17 Amendments of Mario FURORE related to 2020/2058(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the necessity to improve the climate objectives in line with a target of climate neutrality by 2040; in order to ensure continuous progress towards the achievement of climate neutrality, any transport infrastructure projects financed by the EU budget must, upon independent assessment, be deemed consistent with the 2030, 2050 and possibly 2040 climate objectives and coherent with the EU objective of building a fully renewables- based, highly resource and energy- efficient, climate-neutral and circular economy; in this view, the assessment of the effects of projects must take in account the green house gas emissions 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;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) as central in ensuring the success of the Green Deal and the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient economyhighly energy and resource efficient, fully renewable-based, net zero GHG and toxic free economy by 2040;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s European Recovery Plan with the European Green Deal at its heart; endorses the underlying principle that public investments will respect the oath to ‘do no harm’; emphasises that national recovery and resilience plans should put the EU on the path to a 50 % to 55 65% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 and climate neutrality by 20540;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the success of the EU’s aim to achieve climate neutrality will depend on the adequacy of the financing and its respect of the do no harm principle in order to stop the financing of polluting sectors and live up to the EU’s legal obligation under the Paris Agreement to align financial flows with its objectives and phase out fossil fuel subsidies;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Wishes to see it ensured that funding from the SEIP, at EU and national level, goes towards the policies and programmes with the highest potential to contribute to the fight against climate change, to reverse the loss of biodiversity and accelerate the transition to a sustainable food system inline with the “Farm to Fork” strategy and looks forward to the Commission’s upcoming climate tracking methodology using appropriately the criteria established by the EU taxonomy;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the phasing-out of public and private investments in highly polluting and harmful industries for which economically feasible alternatives are available, while fully respecting the rights of Member States to choose their energy mix; asks that, by 30 June 2021, Member States are preparing national strategies to phase out all direct and indirect support for fossil fuels 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 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fact that, in order to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement, the EU’s contribution to the climate objectives should be underpinned by an ambitious share of climate-related expenditure in the EU budget, going beyond the levels of targeted spending shares of at least 25 % over the MFF 2021- 2027 period and of 340% as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Innovation Fund and the Modernisation Fund should make a significant contribution to the sustainable transition,transition towards a highly energy and resource efficient, fully renewable-based, net zero GHG and toxic free economy by 2040 and welcomes in particular the fact that the Modernisation Fund is designed to support investments to improve energy efficiency in 10 lower-income Member States and is therefore an important tool in ensuring a just transition;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that the path to climate neutrality should require a contribution from all economic sectors to reduce their emissions to close to zero and asks the Commission to establish an instrument based on the polluter pays principle;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the efforts of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to revise its energy lending policy and to devote 50 % of its operations to climate action and environmental sustainability; calls on the EIB to commit to the sustainable transition towards climate neutrality while taking into account the different energy mixes of Member States and devoting particular attention to the sectors and regions most affected by the transition; notes the recent statement made by EIB President Werner Hoyer that the Bank has exhausted the lending space, and that a strengthening of the EIB’s capital base is necessary in order to carry on with the ambitious projects underpinning the transition to a sustainable economy;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the statement of the ECB President that the ECB is supporting the development of a taxonomy as a way of facilitating the incorporation of environmental considerations in central bank portfolios; calls on the ECB to evaluate the feasibility of includinge sustainability criteria in its collateral framework and its annual stress testing exercise, while assessing ways to guide lending towards energy transition investments and to rebuild a sustainable economy in the aftermath of the COVID- 19 crisis;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. In order to confront greenwashing and ultimately support the achievement of the objectives set out by the Green Deal, the Commission shall submit, by June 2021, a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council establishing a Union-wide ban on advertising, sponsorship or any other promotional activities funded by companies deriving the majority of their income from fossil fuel extraction and supply;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the introduction of an enabling framework for public sustainable investments to achieve the goals set out in the European Green Deal, but stresses that whatever financing model is chosen must not undermine the sustainability of public finance in the EU; supports the commitment by EVP Dombrovskis to explore how taxonomy can be used in the public sector; calls for public support for airlines to be used in a sustainable and efficient manner; and on the EU not to support the proposal put forward in the context of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to change the baseline from which the emissions growth of the sector will be measured, which could see airlines pay nothing for their climate impact until 2024;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Wishes it to be ensured that all contribute equitably to the post-corona recovery and the transition to a sustainable economyeconomy towards a highly energy and resource efficient, fully renewable-based, net zero GHG and toxic free economy by 2040; seeks an intensified fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning; calls on the Commission to create a blacklist of EU Member States facilitating tax avoidance; calls for EU-level coordination to avoid aggressive tax planning by individuals and corporates; seeks in this context an ambitious strategy for business taxation for the 21st century;
Amendment 565 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)