best practices and to identify actions to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation.
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) if a Member State fails to comply with its obligations under point (a), fails to take due account of the recommendations referred to in point (c) or fails to implement the strategy and measures adopted in response to the recommendation, the Commission shall take the appropriate measures in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 946 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) the Commission shall take the necessary measures, including introducing sanctions or suspensions of financial EU-support for the failure to achieve of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 947 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By 2021, the Commission shall develop a climate indicator to assess the consistency of the structure of Member States’ economic and budget plan with the objectives set out in Article 2(1), Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a). The Commission shall use the European Semester to provide Member States with annual communication to align the structure of their economic and budget plan with the objectives set out in Article 2(1), Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a). The Commission shall use the criteria established by [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment] to carry out the assessment mentioned in this paragraph. Within its communication, the Commission shall disclose for each Member States which part of economic and budget plan that is taxonomy compliant and in which category.
Amendment 957 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) European statistics and data, including data on losseenvironmental losses and premature deaths from adverse climate impacts, where available; and
Amendment 966 #
(d) best available scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC and IPBES; and
Amendment 977 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By June 2021, the Commission shall adopt an updated tracking methodology to monitor and report trends regarding capital flows towards sustainable investment as per the taxonomy regulation (EU) 2020 /… [Taxonomy Regulation] of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2020/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L …).
Amendment 1016 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Access to justice 1. For the purposes of actions for annulment taken under Article 263 of the Treaty, individuals shall be considered to be directly and individually concerned by: (a) the trajectory for achieving carbon neutrality adopted under Article 3 and before the Court of Justice of the EU. (b) any acts adopted by the EU as a result of the Commission’s review under Article 3(1) or in response to proposals made by the Commission under Article 5(4).’ 2. Where a Member State fails to comply with the terms of a recommendation issued by the Commission under Article 6(2), Member States shall ensure that individuals have access to justice at national level to seek the judicial review of that inaction consistent with the access to justice requirements of the Aarhus Convention.
Amendment 1019 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9