13 Amendments of Radan KANEV related to 2020/2042(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debtcommitments;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the currentRecalls the importance of the involvement of all countries in the decision- making process under the UNFCCC is skewed against LDCs and needs to be impro; asks that special attention is givedn to betterthe involvement of poor and vulnerable country delegates;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all EU Member States to rapidly scale upWelcomes the fact that the EU, its Member States and the European Investment Bank are together the biggest contributor of public climate finance to developing countries, giving EUR 21.7 billion in 2018 alone; Calls on all EU Member States to maintain this high level of ambition as part of the developed countries’ pledge to jointly mobilise USD 100 billion per year in climate finance, prioritisingincluding through grants-based finance, in particular for LDCs and SIDS, and to examine the possible increase of financial support during the 2020- 2025 period as part of a wider international programme; welcomes, in this regard, the EU Member States’ pledges to the Green Climate Fund and the establishment of the international platform on sustainable finance to scale up the mobilization of private capital towards environmentally sustainable investments;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In this context, stresses the importance of private investment to climate action and the potential of public- private partnerships; recalls the commitment of the EU and its Member States to participate to the OECD countries’ ambition to contribute 100 billion USD per year from various sources until at least 2025, including from a variety of sources – public and private, bilateral and multilateral, and alternative sources of finance – in the context of meaningful mitigation action;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that more development funding should be dedicated to climate- related objectives, such as climate-friendly technology and efforts to strengthen climate-resilience in developing countries;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the WIM Review 2019 acknowledges the importance of the implementation of the WIM for vulnerable populations in particular; urges the EU to support the calls of LDCs for a specific financing facility on loss and damage and for immediate debt relief; ; considers that Member States could further explore targeted debt suspension or relief on a case-by-case basis for the most vulnerable SIDS and LDCs, linked to specific conditions for the fight against climate change and as part of a wider international framework which includes the IMF and World Bank, as one of the options;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern at how international climate market mechanisms can have negative implications; cCalls on the EU and Member States to advocate a ‘do no harm’ principle for all suchinternational climate mechanisms;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities leadcontribute to climate-induced displacement; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that the legally bindinginternational agreement for a post-2020 global biodiversity framework involve and benefit vulnerable populations;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to the protection of pristine forests limiting global warming.
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls the importance of inclusive social protection systems around the world in the response to future climate shocks; in this regard, calls on the EU and its Member States to promote the creation of decent jobs as part of climate related official development assistance, to help increase resilience of all populations against climate change;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recalls the possible negative effect of climate change on food security in the most vulnerable countries; calls for the support of sustainable land use practices in the agricultural sector, in order to cope with climate-related risks affecting food security as well as providing improved protection to the environment;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Stresses that climate change has a considerable impact on human health, for example through floods, drought, heatwaves and fires; recalls that developing countries are the most vulnerable and often less equipped to mitigate this impact on health; therefore points out the importance of health in climate related development assistance in these countries;