26 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2022/2002(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the 2019 UN Global Sustainable Development Report,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to the United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and on Biological Diversity (UNCBD),
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2019 on the Annual strategic report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
— having regard to its Resolution of 6 July 2017 on EU action for sustainability,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the UN Global Sustainable report issued in 2019 warned that no country is on track to achieve all of the SDGs, and that negative trends – notably, rising inequalities, climate change, biodiversity loss and increasing waste production – could irreversibly compromise human life conditions; whereas the disruptions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian aggression against Ukraine are worsening the lack of progress towards the achievement of the SDGs;
Amendment 60 #
B. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic is not yet fully known, but has already led to a significant degree of SDG backsliding; whereas, according to the One Health approach, there is evidence that human health depends on planetary health and that a healthy environment is a fundamental pillar for sustainable development;
Amendment 72 #
Ba. whereas the capacity to retrieve data to fill in the SDG indicators is limited in several developing countries, which can seriously hinder the assessment of progress;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas halfway through the agenda of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, Europe is on track to meet only 26, or 15 per cent, of the 169 targets, according the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas rising inequalities, climate change, biodiversity loss and increasing waste production are items addressed by the SDGs; whereas all of them are compromising human life conditions;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the commitment by the President of the Commission to pursue a ‘whole-of-government’ approach towards the EU’s SDG implementation and to mainstream the SDGs across each Commissioner’s portfolio; asserts, however, that such an approach can only be effective with leadership at the highest level and with a concrete plan to ensure coherent action across the Commission towards the implementation of the SDGs;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that to achieve the SDGs, the 2030 Agenda requires a strong level of societal legitimacy and a genuine political reset; emphasises the immense value of civil society organisations in this regard; deeply regrets that the mandate of the multi-stakeholder platform was not renewed in 2019 and calls for its urgent reinstatement or the set up of a new mechanism for a structured engagement with civil society and scientists on SDG policies and monitoring;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that efforts to mainstream the SDGs across EU policies have not matured beyond a mapping exercise and previous European Parliament resolutions as well as Council conclusions on the SDGs have not been implemented by the Commission; recalls that many EU internal policies not only contribute to the implementation of the SDGs, but also have a very high ecological, social and economic spillover impact on developing countries, vulnerable groups and populations including poor people, women and migrants; calls for sustainable development to be prioritised at every stage of the policy development process, and for all dimensions of sustainable development to be systematically considered in all impact assessments; recalls for enhancing the dialogue between the Council and the Commission with the shared goal of further advancing SDG implementation;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is highly concerned that the key provisions of policy coherence for development are acutely lacking in the landmark ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package7 , the Common Agricultural Policy, the Common Fisheries Policy, the Common Commercial Policy and the Commission’s work in general; _________________ 7 COM(2021)0550.
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the view that the adoption of the new comprehensive implementation strategy should be preceded by a broad public participatory consultation process, including regional and local governments and all relevant civil society organizations;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asserts that identifying the EU’s added value in SDG implementation can only be achieved through filling existing data gaps to better understand the EU’s true impact on SDG progress in the EU and globally; stresses, in this regard, the importance of providing technical assistance to enhance the capacity of partner countries to collect data needed to fill in the SDG indicators, given that the reporting of the EU on the impact of its projects depends on the actual data provided by partner countries;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. C9. Points out that, according to the European and Social Economic Committee, the Eurostat report on SDGs only focuses on short-term trends rather than on the actual time period of the 2030 targets and therefore lacks an evaluation of the rate of progress actually needed; calls for an annual review of the Eurostat SDG indicator set with the systematic participation of regional and local governments and civil society organisations, in line with the 2021 review; emphasises that sustainable development is inherently trans-national; welcomes the work that Eurostat has initiated to this end and the first attempt to partially quantify such spillover effects, but stresses that this methodology needs to be further developed to sufficiently account for the EU’s global footprint8 ; _________________ 8 Eurostat, European Commission, 'EU SDG Indicator set 2021 – Result of the review in preparation of the 2021 edition of the EU SDG monitoring report', 2021.
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. SNotes that reliable, accurate, trustworthy statistics are not only the basis of good technical analysis but are the foundation of evidence-based policymaking at all levels; stresses that a minimum level of data and statistical disaggregation in relation to the SDGs in the EU should be established, covering, where appropriate, geographic location, sex, incomesexual orientation, income, educational level, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability and other characteristics;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the key accountability tool in the 2030 Agenda; welcomes that 247 voluntary national reviews were submitted between 2016 and 2021; regrets, however, that the content and structure of voluntary national reviews differ notably from one country to another; calls for the EU to present an annual EU voluntary review at each High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) and to push for further standardisation of national voluntary reviews;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that voluntary national reviews, ares the key accountability tool in the 2030 Agenda, should cover internal priorities, diplomacy, and international actions to restore and protect the Global Commons and address international spillovers of EU internal policies; calls for the EU to present an annual EU voluntary review at each High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF);
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that SDG implementation represents a shared responsibility, requiring action at the national, regional and local levels; recognises the importance of voluntary local reviews and voluntary subnational reviews for the implementation of the SDGs; calls on the Commission to present an inclusive EU voluntary regional review ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit, and every four years thereafter;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. WUnderlines the importance of measuring the EU contribution to the SDGs in a precise and comprehensive manner, given that this is an essential condition for achieving Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development; welcomes the Commission’s efforts to track EU budget expenditure on climate, biodiversity, clean air, migration and gender equality10 ; regrets, however, that no progress has been made to track SGDs- related expenditure in its entirety; _________________ 10 Policy Department for Budgetary Affairs, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, for the Committee on Budgetary Control, 'Budgetary control of the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU budget – What measures are in place to ensure effective implementation?', 2021.
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that all impacts of European policies and expenditure affecting the SDG implementation must be taken into account;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes efforts made to integrate the SDGs into the European Semester; urges Member States to raise the level of ambition of their national responses to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines that the EU should lead multilateral Green Deal and SDG Diplomacy and take the lead in mobilizing adequate financial resources from developed countries to support SDG transformations and urgent needs for climate adaptation in the most vulnerable countries;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists that a global political reset and intensified multilateral cooperation will be necessary in order for the EU and its partners to make meaningful progress in the coming eight years; calls for action- oriented commitments towards achieving the SDGs by the 2023 SDG Summit, which will mark the mid-point of the 2030 Agenda’s implementation period; recalls that, as the world’s most successful integration project with a track record of successfully championing multilateralism and as a global standard-setter, the EU is uniquely placed to accelerate progress on SDG 17 (partnerships for the goals); calls, therefore, on the EU to assume a leadership role at the 2022 HLPF and the 2023 SDG Summit and beyond in defining this political reset;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU to present its first official EU voluntary review and voluntary regional review at the 2023 SDG Summit and lay the groundwork for this by presenting an initial review of the five priority SDGs at the upcoming 2022 HLPF, namely, SDGs 4 (quality education), 5 (gender equality), 14 (life below water), 15 (life on land), and 17 (partnerships for the goals); underlines that the EU voluntary review should be preceded by an extensive consultation process including all relevant civil society organizations and by an outline how multiple stakeholders can be involved to address crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;