15 Amendments of María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS related to 2020/2112(INI)
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas climate change is warming the Arctic two to three times faster than the global average, thus significantly changing the regional ecosystem and geography, including by opening new transport routes, enabling the access to rare natural resources, and intensifying fishing and tourism;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas some parts of the Arctic have the highest concentration of plastic litter in the world, already affecting Arctic animal species, posing a risk of contaminating the food web and eventually affecting humans;
Amendment 46 #
Cc. whereas, due to its remoteness, man-made environmental disasters in the Arctic, particularly when extracting oil and other Arctic resources, are difficult to contain and manage and eliminating their damages is problematic;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas the largest oil contamination of the Arctic took place on Russian territories in May 2020 when more than 20,000 tons of diesel fuel poured into the surrounding ground and waterways near the city of Norilsk, and the clean-up work is still ongoing;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the management of climate change and its effect in the Arctic requires international cooperation and the implementation of the Paris Agreement is at the heart of such cooperation;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the remit of the Arctic Council is limited, giving it the flexibility to adapt to new challenges but also making it less able to respond to all the issues affecting the Arctic, particularly security- related affairs and de-escalation of tensions related to the race for the Arctic territories, resources and dominance in the Arctic waters;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas Russia’s economic and military investments in the Arctic far exceed those of the rest of the Arctic states;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the military importance of the Arctic is rapidly increasing due to the progressive and steady re-militarisation of the Russian Federation, including modernization of its Northern Fleet, provision of new submarines and nuclear- powered heavy icebreakers, reopening of former Soviet-era Arctic outposts and building new military structures equipped with combat ready radars and missile systems stretching from the Barents Sea to the Bering Straits, significantly increasing the likelihood of military confrontation in the region;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas Russia is taking unilateral actions to tighten the control of the Northern Sea Route along its Arctic coastline;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges cooperation with the Arctic states and responsible international organizations to harmonize the legal system applicable to the Arctic and avoid unilateral disruptive actions by the Arctic states to enact domestic regulations over the international norms;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expresses concerns over China’s investment attempts in the seaports along the Northern Sea Route and to obtain mining rights, inter alia, as a way to establish its presence in the Arctic, and urges the Arctic states to carry out a thorough screening of foreign investments in their objects of strategic importance;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the protection of the environment and the management of man-made pollution should be a key objective in the Arctic; discourages the exploitation of Arctic resources if it is scientifically proven to cause irreparable damage to the ecosystem of the Arctic and beyond;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the importance of the Arctic for EU energy security, strongly insists on a sustainable science-based exploitation of the energy resources;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the work of the Arctic Council in tackling pollution in the Arctic and calls on the EU to play an active role and provide assistance in this regard;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recognises the contribution of EU Space programmes such as Copernicus, Galileo, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service and the satellite communications to environmental, maritime and human safety and security in the Arctic by enabling the monitoring of ice evolution, sustainable management of marine resources, detection of pollution, emergency warning, identification and tracking of maritime movement, search and rescue services, inter alia; supports continuous investment in development of these capabilities and advises their application in the Arctic in cooperation and under the leadership of the Arctic states that are members of the EU and/or NATO;