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2016/2885(RSP) Resolution on access to energy in developing countries

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Lead DEVE MCAVAN Linda (icon: S&D S&D)
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Legal Basis:
RoP 136-p5

Events

2017/03/27
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2017)128
2016/12/01
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-1227/2016
2016/12/01
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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Results of vote in Parliament
2016/12/01
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution tabled by the Committee on Development on access to energy in developing countries

Members recalled that 1.2 billion people lack access to electricity and half of those live in Africa. They noted that from an electricity-access point of view sub-Saharan Africa’s situation is the worst worldwide, but as this region’s power sector evolves it is likely that by 2040 sub-Saharan-Africa will consume as much electricity as India and Latin America combined did in 2010.

At the same time, Members indicated that more than 70 % of Africa’s total energy consumption comes from renewable sources, but almost all of that is from traditional uses of biomass. Huge opportunities for including other sources remain, especially in terms of solar and wind energy.

Members also recalled that access to energy accelerates development and that energy governance, while also difficult to implement, is essential.

They supported the Commission’s ‘ Energising Development’ initiative to provide access to sustainable energy for an additional 500 million people in developing countries by 2030 through programme elements such as the creation of a Technical Assistance Facility, drawing upon EU experts to develop technical expertise in developing countries, and to promote capacity building and technology transfer. This initiative must be fully aligned with the EU development policy objectives stated in the Lisbon Treaty.

The relevant provisions in the DCI regulation represent a sound basis for EU development assistance in the energy area. Parliament recalled that these provisions focus on access to energy and emphasise local and regional renewable energy and on ensuring access for poor people in remote regions.

Parliament asked the Commission to regularly report on its website what progress has been made towards achieving the target of its ‘Energising Development’ initiative, to specify what proportion of the total funding for energy in developing countries has gone to renewable energy, remote regions, staff training, the creation of local know-how and skills and to local and off-grid solutions.

Renewable energy resources in Africa : Members highlighted the high potential of renewable energy resources in Africa in terms of solar and wind production for ensuring access to energy for all, especially in rural areas. They urged that the EU and its Member States facilitate technology transfer for its deployment in developing countries.

They noted that Africa has about 10 % of the world’s theoretical hydropower potential, and noted also that the poor, other vulnerable groups and future generations are likely to bear a disproportionate share of the social and environmental costs of large dam projects without gaining a commensurate share of the economic benefits.

Parliament recommended that financing agencies (bilateral aid agencies, multilateral development banks, Export Credit Agencies, and the EIB) ensure that any dam option for which financing is approved complies with World Commission on Dams guidelines. It stressed, in particular, that any planning of dams should be evaluated according to five values: equity, efficiency, participatory decision-making, sustainability and accountability.

Parliament recalled that bioenergy is a complex energy source interconnected to agriculture, forestry, industry and which impacts on the ecosystems and biodiversity. The development of biomass for energy poses new threats, i.e. in terms of food security, land tenure security, deforestation and degradation of lands.

Parliament also called for the EU and its Member States to provide support and technical assistance in the implementation of the Action Plan of the Africa Clean Energy Corridor initiative, which seeks to meet half of total electricity demand from clean, indigenous, cost-effective renewable resources by 2030, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions. It supported the use of blending where this represents the most efficient use of funds and it called on the Commission to carefully avoid granting funds to any project which would be viable without these funds, even if a private investor applies for them.

End fossil fuel subsidies : Parliament called for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies and encouraged allocation of these freed-up funds to efficient social policies and to actions for eradicating energy poverty in developing countries. It emphasised that the only ultimate measure of success of the EU’s actions is the size of the contribution they make towards the attainment of universal access to energy, with minimum greenhouse gas emissions.

Documents
T8-0480/2016
2016/12/01
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2016/11/24
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Debate in Parliament
2016/11/08
   EP - Vote in committee
2016/10/27
   EP - Oral question/interpellation by Parliament
Documents
B8-1809/2016
2016/10/19
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
PE592.105
2016/06/20
   EP - MCAVAN Linda (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE

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2016/12/01 Outcome: -: 411, +: 186, 0: 30
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B8-1227/2016 - Am 4 #

2016/12/01 Outcome: +: 562, 0: 59, -: 11
DE IT PL ES FR GB BE RO PT EL CZ HU BG NL FI AT SK HR IE LT SE DK SI LV EE MT LU CY
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B8-1227/2016 - § 16/2 #

2016/12/01 Outcome: +: 345, -: 269, 0: 15
FR IT BE SE PT DK MT LT CZ FI EL EE IE RO NL LU HR DE AT CY ES GB LV SI BG HU SK PL
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Hungary PPE

10

Slovakia PPE

5

Poland PPE

21

B8-1227/2016 - Am 1 #

2016/12/01 Outcome: -: 332, +: 244, 0: 54
FR EL ES GB IE FI BE DK CY MT LV LT AT EE LU HR SK SE SI NL HU PT BG CZ RO PL IT DE
Total
59
18
41
54
10
13
20
9
4
6
7
9
17
6
5
11
12
16
8
23
17
18
16
17
23
48
62
80
icon: ECR ECR
62

Greece ECR

For (1)

Notis MARIAS
1

United Kingdom ECR

14

Finland ECR

2

Belgium ECR

4

Denmark ECR

2

Cyprus ECR

1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

Roberts ZĪLE
1

Croatia ECR

For (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Slovakia ECR

3

Netherlands ECR

2

Bulgaria ECR

2

Czechia ECR

2

Romania ECR

For (1)

Monica MACOVEI
1

Poland ECR

18

Italy ECR

2

Germany ECR

6
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
42

France Verts/ALE

4

Spain Verts/ALE

3

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

5

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Heidi HAUTALA
1

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Indrek TARAND
1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Slovenia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Igor ŠOLTES
1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Hungary Verts/ALE

2

Germany Verts/ALE

11
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
38

France GUE/NGL

2

Greece GUE/NGL

5

Spain GUE/NGL

7

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Ireland GUE/NGL

4

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Denmark GUE/NGL

For (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

3

Portugal GUE/NGL

3

Czechia GUE/NGL

2

Italy GUE/NGL

3

Germany GUE/NGL

4
icon: ENF ENF
34

France ENF

17

United Kingdom ENF

Abstain (1)

Janice ATKINSON
1

Belgium ENF

For (1)

Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

Austria ENF

4

Netherlands ENF

3

Romania ENF

1

Poland ENF

2

Italy ENF

4

Germany ENF

Against (1)

Marcus PRETZELL
1
icon: EFDD EFDD
33

France EFDD

1

United Kingdom EFDD

11

Lithuania EFDD

For (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1

Sweden EFDD

2

Poland EFDD

1

Italy EFDD

16

Germany EFDD

Against (1)

Beatrix von STORCH
1
icon: NI NI
14

France NI

2

Greece NI

5

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Diane DODDS

Abstain (2)

Diane JAMES, Steven WOOLFE
3

Hungary NI

For (1)

Zoltán BALCZÓ
1

Poland NI

Against (1)

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
1

Italy NI

Against (1)

Alessandra MUSSOLINI
1

Germany NI

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
61

France ALDE

6

Spain ALDE

6

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

Finland ALDE

4

Belgium ALDE

5

Denmark ALDE

3

Latvia ALDE

1

Lithuania ALDE

3

Austria ALDE

Abstain (1)

Angelika MLINAR
1

Estonia ALDE

Against (1)

Urmas PAET

Abstain (2)

Jana TOOM, Kaja KALLAS
3

Luxembourg ALDE

Abstain (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

Croatia ALDE

For (1)

Ivan JAKOVČIĆ

Abstain (1)

Jozo RADOŠ
2

Sweden ALDE

Against (1)

Fredrick FEDERLEY

Abstain (1)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC
2

Slovenia ALDE

Against (1)

Ivo VAJGL
1

Netherlands ALDE

6

Portugal ALDE

2

Bulgaria ALDE

4

Czechia ALDE

Abstain (1)

Martina DLABAJOVÁ
4

Romania ALDE

For (1)

Norica NICOLAI
3

Germany ALDE

For (1)

Michael THEURER
3
icon: S&D S&D
161

France S&D

Against (1)

Guillaume BALAS
10

Greece S&D

Abstain (1)

Nikos ANDROULAKIS
4

Spain S&D

Against (1)

Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ
10

United Kingdom S&D

19

Ireland S&D

Against (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Finland S&D

2

Belgium S&D

4

Denmark S&D

3

Cyprus S&D

2

Malta S&D

3

Latvia S&D

Abstain (1)

Andrejs MAMIKINS
1

Lithuania S&D

2

Austria S&D

5

Estonia S&D

Against (1)

Marju LAURISTIN
1

Luxembourg S&D

Against (1)

Mady DELVAUX
1

Croatia S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

4

Sweden S&D

6

Slovenia S&D

Against (1)

Tanja FAJON
1

Netherlands S&D

Against (2)

Agnes JONGERIUS, Paul TANG
2

Hungary S&D

4

Portugal S&D

8

Bulgaria S&D

3

Czechia S&D

4

Romania S&D

8

Poland S&D

4

Italy S&D

For (1)

Silvia COSTA
25

Germany S&D

22
icon: PPE PPE
184

France PPE

17

Greece PPE

3

Spain PPE

15

Ireland PPE

4

Finland PPE

3

Belgium PPE

4

Malta PPE

3

Latvia PPE

3

Lithuania PPE

2

Austria PPE

4

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Luxembourg PPE

Against (2)

Frank ENGEL, Georges BACH
2

Croatia PPE

5

Slovakia PPE

5

Sweden PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

5

Netherlands PPE

5

Hungary PPE

10

Portugal PPE

5

Bulgaria PPE

7

Czechia PPE

5

Romania PPE

10

Poland PPE

For (1)

Adam SZEJNFELD
22

Italy PPE

11

Germany PPE

31

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  • date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B8-2016-1227&language=EN title: B8-1227/2016 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
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  • date: 2016-11-24T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20161124&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=27962&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2016-0480 title: T8-0480/2016 summary: The European Parliament adopted a resolution tabled by the Committee on Development on access to energy in developing countries Members recalled that 1.2 billion people lack access to electricity and half of those live in Africa. They noted that from an electricity-access point of view sub-Saharan Africa’s situation is the worst worldwide, but as this region’s power sector evolves it is likely that by 2040 sub-Saharan-Africa will consume as much electricity as India and Latin America combined did in 2010. At the same time, Members indicated that more than 70 % of Africa’s total energy consumption comes from renewable sources, but almost all of that is from traditional uses of biomass. Huge opportunities for including other sources remain, especially in terms of solar and wind energy. Members also recalled that access to energy accelerates development and that energy governance, while also difficult to implement, is essential. They supported the Commission’s ‘ Energising Development’ initiative to provide access to sustainable energy for an additional 500 million people in developing countries by 2030 through programme elements such as the creation of a Technical Assistance Facility, drawing upon EU experts to develop technical expertise in developing countries, and to promote capacity building and technology transfer. This initiative must be fully aligned with the EU development policy objectives stated in the Lisbon Treaty. The relevant provisions in the DCI regulation represent a sound basis for EU development assistance in the energy area. Parliament recalled that these provisions focus on access to energy and emphasise local and regional renewable energy and on ensuring access for poor people in remote regions. Parliament asked the Commission to regularly report on its website what progress has been made towards achieving the target of its ‘Energising Development’ initiative, to specify what proportion of the total funding for energy in developing countries has gone to renewable energy, remote regions, staff training, the creation of local know-how and skills and to local and off-grid solutions. Renewable energy resources in Africa : Members highlighted the high potential of renewable energy resources in Africa in terms of solar and wind production for ensuring access to energy for all, especially in rural areas. They urged that the EU and its Member States facilitate technology transfer for its deployment in developing countries. They noted that Africa has about 10 % of the world’s theoretical hydropower potential, and noted also that the poor, other vulnerable groups and future generations are likely to bear a disproportionate share of the social and environmental costs of large dam projects without gaining a commensurate share of the economic benefits. Parliament recommended that financing agencies (bilateral aid agencies, multilateral development banks, Export Credit Agencies, and the EIB) ensure that any dam option for which financing is approved complies with World Commission on Dams guidelines. It stressed, in particular, that any planning of dams should be evaluated according to five values: equity, efficiency, participatory decision-making, sustainability and accountability. Parliament recalled that bioenergy is a complex energy source interconnected to agriculture, forestry, industry and which impacts on the ecosystems and biodiversity. The development of biomass for energy poses new threats, i.e. in terms of food security, land tenure security, deforestation and degradation of lands. Parliament also called for the EU and its Member States to provide support and technical assistance in the implementation of the Action Plan of the Africa Clean Energy Corridor initiative, which seeks to meet half of total electricity demand from clean, indigenous, cost-effective renewable resources by 2030, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions. It supported the use of blending where this represents the most efficient use of funds and it called on the Commission to carefully avoid granting funds to any project which would be viable without these funds, even if a private investor applies for them. End fossil fuel subsidies : Parliament called for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies and encouraged allocation of these freed-up funds to efficient social policies and to actions for eradicating energy poverty in developing countries. It emphasised that the only ultimate measure of success of the EU’s actions is the size of the contribution they make towards the attainment of universal access to energy, with minimum greenhouse gas emissions.
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