Activities of Matthias GROOTE related to 2015/2112(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris (debate) DE
Amendments (8)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the findings of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report concluding that even the full cessation of carbon emissions from the industrialised countries will not ensure the achievement of the below 2° C target without significant new commitments by developing countries;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls upon EU Member States to adopt complimentary commitments, additional to any agreed greenhouse gas reduction targets, to reduce up to 1 billion tons of CO2 per year outside of the EU before 2030 in order to enable the world to achieve the below 2° C target;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Reiterates, therefore, the EU’s own commitment taken in 2008 to help reduce gross tropical forest loss by 50% by 2020 and to halt global forest loss entirely by 2030; underlines that an achievement of these commitments together with restoration of 350 million hectares of forests as called for in the New York Declaration on Forests can reduce 4.5-8.8 billion tons of CO2 per year in 2030;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Notes the effectiveness of the existing REDD+ mitigation mechanism and encourages EU Member States to include it in any climate change mitigation efforts in order to save most of the remaining tropical forests as well as to contribute to the preservation of biodiversity and global precipitation patterns vital for the world’s agriculture;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Calls on EU Member States to enter into voluntary international mitigation partnerships with those developing countries particularly affected by tropical deforestation in view of providing financial or technical assistance to stop deforestation by means of implementation of sustainable land use policies or governance reforms;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the need for the ICAO and the IMOUNFCCC Parties to act to effectively regulate emissions from international aviation and shipping respectively before the end of 2016, in line with adequacy and urgency required; calls for all Parties to work through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to develop a global policy framework to enable an effective response, and to take measures to meet adequate targets before the end of 2016;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that the level of ambition necessary to bridge the existing carbon gap on the part of the developing countries is achievable only if significant assistance from the industrialised countries has been mobilised; calls therefore on the industrialised countries to enter into dedicated partnerships with developing countries aimed at helping them meet ambitious climate mitigation objectives, particularly by way of targeted financial assistance, debt reduction or provision of know-how and technologies;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Emphasises that additional climate change mitigation commitments by EU Member States provided to the developing countries in the form of international agreements would potentially free up parts of public foreign assistance which might be then spent on adaptation and resilience measures which constitute a political priority for a number of the poorest developing countries;