Activities of Anders WIJKMAN related to 2008/0014(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Shared effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The view of the Community, most recently expressed by the Environment Council in its meeting of 5 November 2007 in Brussels, is that in order to meet this 1 OJ L 33, 7.2.1994, p.11. objective, the overall global annual mean surface temperature increase should not exceed 2°C above pre-industrial levels, which implies that global greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced to at least 50% below 1990 levels by 2050. All sectors of the economy should contribute to achieving these emission reductions. Developed countries in general and the European Union in particular should continue to take the lead by committing to collectively reducing their emissions of greenhouse gases in the order of 30% by 2020 compared to 1990, and in the order of 60% by 2035. The ultimate objective shall be the progressive elimination of emissions from fossil sources within the European Union by 2050.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Member States may justify unrestricted levels of domestic greenhouse gas emissions reduction above and beyond their greenhouse gas emission limits, based on no-regrets actions and policies that have co-benefits. In this regard primacy should be given to the co-benefits to public health (particularly relating to air quality) and improved safety, ecosystem preservation and biodiversity, poverty reduction and employment, and energy security.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) As a means to even out the differences in abatement cost faced by different Member States by allowing for increased geographical flexibility, and at the same time, enhancing the over-all cost-efficiency of the total commitment of the Community, Member States should be able to transfer part of its allowed greenhouse gas emissions entitlement to another Member State. Such transfers would be regulated through a bilateral agreement and transparency would be ensured by way of a notification to the Commission and the registration of such a transfer in the registries of both Member States involved.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. The European Community shall, by 2020, limit its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% compared to 1990 levels. Greenhouse gas emissions from sources not covered under Directive 2003/87/EC should undertake one third of the emission reduction effort required to meet this target, using 2005 emissions as the baseline. The corresponding greenhouse gas emission limits and amounts in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per Member State for sources not covered under Directive 2003/87/EC, shall be calculated by the Commission.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. During the years 2013 to 2019, a Member State may carry forward from the following year a quantity equal to 21% of the greenhouse gas emission limit of that Member State in paragraph 2. If the emissions of a Member State are below the limit in paragraph 2 it may carry over its excess emission reductions to the subsequent year.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Each Member State may transfer part of its greenhouse gas emissions entitlement permitted under Article 3(1) and (2) to another Member State. The acquiring Member State may use the greenhouse gas emissions entitlement to implement its obligations under Article 3.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If EU greenhouse gas emissions from international maritime transport have not been brought under the scope of any Community legal instrument to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of international maritime transport by 2009, the Commission shall adopt measures to determine national reduction obligations for those emissions by 2012.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4. If the greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State are above the limit set by paragraph 2, this Member State has to compensate for this underachievement in the next year by multiplying the excess greenhouse gas emissions of the previous year by a mandatory additional climate abatement factor of 1,3 . If the greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State are below the limit set in paragraph 2, it may carry over its excess emission reductions to the subsequent year.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a The Community greenhouse gas emissions from sectors not covered under Directive 2003/87/EC shall continue to decrease beyond 2020 on an annual pathway leading to an overall reduction of at least 60% compared to 1990 levels by 2035, with the ultimate objective of eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use within the European Union by 2050. The Commission shall examine by 2011 whether it is appropriate to differentiate the Community reduction target for a further period, otherwise Member States shall ensure annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions of their emissions covered by this Decision by a uniform reduction factor.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a To ensure that the potential for energy efficiency is used to its full extent, and in order to reach the goal of reducing energy consumption in the EU by 20% by 2020, as a starting point, the Commission shall propose measures, including binding targets, based on the Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential (COM(2006)0545).
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 b (new)
Article 4 b (new)
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Direct Penalty mechanism 1. The Commission shall establish a direct penalty mechanism against Member States being activated in case of non- compliance. The penalty mechanism shall allow the Commission to impose a levy directly upon a Member State that is not complying with the commitments under this Decision. 2. The Commission shall establish by 31 December 2010 at the latest the necessary guidelines, methods for the calculation of non-compliance penalties, the collection of penalties and provisions for the administrative handling.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)