Activities of Dominique VLASTO related to 2009/2152(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Explanations of vote (continuation)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas climate change is a reality that is largely caused by human activity, the challenge is to bring together all the players involved in a global and sustainable effort to protect the climate, combining prevention, mitigation and adaptation measures, and the policies drawn up for this purpose need to be both sectoral and cross-sectoral,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the economic, social and financial consequences of the implementation of measures to combat climate change in the transport sector are still not adequately known or anticipated, like the effects of the reorganisation of this sector (for example, under the impact of modal shift); stresses that, in the light of the contribution expected to be made by the transport sector to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Commission should develop the collecting of data regarding the development of this sector, define vulnerability indicators and methods for exchanging best practice and experience for its various component parts (road, rail, air and maritime transport) and specify by 2011 the ways in which the costs and benefits of options for adapting this sector will be defined and evaluated;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that mountainous areas in the Union will be particularly affected by climate change, which progresses more quickly in these vulnerable regions, with an impact on employment, accessibility, land use, tourism and infrastructure, which would have justified providing in the White Paper for specific action to ‘increase the resilience of mountainous areas’; suggests, therefore, that the Commission should draft Community guidelines on adaptation to climate change in mountainous areas, in the context of a general policy on spatial planning in the face of this challenge, insofar as they are particularly sensitive geographical areas like coastal and marine areas;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the Lisbon Treaty will in future allow the Commission to take support and coordination measures in the area of tourism; calls on the Commission to propose measures and action enabling an adaptation strategy specific to the tourism sector to be defined (strengthening of knowledge of climate change, risk prevention policy and a policy on adapting to the ensuing changes, information for consumers, etc.);
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, with regard to instruments and financing, the action proposed in the White Paper is very vague; stresses that companies in the transport sector are already heavily taxed and that users of modes of transport also make a large contribution to the necessary financial outlay; calls on the Commission, therefore, to favour modes of financing which would not increase the costs on transport companies or the costs for users, in particular by mobilising the structural funds and some of the appropriations from the European Economic Recovery Plan, or by giving priority to financing solutions to the challenges of climate change in the next financial perspective for the period after 2013, so as to help bring about ‘green’ and sustainable growth, create jobs and support stakeholders in the transport and tourism sector through innovation and research;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need for accessible, detailed and full information for the general public and stakeholders in the transport and tourism sector on the causes and effects of climate change and on the ways in which these effects may alter lifestyles and means of transport, types of travel, the organisation of these sectors, the construction and maintenance of infrastructure and charges for its use, spatial planning and the supply of natural resources; stresses that it is essential to guarantee adequate funding for such information campaigns and to take account of the need to adapt these messages to the various Member States and their regions;