Activities of Andrzej GRZYB related to 2017/2086(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on women, gender equality and climate justice
Amendments (8)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Joint Africa - EU Strategy,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas climate change can lead to migration and its impact is felt, particularly and to a disproportionate and increasing extent, by poor countries and poor people, even though it is the world’s richest countries that bear the main responsibility for climate change;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas equality between women and men is a core principle of the European Union and its Member States, and its promotion one of its principal objectives;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that people in the rural womenareas in developing countries are particularly vulnerable, as they are often dependent on natural resources, do much of the agricultural workagriculture directly linked to environmental conditions, particularly in food production for the family, and have responsibility for collectingmore difficult access to water and fuel;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the utmost importance of educational and economic opportunities for all women; in this regard fully supports launched entrepreneurship programmes aimed to contribute to women’s full participation in the society;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that climate change requires a rights-based response with effective participation of womenn effective globally agreed response involving equally both men and women from a wide social spectrum in decision-making and execution at all levels, including international climate negotiations, with a view to developing gender-sensitive and rights-basedadequate approaches in order to address underlying inequalities;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for anIs open to a debate over establishing international legal definition of ‘climate refugees’ and for strong diplomatic action by the international community with a view to amending the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and introducing the category of ‘environmental refugees’the term ‘climate migrants’ and calls for the issue of climate migration to be placed on the international agenda in order to bring new coordinated solutions;