Activities of Emma WIESNER related to 2020/0300(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) According to the EEA report ‘The European environment – state and outlook 2020, Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe’ (‘SOER 2020’), 2020 represents a unique window of opportunity for the Union to show leadership on sustainability and to face the urgent sustainability challenges requiring systemic solutions. As stated in SOER 2020, the changes in the global climate and ecosystems observed since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The global population has tripled since 1950, while the population living in cities has quadrupled. With the current growth model, environmental pressures are expected to increase further, causing direct and indirect harmful effects on human health and well-being. This is especially true for the sectors with the highest environmental impact – food, mobility, energy as well as infrastructure and buildings. According to the EEA assessment, policy responses have been insufficient to halt biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystem services and while environmental objectives are evenly spread across different themes, there are considerably more binding targets for climate change, air pollution, waste and chemicals than for biodiversity, freshwater and the marine environment and none for land and soil.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) According to the EEA report ‘The European environment – state and outlook 2020, Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe’ (‘SOER 2020’), 2020 represents a unique window of opportunity for the Union to show leadership on sustainability and to face the urgent sustainability challenges requiring systemic solutions. As stated in SOER 2020, the changes in the global climate and ecosystems observed since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The global population has tripled since 1950, while the population living in cities has quadrupled. With the current growth model, environmental pressures are expected to increase further, causing direct and indirect harmful effects on human health and well-being, in particular regarding the most vulnerable population. This is especially true for the sectors with the highest environmental impact – food, mobility, energy as well as infrastructure and buildings.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The 8th EAP should support the environment and climate action objectives of the European Green Deal in line with the long-term objective to “live well, within the planetary boundaries” by 2050, which is already established in the 7th EAP. It should contribute to achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. ensure that the Union meets all the commitments of the Biodiversity Strategy, including protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas. It should contribute to achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the international agreements made in the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The 8th EAP should support the environment and climate action objectives of the European Green Deal, enabling a systemic change towards an ecosystem- based approach, in line with the long-term objective to “"live well, within the planetary boundaries”" by 2050, which is already established in the 7th EAP. It should contribute to achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The 8th EAP should accelerate the transition to a regenerative economy that gives back to the planet more than it takes, enabling a systemic change towards an ecosystem-based approach. A regenerative growth model recognises that the wellbeing and prosperity of our societies depend on a stable climate, a healthy environment and thriving ecosystems, which provide a safe operating space for our economies. As the global population and the demand for natural resources continues to grow, economic activity shouldthe 8th EAP should promote industrial ecology and sustainable economic activity based on a co-benefits approach, which should have positive impacts in addition to limit the negative impacts, it should be developed in a way that does no harm but, on the contrary, reverses climate change and environmental degradation, minimises pollution and results in maintaining and enriching natural capital, therefore ensuring the abundance of renewable and non-renewable resources. Through continuous innovation, adaptation to new challenges and co-creation, the regenerative economy strengthens resilience and protects present and future generations’ wellbeing.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Ecosystems, people and economies in the Union will face major impacts from climate change if there is no adaptation to climate change. Adaptation is a key component of the long-term global response to climate change by further minimising unavoidable impacts in a cost- effective manner, with considerable co- benefits from the use of nature-based solutions. Therefore, Member States and the Union should enhance their adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, as provided for in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement. Member States should adopt comprehensive national adaptation strategies and plans and the Commission should help in the monitoring of progress on adaptation by developing indicators.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The 8th EAP should set out thematic priority objectives in areas of climate neutrality, adaption to climate change, protecting and restoring terrestrial and marine biodiversity, circular economy, the zero pollution ambition and reducing environmental pressures from production and consumption. It should furthermore identify the enabling conditions to achieve the long-term and the thematic priority objectives for all actors involved.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Blue carbon which represents the carbon stored in marine and coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses, offers a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits and contributes to achieve climate neutrality; when degraded or destroyed, these ecosystems emit into the atmosphere and the ocean the carbon they have stored for centuries and become sources of greenhouse gases emissions and should therefore be protected and restored.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Environment policy being highly decentralised, action to achieve the priority objectives of the 8th EAP should be takenefficiently implemented and monitored at different levels of governance, i.e. at the European, the national, the regional and the local level, with a collaborative approach to multi-level governance. The integrated approach to policy development and implementation should be strengthened with a view to maximising the synergies between economic, environmental and social objectives, while paying careful attention to potential trade-offs and to the needs of vulnerable groups. Moreover, and ecosystems. Moreover, access to information, public participation in decision-making, access to justice in environmental matters and transparent engagement with non- governmental actors is important for ensuring the success of the 8th EAP and the achievement of its priority objectives.
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) supporting, through the European Semester, the Union's effort to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest; the Commission shall assess the discrepancy between the structure of the Member States’ budgets and a Paris- aligned scenario for each of their national budgets, thus enabling to provide recommendations on Member States’ climate debt and on the reduction of their climate investment gap associated to the Union's objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest;
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) mobilising sustainable investments from public and private sources, including of funds and instruments available under the Union budget, via the European Investment Bank and at national level; in line with Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment and the "do no significant harm" referred to in the Taxonomy Regulation.
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) Make use of the do no significant harm guidelines developed as part of the Recovery and Resilience Facility to screen all EU budget and ensure the respect with the "do no significant harm" referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852