18 Amendments of Michèle RIVASI related to 2009/2152(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the target of halting global warming at +2°C would still mean a warming scenario for Europe, marked by extreme regional climate changes, and whereas the current pledges notified to the UNFCCC would add up to warming of +3.5-4°C if implemented,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, according to the European Respiratory Society, for every Celsius degree increase in temperature over a given city-specific threshold, mortality amongst those with respiratory problems increases by 6%,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the impacts of climate change on the economy, society and the wider environment will be most severely felt in an indirect manner, through the degradation of the ecosystem services fundamental to human well-being, and whereas this requires the protection of ecosystems to be the foundation of an EU adaptation strategy,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of mainstreaming adaptation into all EU policies, particularly the common agricultural and fisheries policies and cohesion policy, and into legislation on environmental impact assessment, planning permission and building standards;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to enhance resilience of the agricultural ecosystems by more sustainable use of natural resources, in particular of water and soil, by actively discouraging unsustainable practices and the planting of crop types that are not suitable because of their water consumption;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the common agricultural policy has a central role to play in contributing to adaptation, and that it needs to develop a more ecosystem-based approach to agriculture, protecting and enhancing the delivery of biodiversity conservation and other ecosystem services, including soil conservation, floodwater quality and ecological connectivity across landscapes;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recommends that, as a first step, the cross-compliance system be expanded to include additional provisions on water use, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity conservation;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that asoil resilience is a fundamental component of ecosystem adaptation, and notes that soil degradation is continuing in the EU; considers that the proposed directive on soil would be an essential tool for adaptation, in particular in response to the risk of soil degradation and desertification; therefore urges the Member States to move forward towards theits adoption of a directive on soil;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the proposals of the Commission to develop guidelines and surveillance mechanisms on the health impact of climate change by 2011; underlines the increasing risk of propagation of vector-borne diseases and the serious impacts on respiratory health;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the health impacts of climate change are likely to impact the hardest on the most deprived communities and, the poorest populations and the most vulnerable groups, such as children, the elderly and those who are already ill; regards it as essential for adaptation measures to be considered in the context of health inequalities, and for such measures to encourage action that promotes health co-benefits;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the need to step up existing animal disease surveillance and control systems;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that medium and long-term investments in infrastructure projects shoulde need to ensure that existing legislation on industrial permitting and environmental impact assessment requires any planned infrastructure or authorised industrial activity to take full account of the predicted future climatic conditions and resulting risks, while maintaining a certain flexibility; adaptive capacity; points out that in many cases it would be more appropriate not to develop vulnerable areas rather than to construct defences in preparation for adverse climate effects;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes, in relation to the cooling of reactors, the particular risks posed to the safety of nuclear installations during heat waves, a problem which can have potentially significant negative environmental impacts on surrounding waters and security of supply implications;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Given that NATURA 2000 forms the central pillar of EU policy efforts to maintain ecosystems in changing climate conditions, calls for active management of NATURA 2000 sites, with proper financing from the Community and Member Sates, to allow species to migrate and survive when climate conditions change;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Emphasises that the funds made available under the various economic recovery plans should also be directed to adaptation investments, and in any case need to be climate-proofed;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Recognises the historical responsibility borne by the industrialised countries for the current increase in global temperatures; reiterates the statements it made in its resolution of 10 February 2010, including that EU commitments to finance climate efforts in developing countries should be new and additional to existing ODA commitments and independent of annual budgetary procedures in the Member States;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the proposal of the Commission to set up an impact and adaptation steering group; asks the Commission to ensure that this group includes representatives of main political groups in Parliament as observers;