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7 Amendments of Catherine CHABAUD related to 2021/2187(INI)

Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that access to water is adrinking water and sanitation are vital imperatives and a fundamental rights;
2021/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Council's conclusions of 19 November 2021 on water diplomacy in the EU's external action and agrees with them in that 'water is a prerequisite for human survival and dignity and a fundamental basis for the resilience of both societies and the environment';
2021/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the European Union to promote a rights-based approach to access to water and sanitation in its external action in accordance with the UN-declared Water Action Decade 2018-2028, and in keeping with Sustainable Development Goal 6, particularly at the next World Water Forum, in Dakar, and the high-level international conference on water in Dushanbe in 2022 and the high- level UN conference on the Water Action Decade in New York in 2023;
2021/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that water resources in coastal areas may be severely curtailed by rising sea levels as a result of climate change, as well as by diffuse pollution and refuse; calls, therefore, on the EU to conduct its water governance in a manner consistent with its waste and effluent management policies;
2021/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Draws attention to the major geostrategic dimension of water, which can give rise to sudden conflict and forced displacement; calls for local economic development to be fostered and for coastal communities dependent on marine resources to be strengthened; further calls on the Commission to promote regional cooperation on the shared management of water resources around the 286 transboundary river basins;
2021/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. CallsRecalls that agriculture accounts for 70% to 90% of water use in the world and that access to water is also an energy- use challenge (both in terms of production and extraction); calls, therefore, for coordinated and coherent 7. water management in developing countries with regard to its various uses (agriculture, energy production, industry, etc.), and calls on the European Union to provide better support to developing countries for sustainable water management; stresses the importance of fostering better energy management as well as reuse solutions for treated wastewater to limit freshwater consumption by means of wastewater treatment;
2021/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need to support small projects, including those in rural areas, and to pay particular attention to women and, who in developing countries are often responsible for fetching water and are severely impacted by the economic and social consequences of climate change, as well as to the most vulnerable local communities as regards access to water and sanitation.
2021/12/20
Committee: DEVE