Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2012/2259(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on current challenges and opportunities for renewable energy on the European internal energy market
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importanct role that renewable energy should haveplays in Europe's energy supply andinfrastructure, thus supportsing the promotion of renewables as part of the EU's climate- change strategy;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points toEmphasises the importance of gradually achieving adeveloping strategies in the European Renewable Energy mMarket for renewables that would allow alternative energy sources to become competitive on a sustainable basiwhich promote sustainability and competitiveness;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that, given the forecasted increase of the global population between now and 2050 of nearly 2 billion people, competition for land, water and energy will intensify, putting producers under considerable pressure;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU to guaranpromotee that the promoe use and production of renewable energy resources in the production and use of energythat will not jeopardise food security or high-quality sustainable food production;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges that a greate challenge facing agriculture isn to identify effective mitigation meahe renewable energy field, and the effort that must be made to ensures that doits production does not have a negative impact on agricultural productivity, or that even have a positive one;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to ensure that energy measures toin the development of alternative fuels are not directly or indirectly incompatible with World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments and do not expose the EU to acts of retaliation;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that a number of elements of the food system are vulnerable to higher energy costs and this could create an adverse effect for producers and consumers;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the important contribution that cooperation among farmers might make to a successful outcome for the policy for promoting renewable resourcesfarmers make in the promotion of a successful renewable energy policy.