32 Amendments of Clare DALY related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency,
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
- having regard to the 2017 WHO report, entitled 'Assessing the economic costs of unhealthy diets and low physical activity: an evidence review and proposed framework',
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the FAO report entitled 'Natural Capital Impacts in Agriculture, 2015', on harmful environmental external costs for food consumption, double the global market value of food 1a, __________________ 1a http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/nr /sustainability_pathways/docs/Natural_Ca pital_Impacts_in_Agriculture_final.pdf
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
Citation 24 b (new)
- having regard to the 2020 edition of the report of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA 2020),
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 c (new)
Citation 24 c (new)
- having regard to the decision of the European Ombudsman in case 640/2019/FP on the transparency of the Council of the European Union’s decision-making process leading to the adoption of annual regulations setting fishing quotas (total allowable catches),
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 d (new)
Citation 24 d (new)
- having regard to the UN FAO 2018 report entitled 'The 10 Elements of Agroecology: Guiding the Transition to Sustainable Food and Agricultural Systems',
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 e (new)
Citation 24 e (new)
- having regard to 'A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy',
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to radically transform in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas IPBES estimates that 90% of land is projected to be significantly altered by 2050 and 75% of land has already been significantly altered; whereas 85% of wetlands areas have already been lost;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas it has been over two years since the IPCC released its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, which stated that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU; whereas the number of farms in the EU decreased by about one quarter in the relatively short period between 2005 and 2016; https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Farms_and_farmlan d_in_the_European_Union_- _statistics#The_evolution_of_farms_and_ farmland_from_2005_to_2016
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the food and beverage sector is a big contributor to the plastic waste; whereas increasing on-the-go consumption of food and drink is fuelling the growth of ‘single use plastics’;
Amendment 539 #
1a. Considers that all impact assessments from the Commission should include the costs of non-action and include robust environmental impact assessment;
Amendment 575 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; to this end, calls for the mainstreaming of agroecological practice in EU agriculture and calls on the Commission to set a target of 50% of EU agricultural area to be managed through agroecological systems, including organic farming, by 2050; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 660 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to propose a binding EU target of a minimum 30% reduction target for its food consumption footprint by 2030, using a 2020 baseline;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 812 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to revise the Industrial Emissions Directive Framework and to replace the Best Available Techniques Reference Document (BREF) on Intensive Rearing of Pigs and Poultry with a BREF for Sustainable Livestock Rearing;
Amendment 946 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and binding, science- based targets to ensure progressivethe necessary reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors to limit global warming to 1.5°C;
Amendment 1090 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; demands that CAP support shall only be granted to farms that stay within a defined maximum livestock stocking density for a given river basin as defined in Directive 2000/60/EC; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people at all times and underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; encourages the Commission to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the transition to sustainable food systems is a Just Transition that addresses inequalities and is inclusive and participatory.
Amendment 1351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Demands that the Council of the European Union proactively make public all documents related to the adoption of TAC regulations, in line with the European Ombudsman’s recommendation in case 640/2019/FP;
Amendment 1354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to support the transition to low-impact fisheries, including banning destructive fishing practices, non-selective fishing gear and by-catch of sensitive species; calls on the Commission to prohibit fishing with bottom-contacting gear and other industrial and destructive activities within Marine Protected Areas;
Amendment 1358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Amendment 1862 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; highlights that Europeans ate 69.3kg of meat per capita in 2018 1a; recalls that a sustainable, healthy diet requires a maximum consumption of 16kg of meat per capita per annum 1b; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets; calls on the Commission to set measurable targets to reduce the consumption of meat in the EU; _________________ 1aEuropean Agricultural Outlook 2018- 2030 Report, 2018. 1bEAT Lancet Commission 2019 report Food in The Anthropocene: the EAT- Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems
Amendment 2076 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Acknowledges that consumers want less packaging on their food and are very receptive to packaging-free food; calls for measures to incentivise and promote alternative food distribution models, particularly buying in bulk, buying loose, and rewarding the reuse of food containers; calls on the Commission to present legal proposals to reduce food packaging;
Amendment 2084 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Stresses that food packaging is not required on all food products and that only certain food products (liquids, moist items) actually have justified food safety or convenience reasons for packaging; in this regard, considers that food packaging has a limited role in relation to food safety; believes that food safety in general is best guaranteed through short-supply chains;
Amendment 2087 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Amendment 2089 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Believes that food should not be treated as a commodity and that we should move towards decommodifying food and considering it a public good; believes that the commodification of food and global capitalism has led to the situation we have today of a world of extreme hunger and malnutrition existing with extremes of obesity, unhealthy diets and diet-related diseases;
Amendment 2090 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Calls on Member States to ban mink farming; calls on the Commission to soon introduce an EU-wide ban on mink farming if this is not done at national level;
Amendment 2091 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24f. Recalls the intrinsic link of our food systems with pandemics; believes our current global food systems are contributing significantly to the outbreak of pandemics and there is a need to address them systematically;
Amendment 2092 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 g (new)
Paragraph 24 g (new)
24g. Welcomes the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 (the new Transparency Regulation), which is a direct response to the successful European Citizens' Initiative, "Stop Glyphosate", which seeks to improve the transparency of risk assessment in the food chain, and in particular to strengthen the reliability, objectivity and independence of the studies used by EFSA;
Amendment 2246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls with great sadness the Amazon rainforest fires 2019 and believes that European food systems are entwined in the root cause of these fires; reiterates that the production of GMOs is a key driver of deforestation, particularly in Brazil and Argentina, and reiterates its belief that the importation of GMOs into the Union should be ended; reiterates that meat consumption, even within the Union, contributes to deforestation outside the Union by way of increasing demand for cheap GMO animal feed, particularly imports of GM soybean; calls on the Commission to swiftly take up the Parliament's call for an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation;