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Activities of Marie TOUSSAINT related to 2020/2042(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
2020/07/09
Committee: ENVI
Dossiers: 2020/2042(INI)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(76 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Mick WALLACE', 'mepid': 197817}]

Amendments (14)

Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debt; believes also that, in this context and in order to fulfil its commitments under the Paris Agreement, the Union should raise its objective of reducing its domestic economy-wide GHG emissions to at least -65% by 2030 compared to 1990;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the principle of 'common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities' which grants the Union and the Member States with a particular responsibility as well as capacity to act; stresses that the Union's capability is in itself a legal reason to act and support Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 29 #
1b. Urges the Commission to adopt without delay a proposal for a new legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, which has a direct impact on LDCs; believes this framework should include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a due diligence obligation for all operators placing forest and ecosystems-risk commodities on the Union market;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. CRecalls onits support for the establishment of a dedicated and automatic EU public finance mechanism that provides additional and adequate support towards delivering the Union's fair share of the objective of providing USD 100 billion international climate finance by 2020; urges all EU Member States to rapidly scale up climate finance, prioritising grants-based finance, in particular for LDCs and SIDS, and to increase financial support during the 2020- 2025 period; believes new sources of finances should be mobilised, such as taxation on kerosene and maritime fuel, a financial transaction tax, or a tax on fossil fuel extraction;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern at how international climate market mechanisms can have negative implications; calls on the EU and Member States to advocate a ‘do no harm’ principle for all such mechanisms, ensuring in particular that all Article 6 mechanisms fully respect and protect the rights of local communities; reiterates its support for the establishment of a share of proceeds to provide financial support to those populations most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the landmark decision of the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand recognising that that people fleeing climate-related and natural disasters have a valid claim for international protection under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; urges the Commission and the Member States to take stock of this ruling and take all the necessary measures to ensure full protection of environmentally displaced persons under EU law and to provide appropriate asylum for climate refugees;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women; welcomes the commitments made by Vice- President Frans Timmermans to redress gender inequalities that are exacerbated by climate change; urges the Commission to mainstream the gender perspective into all EU climate and development policies, and to promote the participation of indigenous women, women’s rights defenders and all marginalised gender communities within the UNFCCC framework;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Recalls the "Do No Harm" principle under the European Green Deal, and urges the Commission to rapidly ensure the full consistency of existing and future trade and investment agreements and other global regulations with the international environmental and climate goals, in particular the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and include binding provisions to end land grabbing and deforestation;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that meeting our climate objectives should never happen at the expense of biodiversity; believes that the EU bioenergy policy should meet strict environmental and social criteria to prevent land grabbing and deforestation;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Union and the Member States to support, at the next UN General Assembly, the global recognition of the right to a healthy environment;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warming. ; urges all Member States to ratify without delay the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169);
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Union and the Member States to support the proposal led by the Republic of Maldives in its statement of 3 December 2019 to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to recognise criminal acts that would amount to Ecocide1a; calls on the Union and the Member States to recognise ecocide in Union and national law as soon as possible with universal jurisdiction; _________________ 1ahttps://asp.icc- cpi.int/iccdocs/asp_docs/ASP18/GD.MDV. 3.12.pdf
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Expresses deep concern on the situation of environmental defenders and whistle-blowers throughout the world; reminds that everyone should have access to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development, and that no one shall be penalized, persecuted or harassed in any way for their involvement in activities to protect the environment; calls on the Commission to set up a rapid response mechanism at Union level to support environmental defenders across the world;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Stresses that the proposal for a future Common Agricultural Policy should be revised in depth to take into account the objective of reducing the Union global footprint, and in particular to reduce the Union's external land use and to end land grabbing;
2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI