8 Amendments of Rovana PLUMB related to 2011/2197(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that in its 2007 4th Assessment Report the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that the impact of climate change varies according to gender, age and class, with the poor most likely to suffer the most; underlines that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiation process must at all stages, from research and analysis to design and implementation and the creation of mitigation and adaptation strategies, take into account the principles of gender equality;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that 70% of the world's poorest are women who are denied equal access to and control over resources, technology, services, land rights, credit and insurance systems and decision-making powers, and thus are disproportionately vulnerable to and affected by climate change; underlines that 85% of people who die as a result of climate-induced natural disasters are women, that 75% of environmental refugees are women, and that women are also more likely to be the unseen victims of resource wars and violence resulting from climate change;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the important role of women in implementing mitigation measures in daily life, e.g. through energy saving practices, recycling measures, and the use of eco-friendly and organic products;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Acknowledges therefore the significant contribution women can make to successful innovation through their educative capacity both in business and in household management;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. In this regard, underlines the importance of strengthening the active participation of women in innovation for sustainable development as a means of tackling the serious challenges posed by climate change;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the EU and Member States to assess to what extent climate-related policies take account of women's needs and urges them to apply a genders perspective when formulating gender- sensitive sustainable development policy;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop a principle of ‘climate justice’; insists that the greatest injustice of our failure to effectively tackle climate change would be the detrimental effects on poor countries and populations, and on women in particular;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the need for a wider and more effective development of EU climate diplomacy in all international climate negotiations; considers that reinforcing the involvement and empowerment of women in this field by introducing the "soft power" concept could have a positive influence;