6 Amendments of Satu HASSI related to 2010/2211(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need to strengthen integration of EU environmental legislation and objectives into sectoral policies (including the CAP, the cohesion policy and the CFP); suggests therefore mainstreaming EU finances to ensure compliance with EU environmental legislation and the active contribution of spending through the EU budget to its environmental policy objectives; underlines the importance of future research and innovation programmes in delivering the EU's objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for any structural and cohesion policy instruments for the new financing period to be geared to achieve cost- efficient greenhouse gas reductions in line with a higher emissions reduction target for 2020 in accordance with the 2°C objective; reiterates that a 40% ghg emission reduction target would be in accordance with scientific recommendations and considers that the EU must move to at least a 30% domestic greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned about the financial and policy implications of environmentally harmful subsidies; considers that European funding should not have negative impacts on the environment, climate change, ecosystems and biodiversity within and outside the EU; calls, therefore, for the elimination of any harmful subsidies from the EU budget in line with commitments made on behalf of the EU in Nagoya CBD COP10 and for the whole budget to be climate and biodiversity proofed;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the different programmes to earmark funds for sectors, such as biodiversity protection, energy saving, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and public transport;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that in 2004 the Commission estimated the annual total cost of managing the Natura 2000 network at EUR 6.1 billion and that Parliament voted in the second reading of the LIFE+ regulation in favour of EUR 1 billion dedicated EU funding per year;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Remains of the opinion that, in order to achieve EU and global biodiversity objectives, co-financing for the management of N2000 needs to be guaranteed from a dedicated source in the new EU budgetary framework; points out that, according to the TEEB report (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity), the return on biodiversity conservation investment is up to a hundred times more;