7 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2024/2019(DEC)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses, in addition, the recommendations made by the Court of Auditors in its special report 15/2024 on climate adaptation in the EU; deplores the fact that more than a third of adaptation projects audited had little or no impact on increasing adaptive capacity, including projects on promoting large scale irrigation instead of switching to less water-intensive crops, constructing dykes and investing in artificial snow cannons; calls on the Commission in this regard to ensure that all relevant EU-funded projects are adapted to the current and future climate conditions, strengthening promotion of long-term cross-cutting and effective solutions for climate adaptation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the recommendations made by the Court of Auditors in its special report 15/2024 on climate adaptation in the EU; deplores the fact that the data provided by the Member States in their communications on national adaptation measures are essentially descriptive and do not allow these data to be monitored or compared; calls for the introduction of a common methodology and indicators for the 27 Member States to allow quantitative evaluation of the progress made in adapting to climate change;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Points out the findings of the Court of Auditors in its special report 14/2024 on the contribution of RRF to Green transition; regrets that the design and implementation of the Facility calls into question the achievement of its climate and environmental objectives; calls on the Commission to urgently enhance the performance of green transition measures and improves reporting on climate spending under the Recovery and Resilience Facility;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of proper scrutiny of climate and biodiversity expenditure in the Union budget, and holds the Commission accountable for the implementation of a robust and reliable methodology, in line with the commitments undertaken in the MFF agreement and paragraphs 16d and 16e, respectively, of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources2 ; calls on the Commission to follow the Court’s recommendations in the relevant reports to better estimate climate and biodiversity spending under current and future funding instruments, to ensure adequate design of the existing policies and their implementation, including revised CAP Strategic Plans Regulation, to guarantee that the environmental ambition is not lowered in comparison to the originally adopted Regulation, as committed to by the European Commission, and ensure future funding instruments that are to support the climate and, biodiversity and wider environmental objectives and targets, to enhance the performance of green transition measures and to ensure comprehensive, consistent, reliable and transparent reporting on climate and biodiversity spending under the RRF; _________________ 2 OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 28, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2 020/1222/oj
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes with concern the conclusions of the Court of Auditors that the Strategic Plans, implementing the Common Agricultural Policy, do not match the EU’s ambitions for the climate and the environment, and that key elements for assessing green performance are missing1a; Calls for a balanced representation of different types of land management and farming in the European Board on Agriculture and Food to be established in early 2025 to inform the Vision for Agriculture and Food, with the aim to ensure a dialogue on true solutions for resilient farming models, supported by a fair and just transition, where nobody and no rural region is left behind; _________________ 1a Special report 20/2024: Common Agricultural Policy Plans – Greener, but not matching the EU’s ambitions for the climate and the environment
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Attributes great importance to a pluralistic and vibrant civil society, vital to enabling a balanced policy dialogue in a democratic society; stands behind the continuation of the support to capacity building of civil society organisations and their involvement in the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of EU legislation and policy through EU funding programmes via transparent and competitive process, including via LIFE operating grants;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission to revise the guidelines1a, reassuring the applicants of operating grants of the eligible expenditure pursuant to the applicable Regulation and confirming their vital position in the decision making process, while paying full regards to the transparency provisions applicable to them; _________________ 1a Guidance on funding for activities related to the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Union legislation and policy