9 Amendments of Maria Eleni KOPPA related to 2008/2131(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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2. Stresses that the GCCA must remainConsiders the GCCA to be an important pillar of the EU's external action on climate change and to constitute a complementary and supportive platform for the ongoing process in the context of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, serving to advance the implementation of the Convention and the Protocol and of agreements related thereto;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2 a new
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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3. Regards it as vital for the EU to continue to lead the global fight against climate change, which may lead ; calls for an effectively coordinater alia to security threats and substantial migratory movements, and for itd global approach by the EU, other major international actors and multilateral organisations, in order to attain the targets set by the Kyoto Protocol; fully supports the ongoing efforts to forge a multilateral post-2012 framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and looks forward to the creation of a comprehensive and more equitable climate-change regime;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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4. Considers it necessary to mainstream the fight against climate change into all of the EU's external relations; believes that the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy has enormous potential to play an important role in enhancing the EU's capacity to prevent and deal with conflicts accentuated by climate change, such as territorial disputes and tensions over access to natural resources, such as water, and natural disasters; considers that further ways should be examined of integrating climate change adaptation into already existing external policies and financial instruments; invites the High Representative to take forward, with the Commission, his initial reflection on "international security and climate change" in the context of the forthcoming update of the European Security Strategy;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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5. Considers that the EU should further step up its dialogue with its neighbours as well as major industrialised countries, in order to involve them in adaptation and mitigation efforts; suggests that the EU should further integrate climate change adaptation into its regional strategies, in particular the European Neighbourhood Policy, the Black Sea Strategy and, the EU- Africa Strategy, Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and the Cotonou Agreement, while giving particular attention to the regions most vulnerable to security risks related to climate change;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a new
Paragraph 5 a new
5a. Calls on the Commission to give priority to promoting sustainable energy supplies in the context of development aid and, in particular, in strategies for combating poverty;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b new
Paragraph 5 b new
5b. Stresses the importance of energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy for development cooperation;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c new
Paragraph 5 c new
5c. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that development-assistance strategies are consistent with the aims of environmental protection and sustainable management of global natural resources, given the consideration that economic growth, energy security and climate change are fundamental and interlinked challenges; calls on the Commission to explore ways to mobilise new financial resources, to ensure that the conditions for general budget support (including under the 'Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) contracts') explicitly take account of climate-change and energy- security considerations, according to the principle of shared but differentiated responsibility between countries, and also to provide for increased transfers of new environmentally friendly technologies to developing countries;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6