Activities of Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES related to 2008/2074(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Addressing the challenge of water scarcity and droughts in the European Union (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that it is not in the competencies of the European Union to establish a hierarchy of water uses; points out that these competencies lie with the Member States who each have unique challenges, economies, climates, geographical conditions and infrastructures, and that there cannot be a one-size-fits-all approach to the evaluation of water efficiency;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Acknowledges the importance of the demand-side approach but takes the view that the EU should adopt a holistic approach when managing water resources, combining measures of demand management, measures to optimise existing resources within the water cycle, and measures to create new resources, and that the approach needs to integrate environmental, social and economic considerations;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to take into account the inter-sectoral link between the social and economic impact of climate change on land usage and the energy costs associated with climate change; encourages the EU to conduct all water efficiency evaluations using objective and economic indicators;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the importance of the WFD as a framework for achieving "good status" for all European waters, promoting inter-regional cooperation, sustainable water use and protection of available water resources while contributing to mitigating the effects of floods and droughts, and calls upon the Commission and all the Member States to implement fully its provisions;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that river basin management plans under the WFD should also integrate drought management and set up crisis management tailored to the concrete needs of river basins threatened by water scarcity and droughts; highlights the need to avoid creating barriers to the natural course of rivers in an effort to minimise flooding, and encourages more extensive impact assessment as regards sealing off the natural courses of the water flow;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasises the need to evaluate the production of drinking water using a methodology that includes the various aspects of the life cycle: energy, emissions, waste, noise and the degradation of soil;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for the creation of an integral policy to retain rainwater and maximise the ability to stock this water resource within the territory concerned through the use of small dams and other traditional measures, and calls on authorities to promote the retention of excess water in moments of flooding or heavy rainfall by collecting the water in existing or new reservoirs or by using the water to fill underground aquifers;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that a lot of progress towards more efficient use of water can be achieved in the agricultural sector; hopes that the Common Agricultural Policy health check will take this problem into consideration and will propose concrete actions promoting a more sustainable use of water through incentives to mobilise the best available technologies; considers that the European Union should support measures to improve water management in agriculture, promoting a modernisation of irrigation systems to reduce water consumption and boosting research in this field;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that consumers have a major role to play if we want to achieve a significant reduction of water consumptionustainable use of water in the EU; calls therefore on the EU to launch a public campaign to make people aware of the water issue and encouraging them to undertake concrete actions;