17 Amendments of Caroline LUCAS related to 2008/2015(INI)
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls for a broad, locally-based public information campaign to improve decentralised energy efficiency, withoffering free, impartial and wide-ranging energy services to house and flat owners beincluding provideding them with thermal images and energy performance information for their properties, as well as with recommendations for financing possible modernisation work, along the lines of micro-credits;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls on the Commission to set stringent EU targets and establish integrated industrial policies designed to ensure market access and the uptake of energy efficient technologies, including the development of common technological objectives (such as passive houses), greater use of integrated policy strategies such as lead markets and green public procurement, and supporting regulation in respect of product design and minimum standards;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Calls on the Member States and local authorities, by means of pricing measures and other incentives, to promote a modal shift from cars to local public transport and from road to rail, and by substantial investments in the necessary infrastructure to massively expand and improve the overall service and make it more attractive, making public transport more attractive; in the intermediate period, calls for improvements in the integration of private/individual transportation with public/collective transport systems;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70a. Calls for the inclusion of workplace climate change audits in company reporting standards to enhance transparency in the monitoring of greening policies and emissions reductions;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 a (new)
Paragraph 84 a (new)
84a. Considers that a switch from intensive livestock production to extensive sustainable systems should be encouraged as such systems require a lower use of cereals and soya as animal feed and so entail reduced energy input and emissions;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85 a (new)
Paragraph 85 a (new)
85a. Calls for any mitigation measures in the livestock sector to be subject to an animal health and welfare impact assessment and for such measures not to be introduced if there are any adverse effects on the animals concerned;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 120 a (new)
Paragraph 120 a (new)
120a. Calls for the establishment of a consultative committee on EU climate change policy, which will include the social partners, to allow greater participation in the development of policies to tackle climate change;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125
Paragraph 125
125. Calls for the establishment of a European Climate Fund or corresponding funds in the Member States, to be financed by the proceeds of ETS auctions, and regards this as a way of creating a capital stock to fund a future climate policy, given that there are limits on how far one can plan now for the individual measures of that policy and the investment they will require; furthermore, considers that the solidarity principle, both between generations and between vulnerable and wealthy people, should be a key consideration when using the fund;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 134
Paragraph 134
134. Calls on the competent bodies in the Member States to create new careers and to adapt not only practical work training but also occupational training colleges and courses at technical colleges and universities to the specific employment- related challenges of the structural economic change which is being hastened by climate change and its effects; furthermore, calls for regular investigations into emerging skills needs;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 134 a (new)
Paragraph 134 a (new)
134a. Recognises the important role played by workers and their representatives in greening their companies and workplaces, at the national and transnational levels, and calls for Community support for the development, exchange and dissemination of best practice;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 141 a (new)
Paragraph 141 a (new)
141a. Recognises that, in order to tackle food-related greenhouse gas emissions, the EU must consider making significant reductions in overall production and consumption of livestock products;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 144
Paragraph 144
144. Considers it important, in the dialogue with citizens and retailers, to focus advertising on regional and seasonal products, and to use consumer information, in particular mandatory labelling regarding the production method of meat products as an aid to consumer decisions, so as to highlight the climate impact of intensive livestock production;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas urgent measures are needed to tackle energy and fuel poverty,
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas energy savings are in the cheapestlong term the most cost-effective and cleanest way of saving resources and thus combating climate change,
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG
Recital AG
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CF a (new)
Recital CF a (new)
CFa. whereas sustainable housing presents an enormous potential for job creation,
Amendment 547 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CN a (new)
Recital CN a (new)
CNa. whereas there are significant skills gaps in the industrial sectors which would form the foundation for the development of future employment in green industries, e.g. engineering; whereas EU objectives for transformation to a more sustainable economy require existing manufacturing sector skills gaps to be addressed,