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4 Amendments of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2011/2095(INI)

Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the agricultural sector can contributes to further mitigating climate change, and the CAP post 2013 is expected to enhance this contribution; notes, however, that, in the longer run, the emission reduction potential of agriculture is rather limited compared to other sectors; stresses that all countries that are the main emitters must make an appropriate contribution;
2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the action on climate change and the need to ensure global food security are dual challenges which need to be pursued together; stresses that the essential need, on the one hand, to expand production and the need, on the other hand, to increase the sequestration of carbon in soil and biomass must not lead to a conflict of goals;
2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the food chain should be shortened and the consumption of locally produced food should be encouraged, including the support for local markets, in order to reduce the transport -related emissions of agricultural production; stresses that relocating European multifunctional production and processing to third countries would have a negative impact on European added value and on climate goals;
2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that biofuels have a key role to play in the long-term strategy to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources; calls for greater account to be taken of the diverse potential of the raw material wood as an energy source, a sustainable building material and a carbon pool;
2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI