8 Amendments of Monika BEŇOVÁ related to 2018/2598(RSP)
Amendment 25 #
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that climate change is one of the most important challenges for mankind and that all states and players worldwide need to do their utmost to fight it; underlines that timely international cooperation, solidarity as well as consistent and persistent commitment to joint action isby all parties are the only solution forward to fulfil the collective responsibility towards the entire planet;
Amendment 30 #
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that profound and possibly irreversible impacts at 2°C rise in global temperatures might be avoided if the more ambitious target of 1.5°C is attained; stresses that this goal would require rising global GHG emissions to fall to net zero by 2050; underlines that the necessary technological solutions needed are available and are becoming increasingly cost competitive and that all EU policies should be closely aligned to the chosen emissions targets of individual states; looks forward, therefore, to the findings of the 2018 Special IPCC report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 ºC above pre-industrial levels;
Amendment 34 #
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that, according to the WHO, climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health - clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter - and that between 2030 and 2050, 250 000 additional deaths per year, are expected from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea, and heat stress, are expected with e. Extreme high air temperatures contributing directlyare direct contributors to deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, particularly among elderly people;
Amendment 41 #
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on all Parties to contribute constructively to the process to be put in place towards 2020 when NDCs need to be updated and to ensure that their NDCs are in line with the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement; acknowledges that current pledges are inot yet sufficient in order to reach the goals of the Agreement; stresses, therefore, that global GHG emissions should reach their peak as soon as possible and that all parties, especially the EU and all G20 nations, should step up their efforts and update their NDCs by 2020, following the 2018 Talanoa dialogue; considers that commitments of individual countries must be balanced;
Amendment 53 #
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of an ambitious EU climate policy in order to act as a credible and reliable partner globally, of maintaining the EU’s global climate leadership and adherence to the Paris Agreement inter alia through revisiting its own mid- and long-term goals and policy instruments, as well as through successfully concluding and adopting before COP24 ambitious provisions under the ongoing legislative revisions in the energy and climate package; calls on the Commission to prepare by the end of 2018 a mid-century zero emissions strategy for the EU, providing a by the end of 2018, that would provide a specific, cost- efficient pathway towards reaching the net zero emissions goal adopted in the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 61 #
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the entry into force of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on 1 January 2019 with 27 Parties having so far deposited their instruments of ratification, including seven Member States; calls upon all Parties to the Montreal Protocol to take all necessary steps towards its swift ratification as a necessary contribution to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and meeting the mid-term and long-term climate and energy targets;
Amendment 63 #
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the ratification of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol by all the Member States and the deposition of the joint Union ratification on 21 December 2017; considers that this step will provide an important negotiating leverage for the successful conclusion of the 2018 climate negotiations, and thanks to collaborative efforts, effectively reduce greenhouse emissions;
Amendment 70 #
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the achievement of the Presidencies of COP22 and COP23 that jointly prepared the design of the 2018 Talanoa Dialogue which was broadly approved by the Parties and launched in January 2018; looks forward to its first results during COP24 and the political conclusions thereafter; looks forward to non-state actors input and calls on all Parties to submit their contributions in a timely manner in order to facilitate the political discussion in Katowice; considers that the Parties should review the current efforts and strengthen global ambition to achieve proposed goals;