Activities of Leila CHAIBI related to 2020/0036(COD)
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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law)
Amendments (41)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) The Covid-19 crisis has led to a very significant decrease in greenhouse gas emissions demonstrating that it is possible to meet the UN Environment Programme's recommendation of a 7,6% annual emissions reduction4a to contribute to limiting global warming to the 1.5°C goal in the Paris Agreement. Nevertheless, this has been done without any systemic changes and without any planning and anticipation, which can lead to possible rebound effects and dramatic social consequences. Therefore, it is crucial to use this unique opportunity to radically change the production and consumption models and to put forward a democratic and social planning of the ecological transition. _________________ 4a UN Environment Programme, Emissions Gap Report, 2019
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The transition to climate neutrality requires changes across the entire policy spectrum and a collective effort of all sectors of the economy and society, as illustrated by the Commission in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’. The European Council, in its Conclusions of 12 December 2019, stated that all relevant Union legislation and policies need to be consistent with, and contribute to, the fulfilment of the climate- neutrality objective while respecting a level playing field, and invited the Commission to examine whether this requires an adjustment of the existing rules. Therefore, the Commission should assess the carbon footprint of major transport and energy infrastructure projects, taking into account the whole life cycle, including indirect emissions and should consider alternatives that take into account the global decrease of energy consumption as well as passenger and goods transports.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) Civil disobedience when public institutions fail to sufficiently reduce greenhouse gas emissions should be considered as a necessity and an example.
Amendment 184 #
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 CommissionCommission should assess the progress made and make legislative proposals to 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 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) Emissions from the transport sector have continuously increased since 1990, showing the failure of the measures based solely on new technologies without addressing the continuous increase of goods and passengers transport. General decrease of transportation in order to reduce emissions should be pursued through, in particular, ending the offshoring of value-added chains through free-trade agreements and the reshoring of productions, limitation to mass tourism and the development of local and sustainable tourism.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) The Commission should present as soon as possible and by spring 2021 at the latest a framework to favour the development of passenger rail transport, including night trains, to offer a comfortable and credible alternative to short-haul flights. This would encompass issues regarding taxation and environmental externalities, investment in renewed rail stocks through European funds, and cooperation between operators from timings to bookings in order to make travel by train enjoyable and affordable.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
Recital 23 b (new)
(23 b) The Commission should present as soon as possible and by spring 2021 at the latest a comprehensive set of legislation to reduce emissions from air transport taking into account the overall impact of emissions on climate change, especially the radiative effect which can double the impact on climate change. The Commission should focus on the general decrease of air transport rather than on hypothetical technological breakthrough and put forward a plan to phase out harmful “biofuels”.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 c (new)
Recital 23 c (new)
(23 c) The Commission should start as soon as possible, and by spring 2021 at the latest, an evaluation of the ecological sustainability of all short-haul and taxi flights carried in the European Union sky, taking into account the availability and potential development of alternative transports, especially rail. This evaluation should then be used as groundwork for a legislative proposal in order to limit those flights when other viable alternatives exist.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 d (new)
Recital 23 d (new)
(23 d) The Commission should present as soon as possible, and at the latest by spring 2021, a comprehensive set of legislation to reduce emissions from maritime transport, focusing on the general decrease of maritime transport rather than on hypothetical technological breakthrough and put forward a plan to phase out harmful “biofuels”.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the irreversible and gradualpid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural or other sinks in the Union.
Amendment 213 #
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 20540 in pursuit of the long-term temperature goal set out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement to limit 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 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
This Regulation applies to anthropogenic emissions and removals by natural or other sinks of the greenhouse gases listed in Part 2 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – title
Article 2 – title
2 Climate-neutrality objectives
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Union-wide emissions, including Unions-related emissions from international maritime and air transport, embedded emissions and removals of greenhouse gases regulated in Union law shall be balanced at the latest by 20540, thus reducing emissions to net zero by that date; this measure applies to each Member State.
Amendment 232 #
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 and individual achievements of the climate- neutrality objectives set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States, social cohesion and protection of vulnerable citizens.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By September 2020, the Commission shall reviewIn light of objectives set out in article 2(1), the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55% 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 appropriateshall be set to be emission reductions of 70% compared to 1990.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
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 55 70% 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.
Amendment 285 #
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 2025, the Commission shall assess the trajectory at Union level to achieve the climate- neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) until 2050. 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 and make legislative proposals.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) the best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC;
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
(a b) international developments and efforts undertaken to achieve the long- term objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) best available technologtechnology based on a very low use of energy and natural resources, robustness, recyclability and broad accessibility;
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h
(h) the need to ensure a just and socially fair transition, ensuring employees professional reconversion mechanisms towards sustainable sectors while maintaining and upgrading current salary levels;
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
(h a) Union responsibility for historical emissions, which can be seen as a climate debt, and its technological and economical resources;
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point i
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess any draft measure or legislative proposal in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), as well as the carbon footprint of major infrastructure projects taking account the whole life cycle, including indirect emissions, as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) 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.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The Commission shall assess the overall impacts of “biofuels” from first, second and third generations: greenhouse emissions related to land use change and deforestation, greenhouse emissions related to “biofuels” transport, loss of natural sinks, loss of biodiversity, land grabbing, competition with subsistence agriculture and increase of vital food prices. The Commission and Member States shall accordingly re-evaluate their financial support to “biofuels” and put forward plans to phase them out.
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. The Commission shall bring forward proposals to phase out direct and indirect EU and national support for fossil fuels.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. The Commission shall put forward a methodology to include embedded emissions in EU and Member States emissions balances in order to reflect the overall global carbon footprint.
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledging the huge responsibility of fossil fuel industry on climate change, covering their responsibilities in it and denying its effect, representatives of this industry shall not be authorised to participate to climate-related legislative making process, Furthermore, EU institutions and Member States shall prohibit all forms of fossil fuels promotion and sponsorship.
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a Review The Commission shall, six months after each global stocktake as referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, conduct a review of all elements of this Regulation, in the light of the most recent scientific evidence to achieve the long- term objectives of the Paris Agreement and submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals.
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Within a year after adoption of the current legislation, the Commission shall assess the needed 2030 target for reducing methane emissions, from all sources including biogenic sources, to enable the achievement of the climate-neutrality objectives set out in article 2. Within a year after adoption of the current legislation, the Commission shall propose policy options for rapidly reducing methane emissions from all sources, including biogenic sources, and shall put forward a Union strategic plan for methane in line with the Article 16 of Regulation 2018/1999 article.
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Within a year after adoption of the current legislation, the Commission shall assess the needed 2030 target for reducing nitrous oxide emissions from all sources, to enable the achievement of the climate- neutrality objectives set out in Article 2. Within a year after adoption of the current legislation, the Commission shall propose policy options for rapidly reducing nitrous oxide emissions from all sources and shall put forward a Union strategic plan for nitrous oxide.
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Within a year after adoption of the current legislation, the Commission shall assess the needed 2030 target for reducing CO2 emission from each land accounting category as referred in Article 2 of the Regulation 2018/841, to enable the achievement of the climate-neutrality objectives set out in article 2. Within a year after adoption of the current legislation, the Commission shall propose policy options for rapidly reducing CO2 emission from each land accounting category as referred in Article 2 of the Regulation 2018/841 and shall put forward a Union strategic plan for these emissions.
Amendment 873 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In order to ensure continuous progress towards the achievement of climate neutrality set out in articles 1and 2, the Commission and the Member States shall fully take into account the obligations set out in the Article 3(b) of Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and in Article 3, paragraph 1 and Article 4 of Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment as with a view to address the greenhouse gas emissions of public and private projects during their whole life cycle, such as those occurring in the construction and operational phase and including indirect emissions in a project’s value chain. In addition, any energy and transport infrastructure projects must, upon independent assessment, be deemed consistent with the 2030, 2050 and possibly 2040 climate objectives and coherent with the Union objective of building a fully renewables- based, highly resource and energy- efficient, climate-neutral and circular economy.
Amendment 904 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the consistency of national measures for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and for the sequestration of carbon on agricultural land, implemented through CAP Strategic Plans submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) [XX] establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans), as relevant for the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2 with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 909 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall submit the conclusions of that assessment, together with the State of the Energy Union Report prepared in the respective calendar year in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and in the relevant year together with the performance assessment as required under Article 128 of Regulation (EU) [XX] establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans), to the European Parliament and to the Council.