54 Amendments of Clare DALY related to 2020/2273(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the IPCC reports, particularly the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC), the Special Report on climate change and land (SRCCL), and the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (SR15),
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (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 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (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 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas humans are part of nature and not separate from it;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the planet has thresholds for the pressures it is able to contain; whereas endless economic growth logic does not respect planetary boundaries and 'sustainable growth' poses the exact same problem; whereas the planned future of economic growth constitutes only more pressures on the planet which it cannot contain;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that all GDP ultimately relies on nature and natural resources and believes it is very sad that the Commission feels the need to provide a business case for biodiversity in order to protect it; fundamentally believes that the value of nature is not limited to its use or exchange value to humans;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that capitalism ignores and ultimately destroys ecological systems and that nature-society relations under capitalism lead to self-destruction; is highly critical of environmental economic valuation schemes and believes that the EU must not advocate for natural capital accounting;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for specific measures to address biodiversity loss outside protected nature areas;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates that the Common Agricultural Policy should be fully in line with the EU’s increased climate and biodiversity ambitions, and should take into account the objective of reducing the Union’s global footprint, including reducing unsustainable land use and ending land-grabbing in third countries;
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that soils waste accounted for more than 520 million tonnes in the EU in 2018; suggests therefore to set a material recovery target for excavated soils as a way to restore degraded soils;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Highlights that a sustainable use of soil must rely on a comprehensive monitoring of soil quality; suggests as a result mandatory soil diagnosis and tracing to guarantee a safe, sustainable and circular use of European soils.
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; strongly regrets that Parliament’s CAP Strategic Plan Regulation text sets a mandatory minimum target of just 5% of arable land, not 10% of agricultural area, at farm level, to be devoted to non-productive features or areas; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;
Amendment 574 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Demands that the Council of the European Union proactively make public all documents related to the adoption of total allowable catch (TAC) regulations, in line with the European Ombudsman’s recommendation in case 640/2019/FP;
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission to propose legislative measures to define and prohibit supertrawlers from engaging in fishing related activity in EU waters;
Amendment 710 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for a ban on the active substance glyphosate, due to its serious impacts on human and animal health, soil health, and ecosystems;
Amendment 843 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Strongly regrets that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Bee Guidance Document on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees has not been formally adopted by Member State governments in the Standing Committee on Plant, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF);
Amendment 844 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Expresses serious concern that as part of the current review of the 2013 Bee Guidance Document by the European Food Safety Authority, at a workshop on 30 June 2020 and again at a Standing Committee on Plant, Animals, Food and Feed meeting on 16/17 July 2020, a majority of Member States opted to support Approach 2 for the protection of pollinators, which is based on the BEEHAVE model, uses a flawed method of calculating natural background colony size, ignores solitary bees, and only briefly addresses bumblebees;
Amendment 925 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Regrets that some Member States are allocating no money from the recovery plans to biodiversity and nature- based solutions;
Amendment 954 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls for specific measures to address the embedded biodiversity impacts of the EU's trade relations; calls on the Commission to produce a detailed report in this regard;
Amendment 986 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Strongly believes that the value of nature cannot be measured and urges the Commission not to attempt to quantify the value of nature, as this will only lead to it becoming monetised and subject to cost- benefit analysis;
Amendment 987 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Supports the Commission in taking a life-cycle approach in measuring the environmental footprint of products and organisations on the environment;
Amendment 988 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Believes that the proposed international natural capital accounting initiative would be extremely detrimental to protection of biodiversity; calls on the Commission to immediately abandon such plans;
Amendment 990 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Urges the Member States - on the basis of the precautionary principle and the principle that preventive action should betaken, and taking into account the risks and the negative climate, environmental and biodiversity impacts involved in hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of unconventional hydrocarbons - not to authorise any new hydraulic fracturing operations in the EU and to halt all existing operations;
Amendment 998 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Deplores the idea of 'user pays' principle and points to how such consumption taxes disproportionately affect low- and middle-income earners, providing a right to overexploit to those who can afford it;
Amendment 1006 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Believes that shifting the tax burden from labour to pollution gives a free pass to the richest in society and disproportionately affects workers and low- and middle-income earners who are locked into systems which cannot be changed through consumer choice;
Amendment 1007 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Points to how discriminatory a 'user pays' principle is, with the example of right to water; believes that water as a resource can be effectively protected and used sustainably, not by charging people for water usage, but by addressing leakages, modernising appliances, redistributive policies for socio-economic equality, and addressing food systems, particularly meat and dairy, among many other policy actions; considers that such a 'user pays' principle serves only to further enshrine neoliberalism into the EU;
Amendment 1009 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Calls on the Commission to take action on sustainable corporate procurement;
Amendment 1036 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the proposal for a new Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity; believes this can be an effective tool in monitoring and implementing this strategy;
Amendment 1045 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Welcomes the new EU Soil Observatory; believes that data collection, accessible information and public awareness about soil health is essential for their sustainable use;
Amendment 1049 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Believes that environmental education must be an integral part of the education of all; calls on Member States to integrate environmental education comprehensively into their school curricula and practices;
Amendment 1064 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Regrets the dire state of fish stocks across the globe; welcomes that the Biodiversity Strategy commits the EU to applying zero tolerance towards illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and combatting overfishing; calls also on the EU to tackle harmful fishing practices; supports the call for a global agreement to ban harmful fisheries subsidies and calls therefore for appropriate revisions in the EU fisheries policies; takes stock of the environmental impact of the EU's Fisheries Partnership Agreements (FPAs);
Amendment 1080 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Underlines that deep-sea mining always does serious harm to the environment; believes that marine minerals in the international seabed should not be exploited unless they are of critical importance; calls on the EU to advocate this approach at the International Seabed Authority;
Amendment 1108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underscores that better assessment of the impact of biodiversity on trade agreements will be useless unless biodiversity provisions are substantially strengthened; calls on the Commission to show willingness to ambitiously revisit biodiversity provisions in all trade agreements;
Amendment 1114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Welcomes the commitment to increase financial flows to developing countries for biodiversity; believes the sovereignty of developing states must be respected and that such financial support should not be used for geopolitical or economic purposes or as a form of neocolonialism;
Amendment 1117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Supports the One Health Approach and urges the Commission and Member States to advocate this at all international fora;
Amendment 1125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030, which deals with the full plastics economy including a cap on new plastic production;
Amendment 1137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to promote ambition at international fora, by showing it through its own commitments and through its assistance to others, particularly Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries; believes the EU should acknowledge and act on its environmental responsibilities by setting a credible and ambitious example; stresses that the best form of environmental diplomacy is by showing global leadership and solidarity, including leadership on biodiversity through the Convention on Biological Diversity;
Amendment 1148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Stresses the very much overlooked environmental impact that EU Member States have through their military operations and trade in arms, and underlines how this contributes significantly to environmental degradation worldwide; calls for the Commission to assess the environmental impact of PESCO and Member State militaries; believes that demilitarisation must be part of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 1149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Whereas the EU must uphold the principle of equity in its multilateral dealings and ensure that it acts in good faith with less powerful states;
Amendment 1150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Underlines that the territories of the world’s 370 million indigenous people cover 24 % of land worldwide and contain 80 % of the world’s biodiversity; believes that indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is crucial to effectively protecting biodiversity and that indigenous voices must always be heard on national and international fora on biodiversity;
Amendment 1151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 e (new)
Paragraph 29 e (new)
29e. Believes that international carbon market mechanisms under the Paris Agreement must be designed in a way to ensure they do no harm to local communities and their biodiversity; calls on the EU and the Member States to advocate robust rights-based social and environmental safeguards, including Free Prior and Informed Consent, and a ‘do no harm’ principle, as well as grievance mechanisms governed by an independent body and supervisory bodies free from conflict of interest for all international carbon market mechanisms, and to ensure in particular that all Article 6 mechanisms fully respect and protect the rights of local communities; reiterates its support for the establishment of a share of proceeds to provide financial support to those populations most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change;
Amendment 1152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 f (new)
Paragraph 29 f (new)
29f. Recalls the ‘do no harm’ principle under the European Green Deal, and urges the Commission to rapidly ensure the full consistency of existing and future trade and investment agreements and other global regulations with the international environmental and climate goals, in particular the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 1153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 g (new)
Paragraph 29 g (new)
29g. Reiterates its support for the end of EU exports of waste, an enhanced circular economy worldwide and the introduction of a global ban on single-use plastics;
Amendment 1154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 h (new)
Paragraph 29 h (new)
29 h. Stresses that meeting our climate objectives should never happen at the expense of biodiversity; believes that bioenergy policy requires strict environmental and social criteria in order to prevent land-grabbing and deforestation; in this light, calls on the Union and the Member States to lead the initiative at the next UN General Assembly for the global recognition of the right to a healthy environment;
Amendment 1155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 i (new)
Paragraph 29 i (new)
29 i. Stresses that climate change and environmental degradation increasingly interact with the drivers of human displacement, since populations are being forcibly displaced from their homes by the effects of climate change, environmental degradation and disasters; points out that, due to climate change and biodiversity loss, such crises will multiply in the decades to come unless swift and effective action is taken now; stresses that the EU must be ready for climate-induced displacement and displacement from environmental degradation and disasters and recognises the need for adequate measures to be taken to protect the human rights of affected populations;
Amendment 1156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 j (new)
Paragraph 29 j (new)
29 j. Notes the IPCC Technical Paper V on Climate Change and Biodiversity from April 2002; urges the EU and the Member States to call for an IPCC Special Report on biodiversity and climate change;
Amendment 1157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 k (new)
Paragraph 29 k (new)
29 k. Endorses the position expressed in the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) that exports of crops, deforestation, and other transfers of resources from developing countries have contributed to the deterioration of nature, while importing developed countries and rapidly growing developing countries often decrease nature degradation nationally; calls on the EU to pay specific attention, in the context of the external dimension of the Biodiversity Strategy, to developing countries and their populations, as they are territories with high biodiversity;
Amendment 1158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 l (new)
Paragraph 29 l (new)
29 l. Recalls that indigenous peoples are active agents of environmental conservation; recalls that the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land recognises that indigenous peoples and local communities play a critical role in stewarding and safeguarding the world’s lands and forests and preventing climate change, and that strengthening their rights is a crucial solution in the context of the climate crisis; also recalls the statement in the IPBES Global Assessment Report that nature is generally declining less rapidly on indigenous peoples’ land than on other lands; emphasises the interdependence of nature, economy and society and, in particular, the direct effects that biodiversity loss has on indigenous communities and the acute existential threat that many of them face;
Amendment 1160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 m (new)
Paragraph 29 m (new)
29 m. Calls for greater international support for indigenous peoples’ collective rights to land, territories and resources, which would contribute to limiting global warming and biodiversity loss since the territories of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples cover 24 % of land worldwide and contain 80 % of the world’s biodiversity; believes this will contribute to combating the degradation of ecosystems, ensuring indigenous livelihoods and contributing to greater equity in these efforts; urges all Member States to ratify without delay the ILO’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention of 1989 (ILO Convention No 169);
Amendment 1161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 n (new)
Paragraph 29 n (new)
29 n. Expresses its deep concern at the increasingly perilous situation of environmental rights defenders, especially in developing countries, and the culture of impunity, particularly in relation to crimes and threats against the most marginalised and most vulnerable; condemns any attempts to deregulate environmental and human rights protections in the context of the COVID- 19pandemic and other crises; also expresses its concern at the situation of environmental defenders and whistle- blowers throughout the world; recalls that everyone should have access to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development, and that no one should be penalised, persecuted or harassed for protecting the environment; calls on the Commission to support environmental defenders across the world;
Amendment 1162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 o (new)
Paragraph 29 o (new)
29 o. Stresses that bioplastics pose equal threats to marine wildlife as conventional plastics and considers, therefore, that there must be a reduction in plastic production and use;
Amendment 1183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission to review the implementation of this strategy after three years in order to be able to ensure certainty that its 2030 headline objective will be met;
Amendment 1191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Reiterates its call on the Commission, given the lack of progress towards achieving the 2020 biodiversity targets, to provide Parliament with two- yearly reports in which the Council and the Commission elaborate on the state of play, reasons for non-achievement and the strategy for ensuring future compliance;