3 Amendments of Maurice PONGA related to 2011/2112(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Visa 5 bis (nouveau)
Visa 5 bis (nouveau)
- having regard to the conclusions of the Council of the European Union of 19 May 2009 on access to sustainable energy resources at local level in developing countries, which recalled that, ‘access to sustainable energy sources and modern energy services is a prerequisite for economic growth and social development, as well as for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),’ and that, ‘a focus on sustainable energy will consolidate progress towards the MDGs and will contribute to address the global crisis and to mitigate climate change’,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission and the Member States to recognise that energy consumption by the poor in developing countries does not, and for the foreseeable future will not, contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (1.3 % of global emission by 2030, according to the IEA), and that in order to achieve a minimum acceptable standard of living their per capita consumption of modern energy services should increase without being constrained by climate change mitigation measures that are too strict;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25