5 Amendments of John Stuart AGNEW related to 2016/0231(COD)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement, despite being discredited as a result of flawed data, replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A range of Union measures enhance Member States’ ability to meet their climate commitments and are crucial to achieving necessary emission reductions in the sectors covered by this Regulation, however, it must be acknowledged that it is fundamentally impossible to control the world’s weather. These include legislation on fluorinated greenhouse gases, CO2- reductions from road vehicles, energy performance of building, renewables, energy efficiency and the Circular Economy, as well as Union funding instruments for climate- related investments. However, water vapour has by far the largest greenhouse gas effect of any substance and equivalent measures are not being taken to reduce atmospheric water vapour.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) This Regulation should be without prejudice to more stringent national objectivesequivalent national objectives, including allowing Member States to make investment in water resources, management and infrastructure locally or in third countries as an alternative to emissions reductions, which would be a more cost-effective and beneficial means of protecting people living in vulnerable areas from natural climatic variation.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States may make investments, equivalent to the partial or total cost of achieving the requested reduction in emissions, in the water infrastructure, water management and water resources of third countries or on its own territory. Any such investment shall be in proportionate contribution to fulfilment of its obligations under this Regulation.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2024 and every five years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target, the contribution to global water resources management and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriate.