Activities of Frances FITZGERALD related to 2020/2134(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the effects of climate change on human rights and the role of environmental defenders on this matter
Amendments (4)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that developing countries, including Small Island Developing States (SIDS), are the most exposed to climate change, and that their human rights activists and environmental defenders are particularly subjected to threats, repression and judicial persecution for defending their land, heritage and environment from the consequences of the exploitation of natural resourcesclimate change;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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2. Is deeply concerned about the increased criminalisation and persecution of environmental activists in developing countries by governments, ands well as their intimidation by some multinational companies, that are, in some places, investing in the exploitation of natural, non- renewable resources, thus contributing to deforestation, loss of biodiversity and human rights violations, mostly affecting indigenous peoples;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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3. Believes that in the next few years the impact of climate change will force many to move due to necessity as their land is no longer habitable, and as such, will create more environmental migrants from developing countries, and; to that in order to better protect their human rights,end and to ensure that human rights and dignity are preserved, international recognition of environmental refugee status needs international recogniconsideration;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses the proven benefits for companies of having effective responsible business conduct practices in place, which include better risk-management; lower cost of capital; overall better financial performance; and enhanced competitiveness; Emphasises that due diligence is primarily a preventative mechanism and companies should be first and foremost required to identify risks or adverse impacts and adopt policies and measures to address them; Stresses that should an undertaking cause or contribute to an adverse impact it should provide for a remedy and should be subject to corporate accountability for such impacts; Emphasises that corporate accountability, including for harms linked to an undertaking’s operations, is necessary to ensure undertakings are incentivised to undertake due diligence and for due diligence to be effective; Deems that the introduction of binding EU legislation on business due diligence can help improve the defence of human rights and compliance with environmental standards in the fight against climate change in developing countries; calls on the Commission to continue working towards the approval of the UN binding treaty for transnational corporations on human rights; stresses however that this should apply to all undertakings operating in the EU Single Market;