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REPORT on the role of the Common Security and Defence Policy in case of climate-driven crises and natural disasters PDF (184 KB) DOC (115 KB)
Amendments (27)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Article 196 of the TFEU on Civil Protection and Article 214 on Humanitarian Aid,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Council Decision of 8 November 2007 establishing a Community Civil Protection Mechanism, to the Commission Communication "Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance" of 26 October 2010 and to its resolution of 27 September 2011,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the Conclusions of the October 2011 Berlin conference entitled "From Climate negotiations to Climate diplomacy" and of the March 2012 London Conference entitled "A 21st century dialogue on Climate and Security",
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council 9and the joint Statement on "Towards a European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid" 10, __________________ 9 {SEC(2007) 781} {SEC(2007) 782} /* COM/2007/0317 final */ 10 Joint Statement by the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission (2008/C 25/01)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that climate change is widely recognised as being an essential driver and threat multiplier forsecurity is a core component of global security, peace and stability and that climate change is thus relevant to Articles 42 and 43 of the Lisbon Treaty; therefore, in the medium and long term, climate change is a threat multiplier and could lead to a significant deterioration in the security situation of the Union;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, as prevention of climate change might no longer be possible through human action, adopting security strategies to mitigate, adapt and respond to the security implications of climate change is especially crucial;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Also reiterates the importance of Disaster Risk Reduction in this regard, to reduce the impact of crises on vulnerable populations;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses, therefore, that it is essential to integrate the impact of climate-driven crises and consequent natural disasters into Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) strategies and operational plans with a focus on the countries and regions concerned before, during and after any natural or humanitarian crises that might emerge, while respecting the humanitarian principles as set out in the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Also recalls the need to avoid any duplication with well established instruments for humanitarian aid and civil protection which are outside the remit of the CSDP;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that the Lisbon Treaty has introduced new provisions (Articles 21-23, 27, 39, 41(3), 43-46), notably those related to the start-up fund in Article 41(3), and that these need to be implemented urgently so that the EU is ready to respond to climate-driven as well as all other natural and humanitarian crises as they arise;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point c
Paragraph 13 – point c
(c) enhance the EU's ability to ensure conflict prevention, crisis management and post-crisis reconstruction; closely coordinate efforts with the Commission and EU development policy regarding the need to assist partner countries when it comes to resilience against climate change and other dimensions of adapting to climate change;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the EU has to come up with a list of the challenges it faces in areas such as the Arctic, the Arab World and the Third Pole (the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau), notably the potential for conflicts over water supplies in South Asia; calls, therefore, on the HR/VPEEAS, ECHO and DEVCO, in close consultation and coordination to draw up a list of all countries and regions most vulnerable to climate change over the coming decades (including in particular the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) countries whose very existence is threatened by rising sea level); calls on the HR/VP to set out the reasons for including each country or region on that list and the nature of the EU response required to prevent the risk of conflict or other humanitarian disaster becoming a reality in each case;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) by UNDP, UNEP, OSCE, NATO, UNECE and REC which aims at addressing the challenges linked to human security and the natural environment by offering countries in Central Asia, Caucasus and South-East Europe their combined pool of expertise and resources; notes that the overall performance of ENVSEC is still limited but that it has so far served as an important tool for institutional coordination and entry point for facilitating mainstreaming processes;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the HR/VP and the Commission to draft a policy document which outlinesmainstream the main principles, guidelines and instruments ofor an EU Climate Security Policy into the most important strategies, policy documents and financial instruments for external action and CSDP; believes that mainstreaming should be the guiding principle, to be pursued in a similar way as human rights and gender10 ;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Draws attention to the fact that energy security is closely related to climate change; considers that energy security has to be improved in order to reduce the EU's reliance on fossil fuels imported notably from Russia and the Gulfvia pipelines, which are vulnerable to disruption by the melting of the permafrost – at the same time mitigating greenhouse gas emissions considerably – and replaced by EU- generated renewable energies and energy saving; recognises that integrating climate change and energy security could contribute to achieving that outcome in certain regions such as the Arctic;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the need to establish a climate security dialogue in the context of the EU's strategic partnerships with countries such as USA, Russia, China, India and Brazil;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the HR/VP to establish a formal working group within the Council/EEAS structure, the Commission and the Council to establish a formal, regular and permanent working structure whose aim is to consider the entire range of interrelated issues connected with climate change and energy-related security and defence concerns, as the absence of such a working groupstructure has so far hindered the development of a comprehensive and consistent EU approach;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the HR/VP, as a matter of the utmost urgency, to use the full potential of the Lisbon Treaty and to put forward proposals for the implementation of the start-up fund (Article 41(3) TEU) with regard to possible future pooling and sharing projects and joint capabilities, such as thea European Corps of Military Engineer Corps, which respond to climate- driven crisis and natural disasters;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that early warning and early preventive action with regard to the negative consequences of climate change depend on adequate human resources and methodology with regard to data collection and analysis and will form one cornerstone of the EU Climate Security Policy; calls on the HR/VP to make sure that the relevant EEAS units which deal with security and defence policies such as CMPD, CPCC, EUMS, EUMC, the bodies in charge of Conflict Prevention and Security Policy, the Commission's Foreign Policy Instruments Service and the geographical desks of the countries and regions most affected by climate change take into account the most recent assessment reports of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other more recent assessments and reports, i.e. the as well as relevant EU space-based programmes and systems (such as GMES); stresses the need to enhance the capacities of EU delegations in the countries most vulnerable to destabilisation where problems might be exacerbated by climate change to include monitoring crisis development and assigning climate experts to all relevant EEAS bodies which have a particular role with regard to situation analysis and early warning, such as the Situation Centre; calls for the development of common criteria for analysis, risk assessment and the setting-up of a joint alert system;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages these bodies to establish permanent structures for systematic information exchange and coordination on issues related to climate change and natural disasters, with regard to analysis of the situation and policy planning; urges the relevant EEAS bodies to establish permanent channels of communication and exchange of information with the relevant Commission bodies, notably ECHO, but also with UN agencies and programmes such as UNEP as well as with NATO, UNOCHA and UNDAC; points out that the civilian-military structures tasked with responding to climate change-driven crisis and natural disasters need to allow direct and transparent access to all civil society and humanitarian organisations and non- governmental organisations with respect to relevant UN guidelines (Oslo and MCDA guidelines); stresses, therefore, that cooperation and coordination between both the EU and third parties must not be blocked or hindered;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly welcomes the steps taken from 2011 towards the nexus ofinteraction between climate change and its security implications; believes, however, that climate diplomacy represents only one dimension of possible external action and that there is a great need to establish the basic principles and ideas for an EU Climate Security Policy;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that there is an urgent need to adapt and modify the main CSDP policy documents with regard to climate change implications but also energy efficiency and environmental management, thus forming the second cornerstone of an EU Climate Security Policy; stresses the need mainstream climate security into main CSDP documents, such as the EU Concept for Military Planning at the Political and Strategic level11 , the EU Concept for Military Command and Control12 , the EU Concept for Force Generation13 and the EU Military Rapid Response Concept14 , as well as those documents which are relevant for civilian CSDP missions such as the EU concept for comprehensive planning, the EU Concept for Police Planning and Guidelines for Command and Control Structure for EU Civilian Operations in Crisis Management15 ;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Considers the need also to adapt and modify the EU's financial instruments for external assistance with regard to the relationship between conflict and climate change; points to the need not only to provide targeted training for personnel serving in CSDP missions but also for personnel working in EU Delegations, EEAS, Commission and Council; also recommends establishing guidelines16 for climate- and conflict-sensitive planning processes, e.g. climate proofing of individual actions, measures and operations; __________________ 16 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFLICT. SYNTHESIS REPORT by Dennis Taenzler, Janani Vivekananda, Daniela Kolarova and Thanos Dokos
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to elaborate a specific list of military and civilian CSDP capabilities which have special relevance for responding to climate change and natural disasters; these include, in as a third cornerstone of EU Climate Security Policy; when elaborating this list, particular, air and sea transport, mobile hospitals including intensive care, communication infrastructure, and water purification and engineering capacitiesttention should be paid to engineering capacities such as ad hoc construction and operation of port/airport infrastructure, air and sea transport, communication infrastructure, mobile hospitals including intensive care and fuel management; invites the Council and the European Defence Agency (EDA), as part of the 2013 review of the capabilities development programme, to reconcile the current catalogues of civilian and military capabilities with those required in order to meet the challenges of climate change and to put forward the necessary proposals to remedy any existing deficiencies in those catalogues;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the need to explore, on the basis of already existing capacities such as the EU Battle Groups and the European Air Transport Command, the possibility of creating further joint capabilities that are relevant for operations which respond to the impact of climate change or natural disasters; invites the Council, the HR/VP and the EDA to explore the possibility of creating a European Engineer Corps andCorps of Military Engineers, whose function should primarily focus on classical engineering tasks such as road and bridge repair, water purification, fountain drilling, (re- )construction of houses/dwelling; equally, invites the Council, the HR/VP and the EDA to explore ways of linking equipment and infrastructure which can be used in such a capacity, in particular, to the ongoing pooling and sharing process;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses the need to explore ways of improving energy efficiency and environmental management within the armed forces at home and abroad; recalls that the armed forces of one EU Member State consume the energy of a large European city; welcomes the report "Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peacekeeping Operations" released in May 2012 by UNEP, UNDPKO and UNDFS; points to the fact that, for several years, the US17 armed forces have been actively seeking to increase energy independence by using sustainable energy sources and increasing energy efficiency in all army operations and infrastructure; welcomes, in this respect, the recent EDA project GO GREEN, which aims at significantly improving energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources; underlines the need also to develop guidelines for best practises in the field of resource efficiency and the monitoring of environmental management for CSDP missions; __________________ 17 Powering America’s Defence: Energy and the Risks to National Security is a report by CNA's Military Advisory Board (MAB) that explores the impact of America's energy choices on our national security policies, 2009. http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/Pow ering%20Americas%20Defense.pdf
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the idea of creating a post for a UN special envoy for climate security and invites the HR/VP to replicate this idea within the EU, at both Union and national levels, with the appointment of official envoys on climate and security, as the UK Government has already done; considers that the future EU Special Representative on Climate Security should, in a similar way to the new EUSR on Human Rights, have the mandate to promote and mainstream the main principles of the already existing EU Climate Diplomacy and the future EU Climate Security Policy into all EU external actions;