43 Amendments of Nessa CHILDERS related to 2018/2279(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 22 November 2016 entitled ‘Next steps for a sustainable European future – European action for sustainability’;1a _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2016%3 A739%3AFIN
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
- having regard to the Reflection Paper of the Commission of 30 January 2019 entitled ‘Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030’;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 g (new)
Citation 19 g (new)
- having regard to the Third African Union-European Union-United Nations Trilateral Meeting, New York, 23 September 2018, Joint Communiqué, 1a _________________ 1ahttp://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_STATEMENT-18-5882_en.htm
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 f (new)
Citation 4 f (new)
- having regard to the High-Level Multi-stakeholder Platform on the UN sustainable development goals and to its joint contribution of 11 October 2018, which recommends that the EU develops and implements an overarching visionary and transformative Sustainable Europe 2030 strategy, guiding all EU policies and programmes, including both interim and long-term targets and lay out Europe's vision for a sustainable Europe beyond the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 c (new)
Citation 19 c (new)
- having regard to the 2018 Global Compact for Migration and Global Compact for Refugees;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the European Council conclusions of 18 October 2018 (EUCO13/18), stating that the EU and its Member States are fully committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its implementation, and in which the European Council welcomed the intention of the Commission to publish its Reflection Paper in 2018, calling for it to pave the way for a comprehensive implementation strategy in 2019;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to the DEVE and ENVI Memorandum - Members of the European Parliament united to accelerate progress to health-related Sustainable Development Goals – leaving no one behind, signed on 20th November 2018;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
- having regard to the 2015 adopted Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 d (new)
Citation 19 d (new)
- having regard to the joint EU-UN statements and communiques supporting the realisation of the SDGs and strengthened collaboration with the UN;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 e (new)
Citation 19 e (new)
- having regard to the Joint Communiqué between the European Union and the United Nations: A renewed partnership in development, New York, 27 September 20181a _________________ 1ahttp://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_STATEMENT-18-5927_en.htm
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 f (new)
Citation 19 f (new)
- having regard to the Joint EU - UN Press Statement of 23September 20181a _________________ 1ahttp://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_STATEMENT-18-5870_en.htm
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the 2030 Agenda, with its indivisible sustainable development goals, has the potential to be transformative and sets out universal, ambitious, comprehensive, indivisible and interlinked goals, aimed at eradicating poverty, fighting discrimination and promotsharing prosperity, ensuring economic, social and territorial cohesion, promoting environmental responsibility, social inclusion and respect for human rights, and strengthening peace and security; whereas these goals require immediate action with a view to full and effective implementation; whereas the 2030 Agenda can unify stakeholders to leverage the full potential of the multilateral system and to more effectively support the countries and people they serve;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs represent an ambitious vision of the healthier, more prosperous, inclusive and resilient world, it is based on the Union’s core values of democracy and participation, social justice, solidarity and sustainability, respect for the rule of law and human rights, both within Europe and around the globe, and striving to achieve the SDGs therefore naturally follows the European Union’s plans to create a better, healthier and more sustainable future for Europe;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas many of ththe interconnected and indivisible SDGs and the 169 targets encompassed in the 2030 Agenda directly concern the powers and responsibilities of the Union in addition to national, regional and local authorities and their implementation therefore requires a true multi-level governance approach, with active and broad-based public, civil society and private sector engagement;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the European Union’s policy and governance framework already includes a certain number of binding and non-binding policy targets, benchmarks and indicators such as in the budgetary, social, energy and climate fields, without consisting of a comprehensive, coherent and joined up policy strategy;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the United Nations High- Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will meet at summit level, under the auspices of the UN General Assembly in September 2019, to take stock of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda as a whole, and at ministerial levelreviewing progress on all SDGs in a comprehensive manner, and at ministerial level (high level political forum) in July 2019 to review progress on SDGs 4 (quality education), 8 (decent work and economic growth), 10 (reduced inequalities), 13 (climate action), 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) and 17 (partnerships for the goals);
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the UNGA Summit on SDGs provides an opportunity for the EU and its Member States to highlight their progress in advancing the 2030 Agenda and SDGs in a comprehensive manner;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the European Commission Staff Document on Combatting HIV/ AIDS, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis from July 2018 highlights the gaps and limitations in surveillance data for viral hepatitis which make it difficult to assess the distance that EU Member States need to cover to reach the UN SDG target;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas voluntary national reviews are at present not necessarily consistent and connected with Member States’ national reform programmes within the European Semester process;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the aim of the 2030 Agenda is to achieve greater well-being for all, leaving no-one behind, and that the three pillars of sustainable development, (social, environmental and economic development) as well as its governance dimension, are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); underlines the fact that sustainable development is a fundamental objective of the Union, as laid down in Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and should play a central role in the debate on and the narrative for the future of Europe in particular as the implementation of the SDGs should lead to a paradigm shift and become the EU's over-arching long-term economic model to succeed the current Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Union should renew its commitment to being a global frontrunner in implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, together with its Member States and their local and regional authorities, in line with the principle of subsidiarity and in close cooperation with its international partners; recalls that the EU political engagement should be reflected in the MFF 2021- 2027; underlines that the 2030 Agenda must further catalyse a joined-up approach between the EU’s internal and external action and its other policies and coherence across Union financing instruments for a global response and commitment towards sustainable growth and development;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recognises that health gains must be protected and progress accelerated to reach the SDGs, states that while the world has made remarkable progress on several fronts in health many challenges remain - among them is addressing disparities between people’s health in stable countries and the health of people living in fragile and vulnerable settings and health disparities within countries;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recognises that the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development has reinforced global health as a political priority; states that healthy populations are critical to sustainable development – to ending poverty, promoting peaceful and inclusive societies and protecting the environment, insists that health is also an outcome and indicator of progress that reflects the success of many goals and the 2030 agenda as a whole;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to identify clearly existing gaps in all relevant policies in order to assess what needs to be done by 2030 in terms of EU policies, legislation, statistics and disaggregated data collection, governance and implementation and to submit a full report on those gaps without further delay sos as to present a comprehensive strategy before the end of 2019;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to propose an all-encompassing EU 2030 strategy for the implementation of the SDGs, which should integrate these goals within the EU’s policies and governance, in order to reinforce the Union’s ability to fulfil its engagements with regard to the 2030 Agenda and strengthen its collaboration with the UN;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. As a key foundation for building a sustainable Europe, calls on the Commission to lead the development of a sustainable food production and consumption model that protects and removes pressure of food systems on health and the environment and brings economic benefits to farmers, companies and citizens;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to work, in collaboration with key stakeholders at all levels, towards ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, in particular with a view to making health care more accessible, affordable, effective, and sustainable, addressing risk factors of non-communicable diseases in a more holistic way, exchanging best practices, and strengthening the capacity to prevent and manage global health threats such as antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls upon the Commission to align programmatic, financing and operational policies, approaches and methodologies where it can enhance efficiency and effectiveness, with UN and its partners, to improve effectiveness on a number of common priorities—such as gender equality and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, climate change and environment, addressing inequalities and poverty;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Calls upon the Commission to enhance accountability for delivering collective results for people internally and externally through its MFF;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its request for such a strategy and underlines the need to clearly set out common indicators and, benchmarks and targets, an analysis of the distance to targets and goals, and required action and means of implementation; stresses that the EU’s 2030 strategy should also outline when and how the Commission and the co- legislator will undertake sustainability impact assessments to reorient existing policies and for new legislative proposals, reviews or recasting of Union legislation;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to present a reform proposal for the existing European Semester process, which is not as such adapted to be a “European process for SDG policy coordination”, as indicated in the Commission’s reflection paper on Sustainable Europe by 2030 in scenario 1; considers that such a reform should ensure that a European SDG policy coordination does not lead to a parallel policy process to the European Semester, but consist of an integrated and coherent approach based on a new Sustainable Development Pact;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the EU Member States to provide data for the effective monitoring of viral hepatitis in line with the indicators established by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and calls on the European Commission to closely monitor this process in line with its commitment made in its Communication "Next steps for a sustainable Europe" from November 2016.
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the Commission to align the MFF 2021-27 with the SDGs implementation and use SDG targets to access progress made by the MFF;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Reiterates the position of the European Parliament on the future Multi- Annual Financial Framework, which calls for a compulsory and legally binding mid-term revision, following a review of the functioning of the MFF, and taking into account an assessment of the progress made towards the climate target, the mainstreaming of the Sustainable Development Goals and gender equality;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the need for the EU institutions to show leadership and adapt their own governance to allow the mainstreaming of SDGs within their work; calls on the European Commission to coordinate SDGs at the highest level with a dedicated project team attached to the president office and working with all Commissioners and DGs trained contact points on SDGs; reference should be made in the State of the Union address to the state of play on SDGs implementation; insists that likewise, the European Parliament should ensure that SDGs are coherently mainstreamed across committees;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the establishment of a working party on the 2030 Agenda under the General Affairs Council; calls for the establishment of SDG coordination and cooperation mechanisms between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, andwhich should be clearly framed and determined within an Inter- Institutional Agreement for a Sustainable Europe by 2030, as coherent political processes between the three institutions will be critical for the successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda; calls for the involvement of all three institutions in a future multi- stakeholder platform on sustainable development;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Is of the view that policy coherence for sustainable development means that all relevant policies, and all financial and non-financial instruments at European level must in future be designed, implemented and monitored along UN SDG goal achievements, and that the European Commission should, therefore, rapidly develop the necessary policy capacities at all levels;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Believes that, in line with UN SDG 17 on Partnerships, the role of the existing Multi-Stakeholder Platform on the UN sustainable development goals should be upgraded and brought into a formal and inter-institutional consultation framework;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to mainstream SDGs into its Better Regulation Agenda and underlines the potential for using the Better Regulation tools strategically in order to evaluate EU policy coherence with regard to the 2030 Agenda; calls on the Commission to establish an SDG check of all new policies and legislation and to ensure full policy coherence in the implementation of the SDGs, while promoting synergies, gaining co-benefits and avoiding trade-offs, both at Union and Member State level; this would in particular require adapting the European Semester by integrating it into a multi- annual sustainable Europe coordination cycle encompassing all dimensions of the SDGs;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises the role of regular and adequate ex-ante impact assessments as well as ex-post evaluations; recalls the Treaty obligation to take into account the objectives of development cooperation in all policies likely to affect developing countries;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Voluntary National Reviews and EU reporting for the UNGA HLPF 2019
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the upcoming in-depth review of SDGs 4 (quality education), 8 (decent work and economic growth), 10 (reduced inequalities), 13 (climate action), 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) and 17 (partnerships for the goals) and the future in depth reviews of SDG 1: No Poverty, SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, SDG 5: Gender Equality, SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; SDG 1, Sustainable Cities and Communities; SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 14: Life Below Water, SDG 15: Life on Land and expects the Union to contribute to the review in full;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Welcomes the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) meeting at summit level, under the auspices of the UN General Assembly in September 2019 and thereafter at future summits, to take stock of the implementation of all the SDGs within the 2030 Agenda as a whole and expects the Union to play a leading role in the summit;