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2024/2718(RSP)

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the Lisbon Treaty and in particular Articles 3(3) and 5 TEU,

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the E~~uropean Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and has committed to urgently fight and contain this threat~~U’s existing ‘climate policy’ threatens the EU’s attractiveness as a business location, has environmentally harmful effects and is based on scientifically dubious assumptions;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, according to UNEP’s 2023 emissions gap report, fully implementing unconditional NDCs made under the Paris Agreement for 2030 would put the world on course to limit the temperature rise to 2.9 °C this century; whereas fully implementing conditional NDCs would lower the temperature rise to 2.5 °C;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas an equilibrium should be restored between balanced economic growth within the framework of the social market economy, social progress and environmental protection (including climate-related aspects) as set out in Article 3(3) TEU, and whereas the largely ideologically motivated ‘climate policy’ as it stands should be put to an end;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the 2023 UNFCCC synthesis report on NDCs states that the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions level in 2030 is projected to be 2 % below the 2019 level; whereas the IPCC concludes that in scenarios limiting warming to 1.5 °C, GHG emissions need to be 43 % below their 2019 level by 2030;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas improved compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, as set out in Article 5 TEU, is essential and the EU should therefore move away from the idea of regulating all issues relating to the lives of citizens from Brussels;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas the EU and its Member States submitted their update of the NDC committing to reduce their net GHG emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the first global stocktake (GST) completed in 2023 at COP28 underlined the urgent need to address the interlinked global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss in the broader context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the vital importance, for sustainable climate action, of protecting, conserving, restoring and sustainably using nature and ecosystems;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H

~~H. whereas methane has been responsible for around 30 % of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital J

~~J. whereas the UNEP’s 2023 adaptation gap report highlights that the current adaptation finance gap is estimated at USD 194 billion to USD 366 billion per year;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K

~~K. whereas the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change highlights the need to urgently and fully phase out harmful fossil fuel subsidies across the EU;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes note of the outcome of the first GST at COP28, which recognises that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot requires deep, rapid and sustained redu~~Calls for the EU’s existing ‘climate policy’, in particular the EU Climate Law and its ‘Fit for 55’ package, to be either revised or completely withdrawn in line with Article 3(3) TEU, with emphasis placed on evidence-based and effective environmental protections in ~~global GHG emissions of 43 % by 2030 and 60 % by 2035 relative to the 2019 level, reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050~~addition to balanced economic growth in the context of the social market economy and social progress;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030Would also like to encourage the other COP29 Parties to discuss evidence- based and effective environmental protection, rather than dubious, often ideological climate models, which at least sometimes appear to be linked with the objective of fearmongering;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to accelerate efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power, and to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner, with a view to accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050, in keeping with the science; reiterates its call on all Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls, therefore, for the current Paris Climate Agreement to be transformed into an international environmental agreement that focuses on evidence-based and effective environmental protection;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Expresses concern at the findings of the UNEP’s 2023 emissions gap report that fully implementing current unconditional NDCs would put the world on track for 2.9 °C global warming while the additional implementation and continuation of conditional NDCs would lead to 2.5 °C global warming by the end of the century;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls, in this regard, for continued research into the causes, scale and effects of climatic variation to be conducted in a serious and scientifically sound manner, in order to obtain new knowledge for comprehensive, evidence-based and effective environmental protection;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on all Parties to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition of their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges all Parties to ensure an outcome at COP29 with robust rules for cooperative mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and calls on the EU and its Member States to strictly defend a high level of climate integrity, based on the best available science, in the negotiations;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 new collective quantified goal on climate finance at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Notes that many climate- vulnerable countries are in debt distress or at significant risk of debt distress;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Recalls that fossil fuels are responsible for over 75 % of all GHGs and are therefore the largest contributor to climate change;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets that fossil energy subsidies in the EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and even increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C’;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to step up adaptation action within the EU and globally ~~to minimise the negative effects of climate change an~~, as in addition to positive there are also negative effects of climate change, which should be minimised, as should biodiversity loss;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the decision at COP28 to use the loss and damage (L&D) fund to address and respond to the economic and non-economic impacts of ~~climate chan~~environmental damage for particularly vulnerable developing countries;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Recalls the importance of the full involvement of all Parties in the UNFCCC decision-making processes; calls on the COP29 presidency and future presidencies to better enable the participation of developing countries and delegates from the least developed countries and to allconducting COP conferences in an efficient and environmentally friendly manner, and that there is therefore an urgent need to limit the number of participants to a few hundred people who are designated by the Parties and duly democrat~~e additional resources to this~~ically legitimised;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that ~~climate goals~~evidence-based, effective environmental protection cannot be achieved without the support and involvement of the public; calls on all Parties to raise awareness of ~~climate change and related issues, combat misinformation~~a harmonious coexistence between balanced economic growth under the conditions of the social market economy, social progress and environmental protection, combat misinformation and fearmongering in the context of climate-related issues and work with public representatives to gain public support for ~~mitigation and~~ adaptation measures;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. points out that, in the interests of freedom of choice, it would be welcomed if the organiser could offer all conference participants, especially those in support of favouring the consumption of insects, for example, over meat, meals aligning with this view in addition to conventional meals in the canteen;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Expresses concern that more than 2 400 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited attendees at COP28; calls for the UNFCCC and the Parties to ensure that the decision-making process is protected from interests that run counter to the goal of the Paris Agreement;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation ~~will reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990~~must either be revised or completely withdrawn in line with Article 3(3) TEU;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Reiterates the need to mainstream climate ambition into all EU policies and the measures transposing them, and underlines that Article 6(4) of the European Climate Law obliges the Commission to assess the consistency of any draft measure or legislative proposal, including budgetary proposals, with the EU’s climate targets;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the national energy and climate plans and long-term strategies of the Member States include sufficient action and financial means to achieve the EU’s 2030 targets;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underscores that ~~the climate~~environmental protection and biodiversity c~~rises~~onservation are interlinked; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and, where appropriate, restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably ~~in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation~~;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of these ecosystems and develop methodologies for the accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystemsare to be examined on a case-by-case basis at Member State level;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Welcomes all efforts by governments and non-governmental actors to maximise the potential of soils to ~~mitigate climate change and to~~ improve water availability;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. ~~Welcom~~Notes the fact that 158 countries have become signatories to the Global Methane Pledge to date; calls for a quantified, science-based assessment of the progress made since its adoption at COP26;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

~~42. Highlights the fact that the transport sector is the only sector in which emissions have risen at EU level since 1990 and that this is not compatible with the EU’s climate goals;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

~~44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

~~45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Highlights the fact that the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism will provide an effective mechanism to price emissions from products imported to the EU and to address carbon leakage while supporting the adoption of carbon pricing worldwide;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Stresses the need to address the ~~climate and~~ environmental impact of the textile sector;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

~~48. Stresses the need to fight greenwashing by working towards establishing global standards for green claims;~~deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Stresses that climate change and environmental degradation lead to scarcity of natural resources, can increase conflicts and tensions, as well as food shortages and natural catastrophes, and are major drivers of human displacement and threat multipliers;deleted

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

2024/2718(RSP)

Anja ARNDT, Marc JONGEN

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Believes that the European Parliament should be an integral part of the EU delegation at COP29, given that it must give its consent to international agreements and plays a central role in the domestic implementation of the Paris Agreement as one of the EU’s co- legislators; expects, therefore, to be allowed to attend EU coordination meetings at COP29 in Baku and to be guaranteed access to all preparatory documents; commits to acting independently and free from conflicts of interest;

2024/09/11
Committee: ENVI

46 Amendments of Anja ARNDT

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