16 Amendments of Daniela RONDINELLI related to 2019/2824(RSP)
Amendment 13 #
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas as highlighted in the IPBES Global assessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, current negative trends in biodiversity and ecosystems will undermine progress towards 80% of the assessed targets of Sustainable Development Goals related to poverty, hunger, health, water, cities, climate, oceans and land; whereas indigenous peoples and many of the world’s poorest communities are projected to be primarily and more severely affected; whereas therefore loss and degradation of biodiversity must be considered not only as environmental issues but also developmental, economic, social and as moral ones;
Amendment 15 #
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas three-quarters of the land-based environment and about 66% of the marine environment have been significantly altered by human actions; whereas more than a third of the world’s land surface and nearly 75% of freshwater resources are now devoted to crop or livestock production; whereas 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions are caused by crop production, fertilisation, forestry and other land use, with animal-based food contributing 75% to that figure;
Amendment 16 #
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas fossil fuel subsidies at global level remained large at 5.2 trillion USD, equal to 6.5 percent of the global GDP in 2017, thus contributing to further deteriorating biodiversity and natural ecosystems; whereas the Commission estimated that fossil fuel subsidies provided by EU governments remained overall stable between 2008 and 2016, and in 2017 stood at 289 billion USD per annum; whereas such subsidies did not decrease in spite of the EU international commitments to phase out fossil fuels in the medium term, notably to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies, including those for fossil fuels, by 2020;
Amendment 17 #
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas according to the IPCC’s and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ latest scientific knowledge, no lasting solutions exist to address climate change without a greater implementation of coherent and effective nature-based solutions;
Amendment 18 #
Recital C e (new)
C e. whereas as resulted from thorough analyses conducted at international level, changes in land and sea use, direct exploitation of organisms, climate change, pollution and invasive alien species are considered to be the direct drivers having the largest relative global impacts on biodiversity loss and deterioration;
Amendment 19 #
Recital C f (new)
C f. whereas since 1980 greenhouse gas emissions have doubled, raising average global temperatures by 1 degree Celsius; whereas climate change has already had devastating impacts on nature, from the level of ecosystems to that of genetics;
Amendment 20 #
Recital C g (new)
C g. whereas at global level urban areas have more than doubled since 1992; whereas plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980; whereas around 400 million tons of heavy metals, solvents, toxic sludge and other wastes from industrial facilities are dumped annually into the world’s waters, and fertilisers entering coastal ecosystems produced more than 400 ocean dead zones;
Amendment 21 #
Recital C h (new)
C h. whereas data available since 1961 shows that per capita supply of meat and vegetable oils has more than doubled and the supply of food calories per capita has increased by about one third; whereas these changes in consumption patterns have contributed to about 2 billion adults now being overweight or obese; whereas currently around 30% of total food produced is lost or wasted despite 821 million people being undernourished according to the most recent estimations; whereas these changes, based on resource-intensive consumption and production patterns, are associated with additional GHG emissions and very damaging impacts on biodiversity;
Amendment 28 #
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and, the rate of species extinctions is accelerating and around one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, on the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs;
Amendment 45 #
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity and nature based solutions for climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence between the CBD and UNFCCC; calls on the Commission to betterfully integrate biodiversity into its climate policies ands it is of paramount importance to guarantee full consistency and mutual support across all climate and biodiversity policies; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving climate mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 74 #
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that biodiversity and ecosystem preservation is inherently synergistic and fundamental to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; stresses the need and calls on the Commission and Member States to implement effective biodiversity mainstreaming and improved environmental policy coherence in all internal and external policies of the EU; calls on the Commission to adopt targeted legislative measures aimed at stopping products that lead to deforestation and ecosystem destruction from being placed on the EU market;
Amendment 86 #
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to increase ambition and functioning for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively pursue the development of a roadmap with ambitious legally-binding targets, detailed timelines, clear performance indicators and benchmarks, tracking instruments and peer review/reporting mechanisms to improve theensure full transparency and accountability for Parties and the overall effectiveness of the next Biodiversity Strategy Plan;
Amendment 116 #
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate financing for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidiestake urgent action to remove fossil fuel subsidies by 2020 as well as environmentally harmful subsidies in order to improve consistency and credibility of the EU in preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems and to boost the transition towards clean energy systems and a climate neutral and circular economy;
Amendment 149 #
Paragraph 21
21. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainablpoints out that intensive livestock farming accounts for 78% of agriculture's total negative impact on biodiversity according to estimates by the Commission; underlines that biodiversity generally decreases when the intensity of farming increases and that farming has become ever more industrial and much more focused on single high-output species or varieties resulting, inter alia, in an increased use of chemicals; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards forestry and sustainable and biological agriculture, including the adoption of strategies and major improvement of existing laws and requirements to enhance the application of the most effective agronomic management practices aimed at excluding the use of harmful plant protection products and strategies to ensure the protection of, thereby ensuring full protection of human health, soil and habitats; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to stop funding intensive livestock farming and monoculture farming, increasing the support to the agriculture and forestry sectors in the transition to sustainable practicefor sustainable practices in agriculture and forestry as well as promoting healthy lifestyles and dietary choices based on less consumption of animal-based products;
Amendment 164 #
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. calls on the Commission to adopt targeted legislative measures aimed at stopping soil consumption and degradation in order to enhance the Union's action towards domestic and international climate change and biodiversity goals;
Amendment 215 #
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that public awareness and therefore access to comprehensive information are vital for consumers to make informed decisions; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the traceability and control of products through their value chains thereby increasingensuring full transparency also for consumers;