17 Amendments of Nikolaos VAKALIS related to 2008/2015(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that mitigation and adaptation efforts need to go hand in hand, since managing the already existing consequences of climate change is of paramount importance for many EU regions and sectors of the economy;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the production of biofuels is partly to blame for increased food prices, increasing loss of biodiversity and deforestation, but that abandoning biofuels can resolve neither the problem of hunger in the world nor the issue of climate- compatible mobility;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls on the Member States to devise a comprehensive public procurement policy at national, regional and local level in order to enhance the energy efficiency of public buildings and of electrical appliances used in public services, thereby setting an example and stimulating greater demand for green products and services;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Considers, particularly with regard to the technological neutrality of the EU approach, that CCS should be discussed extensively and with the involvement of private and public stakeholders, without prejudging the outcome;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92
Paragraph 92
92. Highlights in this connection the need for monitoring programmes in European forests to permit the early detection of pest damage and for scientific risk modelling in relation to wooded areas prone to heat waves, wildfires and drought, so as to make it possible to take appropriate counter-measures to protect the forest;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109 a (new)
Paragraph 109 a (new)
109a. Considers that enhancing research and development on waste treatment and resource management solutions is vital and stresses the need for immediate application of new innovative technologies in this field;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the available funding for adaptation measures in developing countries is quite inadequate and should be substantially increased, especially in developing countries,
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas energy savings are the cheapest and cleanest way of saving resources and thus combating climate change, and whereas committed and sustained efforts to enhance the EU’s energy efficiency will bring about widespread structural solutions across the economy, thereby paving the way towards a green low-carbon economy,
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Z. whereas current policy on biofuels has resulted in a conflict of objectives marked on the one hand by a growing scarcity of food and, rising food prices, increasing loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and on the other by increasing energy needs and the search for alternative fuels,
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC
Recital AC
AC. whereas a sustainable biofuels policy should be geared not only to setting sustainability criteria for the manufacture of first-generation biofuels but also to promoting the ideology-freemost rapid development possible of second-generation biofuels,
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AH a (new)
Recital AH a (new)
AHa. whereas public procurement has a very important role to play in enhancing energy efficiency by creating more demand for green products and services and by setting an example,
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BF
Recital BF
BF. whereas the technology for CO2 capture and storage (CCS), as a bridging technology on the way to the decarbonisation of the energy system, may make contribute to resolving the issue of sinking CO2 emissions from power stations and could serve to complement renewable technologies, but whereas CCS is still an end- of-pipe technology,
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BZ a (new)
Recital BZ a (new)
BZa. whereas the joint EEA, JRC and WHO report entitled “Impacts of Europe’s changing climate” draws attention to the fact that vulnerability to climate change varies widely across regions and sectors in Europe, hitting mountainous regions, coastal zones, the Mediterranean and the Arctic harder, and whereas that report underlines that, in addition to enhanced global greenhouse gas emission reductions, pro-active adaptation measures are needed at European and national level in order to moderate effects,
Amendment 529 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CD
Recital CD
CD. whereas committed action to combat climate change is compatible with continued economic growth and prosperity and must be seen as a challenge for wide- ranging structural changes having as their ultimate objective the development of a truly green economy,
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CG
Recital CG
CG. whereas improved efficiency alone will not spark off a technological revolution, but will probably only favour those technologies and processes which hanecessitate an integrated strategy at European, national and local level to boost R&D in novel already been developed and are ready for the marketnd advanced technologies and processes, and to strengthen their take-up,
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CH
Recital CH
Amendment 539 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CK
Recital CK
CK. whereas the current EU budget isas well as the national budgets of EU Member States are insufficient to achieve the climate objectives, since the political priority of combating climate change has not been furnished with the necessary budgetary appropriations,