9 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2021/2006(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses the important role of the agricultural sector in offering many solutions for tackling climate change and supporting the EU strategy to reduce and valorise methane emissions;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Stresses that while methane emissions are falling in the EU they are rising globally; notes, therefore, that while we need to reduce our methane emissions, we cannot reduce our agricultural production, including livestock farming; stresses that such a reduction would be incompatible with the objective of ensuring European food security, and ineffective since we would continue to import the food we were no longer be able to produce in the EU;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector while taking into account the specific nature of enteric methane emissions linked to the valorisation of grass by ruminants and distinguishing short-cycle biogenic carbon from long- cycle carbon from fossil resource extraction in the light of recent research;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting the diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, while preserving environmental services connected with the valorisation of the grass in their feed, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting the diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions while supporting our farmers without having negative effects on the livestock sector;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that research, investment and support for farmers are essential for the development of innovative solutions which could be offered by the use of methane to decarbonise our energy through biogas and the creation of digestate to reduce the use of other inputs; stresses, therefore, the importance of a holistic approach in order to reap the full benefits of a genuine synergy between the various sectors; stresses, also, that such solutions represent an opportunity for diversification and real added value in economic terms for our farmers;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy; calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions while contributing to the production of green energy;
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that within the wider circular economy, the uptake of carbon removals and increased circularity of carbon should be incentivised; calls on the Commission, in accordance with the EU Climate Law, to explore the development of a regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals on the basis of robust and transparent carbon accounting that takes into account the differences between the greenhouse gases, and to verify the authenticity of carbon removals and support and reward farmers for their mitigation efforts.;
Amendment 170 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of international cooperation for reducing methane emissions; stresses that our trade policy must be consistent with our environmental objectives in order to ensure that our efforts are not in vain;