Activities of Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ related to 2020/0036(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Climate Law (continuation of debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 56 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),including SDG 3 “Global Health and Well-Being”,
Amendment 57 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the dramatic consequences of air pollution on human health (400 000 premature deaths per year according to the European Environment Agency (EEA));
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission has, in its Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’19 , set out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a healthier, fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital, and protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. At the same time, this transition must be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind. _________________ 19 Commission Communication - The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final of 11 December 2019.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The preamble to the Paris Agreement acknowledges the “right to health” as a key right; article 4(1)(f) of the UNFCCC states that all Parties thereto should employ “appropriate methods, for example impacts assessments, formulated and determined nationally with a view to minimising adverse effects on the economy, on public health and on the quality of the environment, of projects or measures undertaken by them to mitigate or adapt climate change”.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) According to the WHO, climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health - clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter - and that 250 000 additional deaths, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress, are expected every year between 2030 and 2050, with extremely high air temperatures contributing directly to deaths particularly amongst the elderly and vulnerable individuals. Through flood, heatwaves, drought and fires, climate change has a considerable impact on human health, including undernutrition, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and vector-borne infections.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The European Climate Law should be people centred and should aim to protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the quality of life and the well- being of citizens, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost-effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition.
Amendment 661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) benefits for the health and the quality of life of European Citizens
Amendment 957 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) European statistics and data, including data on losseenvironmental losses and premature deaths from adverse climate impacts, where available; and