31 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2017/2086(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to the Demographic Exploration for Climate Adaptation (DECA) developed by UNFPA, which combines population data with the geography of climate hazards providing a policy tool for reducing disaster risks,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality on Women and Climate Change (2011/2197),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas those with fewer resources to adapt to climate change will be hardest hit by the impact of climate change;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the impacts of climate change are experienced different forly by women and men; whereas women are more vulnerable, face higher risks and burdens for various reasons, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights, to social and cultural norms and their diverse intersectional experiences based on ethnicity, identity, sexual orientation, religion, function and age etc., family roles, including responsibility for food production and water collection in many parts of the world, and their diverse intersectional experiences;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women are responsible for more than 70% of water chores and management worldwide;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas climate impacts exacerbate gender inequalities in relation to discrimination, threats to health, loss of livelihood, displacement, forced migration, poverty, human trafficking, violence, food insecurity, access to infrastructure and essential services; whereas there is a need for a gender-transformative approach, which links the analysis of climate impacts to a critical reflection on masculinities, norms, consumption patterns and their impact on climate changeresponsive approach;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Parties to the UNFCCC decided at COP 18 (Decision 23/CP.18) to adopt the goal of achieving gender balance in the bodies established pursuant to the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol in order to improve women’s participation, ensure a more effective climate change policy that addresses the needs of women and men equalitably, and to keep track of progress made towards the goal of gender balance in advancing gender-sensitive climate policy;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas mechanisms for funding adaptation and mitigation measures, for loss and damage or for climate induced displacement will remain inbe more efficient unlessif they incorporate women’s full participation in design processes, decision- making and implementation; whereas taking women’s knowledge into account can lead to advances in disaster management, boost biodiversity, improve water management, enhance food security, prevent desertification, protect forests, ensure a swift transition to renewable energy technologies and support public health;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the impacts of climate change in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia could force more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030, fuelling conflicts and driving displacement; whereas the UN Convention to Combat Desertification estimates that 135 million people could be displaced by 2045 as a result of desertification; whereas the UN International Organisation for Migration forecasts thatnotes in its assessment of evidence that forecasts for the number of climate displaced by 2050 million people could be climate-displaced by 2050vary from 25 million to 1billion people with a figure of 200 million people being the most widely cited estimate;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas gender equality and the right to development is inherent in the concept of climate justice; whereas women who bear the brunt of climate change also bear the brunt of climate induced displacement, whereas climate displacement affects women more severely;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas gender equality and the right to development is inherent in the concept of climate justice; whereas women who bear the brunt of climate change also bear the brunt of climate displacement, whereas climate induced displacement affects women more severely;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. where as in many countries, women continue to be economically dependent on their spouses; lower proportions of women than men have their own cash income from labour as a result of the unequal division of paid and unpaid work; and in some developing countries, women’s access to land and other assets, and women’s control over household economic resources, may be restricted or limited;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas the poor more frequently live in marginal areas vulnerable to floods, rising seas and storms; whereas women and children are 14 times more likely to die than men during natural disasters (http://staging.soroptimist.org/whitepaper s/wp_disaster.html); whereas an estimated 87 per cent of unmarried women and 100 per cent of married women lost their main source of income when Cyclone Nargis hit the Ayeyarwaddy Delta in Myanmar in 2008 (British Red Cross on Relief Web (2009).);
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas women’s capacity to copeclimate change increases the magnitude and frequency of natural disasters, which may results in loss of property, loss of economic income generation activities, loss of access to vital health services, and heightened risk of gender-based violence; whereas women’s capacity to cope with the effects of natural disasters is often impaired by prevailing inequalities; whereas climate change willmay exacerbate such inequalities, leading to further displacement;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the impactas consequences of climate change give rise to a displacement of people that does not fit within the parameters of current international frameworksare projected to increase displacement of people; whereas responding to climate induced displacement will be a challenge of paramount importance requiring a complex and comprehensive global strategy;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of Key Messages on Human Rights and Climate Change is a significant step forward in increasing the rights of climate-displaced personconsidering the adverse impact of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights; whereas Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement give global leaders a cross- cutting normative foundation for developing such a framework through elaborating existing UN instruments further;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that women and girls are the best sources of knowledge of their circumstances and needs and therefore should be consulted in all issues related to them; recognises that statistically women are more concerned about climate change (EIGE); recognises that women as innovators, leaders, organisers, educators and care givers have throughout centuries found ways in difficult situations to provide and meet the needs of their families, and have huge potential to be innovators for the future as well; Encourages building on good practices such as the electronic portal about climate change and gender created as part of Finland’s presidency in the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recognises that development policies in the areas of health, education, empowerment, in addition to environmental policy, are fundamental to sustainable development and ultimately solving climate change; Recognises that how these are incorporated to addressing growing trends such as urbanisation will greatly impact climate change;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure, where appropriate, that all investments into mitigation and adaptation are based on gender analysis;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recognises that women, who perform the majority of unpaid household and care work also make the majority of everyday consumer decisions and therefore, provided with accurate information and options, can impact sustainability through these choices; for example, research has shown that with choosing local food, consumers could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by up to 5%;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on Member States to ensure that women are equal participants and beneficiaries of all consultations, decision-making, programmes and funding related to climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses the need to see concrete steps to include more women in climate change negotiations with concrete measures; Calls on the Commission to facilitate and support the networking of women organisations and civil society activities;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Recalls the European Parliament resolution on the climate change conference in Durban (COP 17) and its commitment to ‘strive for female representation of at least 40% in all relevant bodies’ for climate financing;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to secure a gender-sensitive approach in the work of Warsaw Task Force on Displacement, mandated by UNFCCC (COP 22) to develop recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimise and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change, which acknowledges that women and girls belong to the most vulnerable groups affectdisplaced by climate displacementchange;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to collect gender- disaggregated data when planning, implementing and evaluating climate change policies, programmes and projects, including through a strengthened EIGE;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls Core commitment 4 of the EU’s commitments for the World Humanitarian Summit, to Ensure that humanitarian programming is gender responsive; Calls on the Commission to ensure this commitment is reflected within the implementation of the Disaster Preparedness ECHO programme and the implementation of the Action Plan for Resilience in Crisis Prone Countries (2013-2020) and the Resilience Marker;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the EU’s financial commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) have increased, but the human resources capacity to manage this increasing volume of work has not; stresses that the EU is not delivering on thehas to show a strong institutional commitment to GEWE in relation to climate change, notably as set out in the overarching policies governing development cooperation, namely the SDGs and the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP);
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises the possibilities for integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation and women’s economic empowerment goals particularly in developing countries; calls on the Commission and Member States to explore in relevant projects and mechanisms, such as in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, how women could be provided paid employment opportunities to carry out the environmental services that they currently provide on a voluntary basis, for example reforestation, afforestation of cleared land and the conservation of natural resources;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regretcalls that gender equality and climate change is not a priority area in the EU GAP and that gender-sensitive indicators have not been adequately developed or integrated into results reporting and that internal accountability and funding for GEWE results remain weak; deplores that the only objective relating to climate and women’s participation in the GAP’s accompanying joint staff working document (SWD(2015)0182),the GAP II provides an EU foreign policy agenda with four thematic pillars, including the horizontal one on shifting Commission services and the EEAS institutional culture, fully respecting the principle of equality between men and women; Notes that the least progress has been made on objective 20, on equal rights enjoyed by women to participate in and influence decision- making processes on climate and environmental issues has as an indicator (20.1) the number of deaths per 100 000 from climate-related and natural disasters – average over the last ten years; Calls for further efforts to implement this objective;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises that, without leadership commitment and the institutional incentives that should flow from that leadership, improvements to technical guidance and the like will not improvements to technical guidance will not be sufficient on their own to transform the EU’s effectiveness on GEWE;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls for further introduction of the concept of climate justice in terms of global CO2 quotas, divided per person, and monitored, with a plan and mechanism for compensation from those that over-use their quota to those than under-use theirs;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on its parliamentary committees to give greater importenhance to gender mainstreaming when working within their areas of competence on the cross-cutting issues of climate change, sustainable development and human rights;