27 Amendments of Emmanouil FRAGKOS related to 2024/2718(RSP)
Amendment 2 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution ‘on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia’ (2023/2879(RSP)),
Amendment 9 #
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Citation 37
Citation 37
– having regard to the agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea with respect to the definition of islands and the framework agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement), adopted on 19 June 2023,
Amendment 27 #
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Recital A
Recital A
Α. whereas the European Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and has committed to urgently fight and contaa sustained interest in protecting this threae environment;
Amendment 89 #
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Recital K
Recital K
K. whereasconsidering the opinion of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change highlights the need to urgently and fully phase out harmful fossil fuel subsidies across the EU;
Amendment 150 #
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Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on all Parties to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition ofadapt their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C;
Amendment 161 #
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Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges all Parties to ensure an outcome at COP29 with robust rules for cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and calls on the EU and its Member States to strictly defend a high level of climate integrity, based on the best available science, in the negotiations at the United Nations;
Amendment 217 #
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Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 224 #
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Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 242 #
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Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is concernedNotes that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possiblpromote investment in the environmentally friendly extraction of fossil fuels, and by permitting their use as energy from an alternative source;
Amendment 255 #
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Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need to step up well coordinated adaptation action within the EU and globally to minimise the negative effects of climate change and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 256 #
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Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need to step up coordinated adaptation action within the EU and globinternationally to minimise the negative effects of climate change and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 263 #
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Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the agreement on the framework for the global goal on adaptation (GGA) at COP28, namely the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience; highlights the need to translate the GGA into measurable outcomes and to track progress towards achieving the goal, at international level;
Amendment 264 #
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Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the agreement on the framework for the global goal on adaptation (GGA) at COP28, namely the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience; highlights the need to translate the GGA into measurable outcomes and to track progress towards achieving the goal, at international level;
Amendment 281 #
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Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the decision at COP28 to use the loss and damage (L&D) fund to address and respond to the economic and non-economic impacts of climate change for particularlyby supporting the sustainable European investment needed in the most vulnerable developing countries;
Amendment 300 #
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Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Believes that the UNFCCC objectives provide an international framework between the European Union, NATO and the BRICS.
Amendment 311 #
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Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls its resolution of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan and calls on the UNFCCC, all Parties and the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure equitable access to COP29 and full and unrestricted participation for all citizens and civil society organisations; reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights and foreign policy criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to as part of the host agreement; considers that it is not appropriate for the UNFCCC to be hosted in a state that implements ethnic and cultural cleansing policies and carries out attacks against neighbouring states, as Azerbaijan is doing against Armenia;
Amendment 333 #
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Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Expresses concernNotes that more than 2 400 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited attendees at COP28; calls for the UNFCCC and the Parties to ensure that the decision- making process is protected from intera pluralist procests that run counter to the goalin favour of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 346 #
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Subheading 7
Subheading 7
EU climate policy aligned withincludes the Paris Agreement in a sustainable way
Amendment 381 #
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Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates the need to mainstream realistic and long-term climate ambition into all EU policies and the measures transposing them, and underlines that Article 6(4) of the European Climate Law obliges the Commission to assess the consistency of any draft measure or legislative proposal, including budgetary proposals, with the EU’s climate targets;
Amendment 387 #
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Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the national energy and climate plans and long-term strategies of the Member States include sufficient action and financial means to achieve the EU’s 2030 targets in an appropriate and truly effective way;
Amendment 398 #
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Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on imported fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of the domestic production of natural gas and renewables;
Amendment 486 #
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Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Noting Europe’s high environmental protection standards and the alignment with the international standards laid down in the Convention on the Law of the Sea, calls on Member States to extend the breadth of their territorial sea to 12 nautical miles and the breadth of their exclusive economic zone to the maximum limit set out in the UNCLOS; notes that Europe’s intact exclusive economic zone in the Mediterranean is an example of compliance with international standards;
Amendment 495 #
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Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Underlines the importance of creating a flexible and effective European mechanism for suspending fisheries imports from states that are not addressing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, based on the recommendations of the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea and the UN Environment Programme;
Amendment 529 #
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Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Calls on the International Maritime Organization to adopt measures to reduce maritime emissions; calls on the Commission and the Member StatesInternational Maritime Organization to restart UNFCCC negotiations on attributing international shipping emissions to national inventories, in an effective and sustainable way;
Amendment 539 #
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Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector, along with the protection of European agricultural production, which unfortunately in the past five years is being replaced by imported products; notes that imports of non-European agricultural products that do not comply with minimum production standards harm the environment many times over;
Amendment 615 #
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Paragraph 50 a (new)
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50a. Considers that elevating the role of women in Asia and Africa will have a long-term visible impact on the handling of climate change;
Amendment 623 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Believes that the European Parliament should be an integral part of the EU delegation at COP29, given that it must give its consent to international agreements and plays a central role in the domestic implementation of the Paris Agreement as one of the EU’s co- legislators; expects, therefore, to be allowed to attend EU coordination meetings at COP29 in Baku and to be guaranteed access to allhave access to all COP29 preparatory documents; commits to acting independently and free from conflicts of interest;