3 Amendments of Romana JORDAN related to 2008/0000(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an in-depth study and analysis of the use of financial resources for numerous initiatives and funds relating to development policies and climate change, and, on that basis, to propose the most effective project funding model;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to devote more attention to the impact of climate change on agriculture and forestry and to the adjustment of agriculture and forestry to climate change; in that regard, again points out the multi-layered relationship between agriculture and climate change: on the one hand agriculture depends on climatic conditions, but on the other hand agriculture and forestry together offer a broad spectrum of largely underexploited mechanisms for effectively tackling, mitigating and adapting to climate change; calls on the Commission, therefore, to devote more attention to education, providing information and acquiring new knowledge in this field and to use the results in the planned reform of agricultural policy;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Points out that by using better agricultural and forestry practices the rural poor can play an important role in mitigating the impact of climate change and adapting to it; calls, therefore, for the high degree of interdependence between agriculture, poor populations and climate change to serve as an incentive to help secure an appropriate institutional and financial framework for the rural poor, for whom agriculture is the main source of livelihood as well as being the activity most directly impacted by climate change;