1 Amendments of Judith SARGENTINI related to 2009/2002(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the greatest challenges of mitigation and adaptation to climate change will be faced by developing countries, and that a significant contribution by the EU will be essential in order to address these additional needs; calls for the Commission to play a leadership role in responding to the challenge, by coordinating donor responses and by providing adequate additional resourcesrecalls in this respect that Parliament's resolution of 11 March 2009 said that the collective contribution by the EU towards developing countries' mitigation efforts and adaptation needs should not be less than EUR 30 000 million per annum by 2020; calls for the Commission to play a leadership role in responding to the challenge, by coordinating donor responses and by providing adequate additional resources; considers that a new budget line has to be created in view of obligations towards developing countries that will arise as a result of the climate change agreement expected to be concluded at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009;