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17 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2012/2095(INI)

Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that climate change is widely recognised as being an essential driver and threat multiplier for global security, peace and stability and that climate change is thus relevant to Articles 42 and 43 of the Lisbon Treaty;
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that complex crises must be predicted and prevented by applying a comprehensiveglobal approach including policy areas covering the entire range from the Common Security and Defence Policy to humanitarian and development aidhumanitarian and development aid; notes that, since 1969, NATO's Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme has supported cooperative activities that tackle environmental issues, including those that are related to defence, in NATO countries and in partner countries since the 1990s;
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Notes also that NATO was at the heart of the first international answer to environmental security challenges in 2004, when the Alliance joined five other international agencies10 to form the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) to address environmental issues that threaten security in vulnerable regions; 10 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Organization for Security and Co- operation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Regional Environment Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses, therefore, that it is essential to integrate the impact of natural disasters into Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) strategies and operational plans with a focus on the countries and regions concerned before, during and after any natural or humanitarian crises that might emerge;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the Lisbon Treaty requires the EU to develop civilian and military capabilities for international crisis management across the entire range of tasks outlined in its Article 43, in particular conflict prevention, humanitarian and rescue tasks, military advice and assistance tasks, peace- keeping and post-conflict stabilisation;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – introductory part
13. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, as the principal coordinator of EU civilian and military instruments, to:
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point d
(d) adapt the EU's long-term planning of civilian and military capacities and capabilities accordingly;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the EU has to come up with a list of the challenges it faces in areas such as the Arctic, the Arab World and the Third Pole (the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau), notably the potential for conflicts over water supplies in South Asia; calls, therefore, on the HR/VP to draw up a list of all countries and regions most vulnerable to climate change over the coming decades (including in particular the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) countries whose very existence is threatened by rising sea level); calls on the HR/VP to set out the reasons for including each country or region on that list and the nature of the EU response required to prevent the risk of conflict or other humanitarian disaster becoming a reality in each case;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that early warning and early preventive action with regard to the negative consequences of climate change depend on adequate human resources and methodology with regard to data collection and analysis; calls on the HR/VP to make sure that the relevant EEAS units which deal with security and defence policies such as CMPD, CPCC, EUMS, EUMC, the bodies in charge of Conflict Prevention and Security Policy, the Commission's Foreign Policy Instruments Service and the geographical desks of the countries and regions most affected by climate change take into account the most recent assessment reports of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other more recent assessments and reports, i.e. the relevant EU space-based programmes and systems (GMES); stresses the need to enhance the capacities of EU delegations in the countries most vulnerable to destabilisation where problems might be exacerbated by climate change to include monitoring crisis development and assigning climate experts to all relevant EEAS bodies which have a particular role with regard to situation analysis and early warning, such as the Situation Centre; calls for the development of common criteria for analysis, risk assessment and the setting-up of a joint alert system;
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that there is an urgent need to adapt and modify the main CSDP policy documents with regard to climate change implications, such as the EU Concept for Military Planning at the Political and Strategic level11 , the EU Concept for Military Command and Control12 , the EU Concept for Force Generation13 and the EU Military Rapid Response Concept14 , as well as those documents which are relevant for civilian CSDP missions such as the EU concept for comprehensive planning, the EU Concept for Police Planning and Guidelines for Command and Control Structure for EU Civilian Operations in Crisis Management15 ;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses the need to create, at EU level, a structure similar to IPCC with the involvement of military experts to assess and avoid the worst climate-driven crisis and natural disasters which the EU already faces and will face increasingly in the future; the EU should eNotes that NATO is actively engaged in coordinating civil emergency planning and response to environmental disasters, principally through the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EARDCC); Encourages all itsEU Member States to incorporate environment and security issues into their military strategic doctrine and capability planning;
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the need to explore, on the basis of already existing capacities such as the EU Battle Groups and the European Air Transport Commandbilateral or multilateral initiatives, the possibility of creating further joint capabilities that are relevant fordeemed necessary and relevant for Member State operations which respond to the impact of climate change or natural disasters; invites the Council, the HR/VP and the EDA to explore the possibility of creating a European Engineer Corps and ways of linking equipment and infrastructure which can be used in such a capacity, in particular, to the ongoing pooling and sharing process;
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses the need also to bring the broader developments in the field of the European Defense Industrial Base into line with the specific requirements of climate- driven crisis and natural disasters; calls for an enhanced role for the EDA in close cooperation with the EU Military Committee in this process; calls on both CSDP bodies to make sure that procurement programmes and capability development programmes devote adequate financial means and other resources to the specific needs of responding to climate change and natural disasters;
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the urgent need for the EU to use all the instruments at its disposal; calls on the HR/VP and the Commission to use the current legislative procedure ahead of the next multiannual financial perspective 2014-2020 in order to mainstream climate security through all the financial instruments for external assistance; welcomes the Commission proposal for a renewed Instrument for Stability, which already takes into account the negative impact of climate change on security, peace and political stability;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the HR/VP to send experts on climate security to the EU Delegations of the most affected countries and regions in order to strengthen the capacity of the Union when it comes to early warning and information about possible upcoming conflicts;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the idea of creating a post for a UN special envoy for climate security, and invitwelcomes the HR/VP to replicate thiUK Government's idea within the EU, at both Union and national levels, with the appointment of official envoys on climate and security, as the UK Government has already donecision to appoint a Climate Change Envoy;
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for coordination mechanisms to be established between the EU as a whole and those Member States which may in the future act in accordance with the provisions of permanent structured cooperation to ensure the consistency of their actions with the EU's comprehensive approach in this field;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AFET