2017/2006(INI) Role of EU regions and cities in implementing the COP 21 Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | REGI |
VALLINA Ángela ( GUE/NGL)
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SPYRAKI Maria ( PPE),
DĂNCILĂ Viorica ( S&D),
TAKKULA Hannu ( ALDE),
ROPĖ Bronis ( Verts/ALE),
ZULLO Marco ( EFDD)
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| Committee Opinion | ENVI |
PARGNEAUX Gilles ( S&D)
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Marco AFFRONTE ( EFDD),
Mireille D'ORNANO ( ENF),
Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ ( GUE/NGL),
Mihai ŢURCANU ( PPE)
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Lead committee dossier:
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RoP 54Subjects
Events
2018/08/30
Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2018/03/13
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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2018/03/13
EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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The European Parliament adopted by 513 votes to 70 with 96 abstentions a resolution on the role of EU regions and cities in implementing the COP 21 Paris Agreement on climate change.
Members welcomed the role played by the EU in the Paris/COP 21 Agreement and its role as world leader in the fight against climate change. They emphasised that cities need to play a decisive role in tackling climate change, in coordinated interdependence with national authorities and their surrounding regions.
General context : noting that local authorities are responsible for implementing the majority of the mitigation and adaptation measures for climate change and most of the EU legislation on the subject, Parliament stressed the need to act on urban planning, mobility, public transport and infrastructure, the energy performance of buildings, education campaigns, smart cities, smart grids and regional subsidies in order to implement the Paris Agreement.
Parliament recognised t he vital role of regions, cities and towns in promoting energy transition and in pushing for climate and energy-related targets from below. It stressed the need to stimulate the energy transition and local investment in climate mitigation and adaptation measures. Cities and regions were called upon to take the lead in the promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy production in order to reduce GHG emissions and air pollution.
The Commission and Member States were urged to embark on providing access to financial measures that take account of the specific features and of the long-term value of local energy communities for the energy market, the environment and society, and to promote the role of single prosumers in connection with renewables, with a view to greater self-sufficiency and self-generation.
Parliament reiterated the need for regions to implement Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency and called for the Structural Funds to be boosted in order to promote energy efficiency in public buildings and self-sufficiency in municipalities through regenerative energy.
The EU and cohesion policy : Members reiterated the need to increase the post-2020 cohesion policy budget , stressing that cohesion policy should pay particular attention to urban investment in air quality, the circular economy, climate adaptation , green infrastructure development solutions, as well as the energy and digital transition. In addition, the future planning of ESI Funds should be better integrated with the national energy and climate plans for 2030 and the mainstreaming of climate objectives should be further improved in the in the future Multiannual Financial Framework.
The resolution stressed the importance of using additional financial instruments and policies, such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments , the Connecting Europe Facility and Horizon 2020 , in order to finance projects that will help mitigate or adapt to climate change. Recognising the role of Integrated Territorial Investment and Community-Led Local Developments (CLLDs), Parliament called for integrated local bottom-up approaches and strategies to ensure more efficient use of resources.
Cities and regions : Members urged cities and regions to cooperate and incorporate the fight against climate change into the institutional agenda as a matter of urgency. They recommended that urban authorities implement smart long-term urban planning strategies and emphasised the need for energy-efficient and sustainable housing projects as well as smart buildings.
They also stressed the importance of cities taking a leading role in promoting the use of public transport and in promoting the electrification of public and private transport.
Cities should tailor their own urban planning by investing in green infrastructure, mobility, public transport and smart grids to meet the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. Regions have to improve green city arrangements by promoting energy and digital transformation. Members recognised the special responsibility on the part of cities to tackle climate change given that they account for 70 % of global CO2 emissions and reiterated Parliament’s commitment to achieving the successful global roll-out of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. They encouraged all EU and non-EU cities to join the Covenant of Mayors.
Lastly, the resolution stressed the need to encourage the transfer of knowledge and experience at local and regional level, given the wealth of experience acquired by individual regions and cities, as well as by certain regional environmental protection or energy agencies.
Documents
2018/03/13
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2018/03/12
EP - Debate in Parliament
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2018/02/27
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Details
The Committee on Regional Development adopted an own-initiative report by Ángela VALLINA (GUE/NGL, ES) on the role of EU regions and cities in implementing the COP 21 Paris Agreement on climate change.
Members welcomed the role played by the EU in the Paris/COP 21 Agreement and its role as world leader in the fight against climate change. They emphasised that cities need to play a decisive role in tackling climate change, in coordinated interdependence with national authorities and their surrounding regions.
Noting that local authorities are responsible for implementing the majority of the mitigation and adaptation measures for climate change and most of the EU legislation on the subject, Members stressed the need to act on urban planning, mobility, public transport and infrastructure, the energy performance of buildings, education campaigns, smart cities, smart grids and regional subsidies in order to implement the Paris Agreement.
Members warned of the societal costs caused by GHG emissions that are currently affecting urban infrastructure, public health and social care systems which are - at certain times and in certain cities and regions - overburdened and which face a precarious economic situation. These systems will thus be placed under additional strain and will be required to meet growing and more complex needs. The Commission are the Member States are urged to embark on providing access to financial measures that take account of the specific features and of the long-term value of local energy communities for the energy market, the environment and society, and to promote the role of single prosumers in connection with renewables, with a view to greater self-sufficiency and self-generation.
The report reiterated the need for regions to implement Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency and called for the Structural Funds to be focused or boosted in order to promote energy efficiency in public buildings and self-sufficiency in municipalities through regenerative energy.
The EU and cohesion policy : Members emphasised the key role that cohesion policy has to play in tackling the challenges of climate change at regional and local level. They reiterated the need to increase the post-2020 cohesion policy budget and stressed that cohesion policy should pay particular attention to urban investment in air quality, the circular economy and climate adaptation.
They also emphasised that, in the future Multiannual Financial Framework, the mainstreaming of climate objectives should be further improved, for instance by linking cohesion policy investment more closely to Member States’ overall plans to deliver the 2030 target.
The report stressed the importance of using additional financial instruments and policies, such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments , the Connecting Europe Facility and Horizon 2020 , in order to finance projects that will help mitigate or adapt to climate change.
Cities and regions : Members urged cities and regions to cooperate and incorporate the fight against climate change into the institutional agenda as a matter of urgency. They stressed the need for sustainable and energy efficient housing projects and smart buildings that will save energy as well as the importance of cities taking a leading role in promoting the use of public transport and in promoting the electrification of public and private transport.
Cities should tailor their own urban planning by investing in green infrastructure, mobility, public transport and smart grids to meet the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. National authorities should promote decentralisation and give better effect to the subsidiarity principle, thereby enabling local and regional authorities to play a stronger role in tackling climate change.
Members recognised the special responsibility on the part of cities to tackle climate change given that they account for 70 % of global CO2 emissions and reiterated Parliament’s commitment to achieving the successful global roll-out of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. They encouraged all EU and non-EU cities to join the Covenant of Mayors.
Members believe that the transfer of knowledge and experience should be encouraged at local and regional level, given the wealth of experience acquired by individual regions and cities, as well as by certain regional environmental protection or energy agencies.
Documents
2018/02/20
EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2017/12/14
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2017/11/24
EP - Committee opinion
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2017/10/25
EP - Committee draft report
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2017/02/16
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2017/02/14
EP - Committee Opinion
2016/11/29
EP - Responsible Committee
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2018)366
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0068/2018
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0045/2018
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE615.459
- Committee opinion: PE607.983
- Committee draft report: PE612.062
- Committee draft report: PE612.062
- Committee opinion: PE607.983
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE615.459
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2018)366
Activities
- Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA
- John FLACK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Notis MARIAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Tibor SZANYI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ángela VALLINA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
A8-0045/2018 - Ángela Vallina - am 1 13/03/2018 13:02:37.000 #
2018/03/13 Outcome: -: 352, +: 330, 0: 9
NI
ECRA8-0045/2018 - Ángela Vallina - résolution 13/03/2018 13:02:55.000 #
2018/03/13 Outcome: +: 513, 0: 96, -: 70
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2017/2006(INI)
2017/09/18
ENVI
120 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitment to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Under 2 Degrees Memorandum of Understanding and believes that the contribution of such initiatives should be acknowledged and encouraged by subnational and national governments as well as intergovernmental organisations;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that most Europeans now live in cities; notes that the urban infrastructure choices made by those responsible for cities will have an impact on cities’ capacity to withstand climate change, since more frequent rainfall, flooding and heatwaves are likely to be among the challenges that Europe’s cities will face as a result of climate change;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 f (new) 6f. Welcomes the inclusion of thematic objectives TO4, TO5 and TO6 in the basis for channelling cohesion funding; recalls that, according to the European Court of Auditors, the commitment to ensure that at least 20% of the Multiannual Financial Framework is spent on climate measures in 2014-2020 may not be achieved in the absence of additional measures;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 g (new) 6g. Highlights the importance of ensuring that at least 5% of rural development funds (from the ERDF) are without fail used to fund climate change adaptation and mitigation measures;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s decision to draft a special report on cities and climate in 2023, and calls on the Commission to take an active part in its drawing-up and to champion a multi-level territorial vision of climate action. Believes that cities should provide input into the next 2018 global climate report. Cities and regions can influence policy making after the Paris Agreement implementing a strategic approach to act against global warming and support mitigation and adaptation actions in urban areas, where more than half of the world's population live.
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Intergovernmental
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s decision to draft a special report on cities and climate in 2023
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recognises the special responsibility of cities for tackling climate change as they contribute to 70% of CO2 emissions globally; believes that the commitments made during the Paris City Hall Declaration in 2015 will only be met through engagement with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and the wide adoption of Action Plans by cities across the European Union; calls on the Commission to help ensure, wherever necessary, the successful integration of the Compact of Mayors and the Covenant of Mayors which began on 22 June 2016.
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that during COP22 in Marrakesh local and regional authorities developed the "Marrakesh Roadmap Action" which highlights the need for a more direct involvement of local authorities, which should be for formally considered as part of the official discussion on climate change, not just considered as non-state actors such as other NGO and private sectors;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Draws attention to the problematic nature of the Trans-European Transport Networks; notes that, via its TEN-T programme, the EU is contributing to the density and length of the European road and motorway network, which undeniably has an impact on the environment in terms of emissions;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Underlines the exemplary function of public administration as an energy consumer and calls for EU Structural Funds to be focused or boosted in order to promote energy efficiency in public buildings and self-sufficiency in municipalities through regenerative energy;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote pilot schemes and models relating to the self- management of energy at local level – models that are based on distribution systems, the economic benefits of which are used to finance new facilities that reduce the impact on the environment.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the fact that cities, companies and other non-state actors have a mitigation potential in the range of 2.5-4 billion tons of CO2 by 20201a, more than India emits a year, and that this is similar in magnitude to the 4-6 billon tons the UN projects the INDCs adopted in Paris will cut by 2030, a decade later; __________________ 1a GGCA report, December 2015
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to promote the coordination and exchange of information and best practices between Member States, regions, local communities and cities.
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Is dismayed at the European Court of Auditors’ 2016 assessment that the EU’s target of spending 20% of its budget in the current programming period on climate action will not be met; acknowledges the wide number of difficulties with measuring and evaluating EU projects which attempt to alleviate climate change and its impacts; calls for the Commission to keep the ENVI Committee updated on progress in this important area.
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Underlines the significance of decentralised, cooperative Citizens’ Energy Projects and calls for their support from EU Structural Funds and through a reduction of the administrative burden at national and regional levels.
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Recognises the importance of bottom up approaches for receiving stakeholder buy in for alleviating climate change; acknowledges the potential for tools laid out in the Common Provision Regulation, such as Integrated Territorial Investments (ITIs) and Community-Led Local Developments (CLLDs), in helping to achieve EU objectives in this area; calls on the Commission to work with stakeholders at the national and local level to ensure the full range of tools at their disposal are utilised.
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Calls, in appreciation of the particular importance of the transport sector, for a number of model regions to be designated for the purpose of research into an intelligent, interconnected transport system between urban and rural areas.
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Calls on the Commission to end its reluctance to promote and do research into ‘made in Europe’ regenerative biofuels and bioenergy and once again fully to support farmers and research institutes in this climate-friendly project, thereby enabling particularly municipalities in less well-structured, provincial regions to share in the success of climate action.
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Recognises that EU cities contain the vast majority of Europe’s research and development industry focused on climate change; calls on the Commission to ensure that these industries are given the tools they need to flourish including access to finance, proportionate environmental legislation and the ability to hire the best talent from across the EU.
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Reiterates the European Parliament’s commitment to seeing a successful global roll out of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy; notes the importance of the implementation of goals which are fully measurable; further notes that a number of submitted Action Plans contain commitments through to 2020 and that therefore additional work needs to be undertaken by these cities up to 2030.
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Welcomes voluntary measures (traffic light labelling) which make the climate impact and carbon footprint of food and other products visible and calls for EU-wide common indicators to enable voluntary but comparative labelling, particularly in regional trade.
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Stresses the significance of education in climate protection and calls for sufficient measures for municipalities and schools to be able to ensure the requisite expertise.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that regions and cities play a key role in tackling climate change and can alone reduce 5% of global emissions to meet the Paris Agreement and in concert with other tiers of the government and the private sector, they can potentially reduce global emissions by 46%1a; __________________ 1a“Deadline 2020, how will cities get the job done.” http://www.c40.org/researches/deadline- 2020#page=42
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 g (new) 7g. Is aware of the problems facing municipalities and regions hitherto economically totally dependent on the extraction of conventional energy sources such as coal and calls for their structural transformation to be supported by European funding programmes.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that the transport sector is responsible for emissions both of greenhouse gases and of air pollutants that are hazardous to health, whose concentration in urban air is regulated by Directive 2012/2284/EC;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that the Article 7(2) of the Paris Agreement recognises that "adaptation is a global challenge face by all with local, subnational, national, regional and international dimensions (...)";
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that, according to the UNDP data, local authorities are responsible for implementing more than 70% of mitigation measures for climate change and up to 90% of adaptation measures;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recognises that action by local authorities is key for the ability of governments to implement their commitments in the framework of a global climate action;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that many cities and regions in the Union are taking political decisions which go in the opposite direction to the Paris commitments, such as investments in extraction of fossil fuels, the construction of road transport infrastructure, use of large areas of land at the expense of natural areas, and territorial support for industrial activities with high greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Emphasises that non-state actors are becoming a core element of the post- Paris climate regime and the UNFCCC process; stresses that they could make valuable contributions to the facilitative dialogue, the global stocktakes and could contribute to a more effective review process under the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls for enhancing both individual and coordinated action at EU, regional and local level on adapting to the impacts of climate change;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitment to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the EU Covenant of Mayors, including the Initiative on Climate Change Adaptation (the Mayors Adapt initiative) and the Under 2 Degrees Memorandum of Understanding;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Stresses that cities are driving urban policy-making, with the ability to connect initiatives with national action plans and focus on initiatives with the greatest impact. Calls for a deeper involving of local administrators in the EU's decision making-process;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Notes that city mayors are directly accountable to their constituents for their decisions, and they can act more effectively and quickly and often with immediate and impactful results;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Reminds that cities and regions are responsible for the implementation of more than 70% of EU legislation. Stresses the need to act on urban planning, mobility, public transport and infrastructure, energy performance of buildings, education campaigns, smart cities, smart grid and regional subsidies to implement the Climate Paris Agreement;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional; insists on the importance of a direct dialogue with the local levels to guarantee the best possible action as close as possible to the citizens; stresses that this is particularly important given the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiterate their commitment to reducing their GHG emissions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities and their representative bodies, such as the Committee of the Regions at EU level, within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional; stresses that this is particularly important given the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiterate their commitment to
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a new governance that could secure funds for climate and for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional; stresses that this is particularly important given the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiterate their commitment to reducing their GHG emissions;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional; stresses that this is particularly important given the threatened US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiterate their commitment to reducing their GHG emissions;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitment to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Under 2 Degrees Memorandum of Understanding and encourages more EU cities to join and commit to ambitious climate action;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process,
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a better integration of regions and cities within the UNFCCC process, so as to establish a permanent direct dialogue between the different levels, starting at local and regional level; stresses that this is particularly important given the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which led many US states and cities to reiterate their commitment to reducing their GHG emissions;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a better integration of
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Supports the need of a clear reference to the role of local and regional governments in the COP21 agreement in order to achieve a long-term answer to climate change. The EU has to work on the ground with cities and regions to make European regions and cities more well-connected and sustainable, to create energy efficient municipalities and to develop smarter urban transport networks;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that, by 2030, almost 60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas; notes that Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No 11: ‘Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ aims, by 2020, to substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change and resilience to disasters, and to develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels; notes that, according to the United Nations 2014 World Urbanisation Prospects, 54% of the world's population lives in urban areas, up from 30% in 1950; notes that this figure is expected to reach 66% in 2050;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for the new global structure to formally involve local and regional authorities in the preparation and implementation of a clear climate action plan for the Paris agreement. This structure must monitor binding targets, monitor progress through evaluation mechanisms and provide tailored financial instruments to transform commitments into tangible results;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for coordination among all public authorities to be promoted and guaranteed, and for the involvement of the public, and of social and economic stakeholders, to be fostered;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls for an adaptation roadmap monitoring regional and local climate action and incorporating the latest data on adaptation action in the EU, including for reporting towards the EU NDC;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts, are expected to affect many parts of Europe more frequently, making people and ecosystems more vulnerable
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts, are expected to affect many parts of Europe more frequently, making people and ecosystems more vulnerable
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitment to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Under 2 Degrees Memorandum of Understanding and encourages more EU cities to join and commit to ambitious climate action;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts, are expected to affect many parts of Europe more frequently, making people and ecosystems more vulnerable as long as no adaptation measures are taken; calls for an integrated EU support to improve solidarity and exchange of best practices among Member States and to ensure that regions most affected by climate change are able of taking the necessary measures to adapt;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that the increase in extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts, are
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts, are expected to affect many parts of Europe more frequently, making people and ecosystems more vulnerable as long as no adaptation measures are taken and water cycle is not restored;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts, are expected to increase their severity and frequency affecting many parts of Europe
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, heavy storms, floods and droughts
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts, are expected to affect many
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the need for regions to implement and regularly update regional programmes containing measures to facilitate adequate adaptation in order to fight climate change effects. All regions must cooperate in formulation plans for adaption to the impacts of climate change, and to develop integrated plans for coastal zone management and water resources;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that increasing in particular woody vegetation cover in cities, with careful selection of appropriate species for given area, decreases sensible heat flux and air temperature, effectively improving microclimate of cities and human thermal comfort. This consideration should be a basis for the land use planning and urban projects of the EU cities;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change (COM(2013)216) identifies three main objectives and associated actions: promoting action by Member States; encouraging Member States to adopt comprehensive adaptation strategies and provide LIFE funding to support capacity building and step up adaptation action in Europe (2013-2020);
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that, in order to meet the obligations resulting from the Paris Agreement, it is necessary not only to reduce emissions, but also to increase the absorption capacity of CO2 in soil so that, in the second half of the century, we could expect a net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitment to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Urges regions and towns and cities to establish specific adaptation plans to ensure that their vulnerability to climate change is reduced;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the need to step up investments in green infrastructure that can help cities to cool or provide protection or relief during extreme weather events;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on strengthening protection of existing urban forests and new establishments of urban forests in the regions of the EU, given the significant role these have on leisure time of local populations and in some areas on provision and conservation of drinking water sources. The municipalities should provide all the support necessary to maintain these ecosystems and their services and prevent any activities that would cause their deterioration;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recognises the need for adaptation measures to achieve coordination and coherence at all levels of planning and management. It is important to ensure joint approaches and full coherence between national adaptation strategies and local risk management plans;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Maintains that increasing the resilience of society and of the actual places in which people live to address the inevitable effects of climate change requires a number of steps to be taken, including using water more efficiently and sensibly (adaptation measures relating to water should be given priority, along the same lines as the mitigation measures that are already being taken with regard to carbon), as well as measures applying to coastal areas; developing strategies based on green urban planning, with particular attention being paid to flood defences; mobilising awareness and resources for the adaptation of crops and forest management to address drought and fires, and increasing connectivity among ecosystems to encourage species to migrate;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines that effective adaptation planning and development requires solid information about future climate risks facing a city and about how this translates into physical and economic vulnerabilities; recalls that there are cities without specific climate risk information to inform planning, development decision- making processes at local levels, and that to achieve this requires a joint and comprehensive approach combining dialogue and partnerships which cross sectors and governmental levels;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls that the incineration of 1 tonne of waste generates between 0.7 and 1.2 tonnes of CO2, between 50% and 67% of that being of fossil origin;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Recognises that an efficient resource management is fundamental for mitigation and for adaptation purposes, in order to identify joint priorities. Calls for integrated local strategies to achieve a more efficient use of resources and for building resiliency and adapting to the impacts of climate change in the most affected areas;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Points out that people’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change, and especially to so-called extreme phenomena, is to a large extent determined by their ability to access basic resources such as energy and water, and with that in mind calls on public authorities to guarantee access to those two basic resources;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Notes that only fifteen EU Member States have adopted an action plan and an adaptation strategy, with few concrete measures on the ground. Stresses the need to monitor and evaluate all adaptation strategies and action plans on risk prevention, flood or water management;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitment to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Under 2 Degrees Memorandum of Understanding and encourages more cities to join and commit ambitious climate action;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Local and regional authorities should take integrated and long term actions on climate change mitigation and adaptation at local level;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the creation of a system of Locally Determined Contributions, to be implemented in direct connection and complementarity with the National Determined Contributions (NDCs), with a view to weighting contributions in accordance with the level of GHG emissions per inhabitant of each town, so that towns producing higher emissions per inhabitant will contribute more than others;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that Local and Sub- national authorities should be able to clearly define their mitigation and adaptation commitments, as nations have done through the National Determined Contributions (NDCs). Calls for the creation of a system of Locally Determined Contributions, to be implemented in direct connection and complementarity with the National Determined Contributions (NDCs);
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the creation of a system of Locally Determined Contributions, to be implemented in direct connection and complementarity with the National Determined Contributions (NDCs); those Contributions, either national, subnational, regional and local, should adopt common modalities, procedures and guidelines as appropriate, for the transparency of action and support;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the creation of a system of Locally Determined Contributions, to be implemented in direct connection
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the creation of a system of Locally Determined Contributions
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls that at least 20% of the EU budget for 2014-2020 (approximately 212 billion EUR) should be spent on climate- related action. The European Court of Auditors considers, in its special report 31/2016, that there is a serious of falling short of meeting the 20% target without more effort to tackle climate change. The Court recognises that the implementation of the target has led to more, and better- focused, climate action funding in some of the European Structural and Investment Funds namely the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund. In other areas, however, such as in the European Social Fund, agriculture, and rural development and fisheries, it is largely business as usual (i.e. there has been no significant shift of these funds towards climate action);
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Emphasises the lack of a reporting system on the percentages of funding from the Structural and Cohesion Funds allocated for mitigation and adaptation measures by local authorities;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitment to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the EU Covenant of Mayors
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission to include the obligation for Member States to indicate the percentage of EU funds spent at local level to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to ensure spatial adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls on the Commission to make the approval of operational plans conditional on a clear indication from the regional authorities of detailed information about spending on mitigation and adaptation, including descriptions of the expected results;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission, the EIB and the Member States to focus on developing an appropriate administrative capacity of regions and cities in order to enable them to take full advantage of the public and private financing opportunities available at EU level; Stresses the need for an improved financial assistance to help local and regional authorities to implement coherent climate measures. Financial facilities like the global climate funds should be directly accessible to local authorities;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission, the EIB and the Member States to focus on developing an appropriate administrative capacity of regions and cities in order to enable them to take full advantage of the public and private financing opportunities available at EU level, without in any way questioning local authorities’ right to free administration;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission, the EIB and the Member States to focus on developing an appropriate administrative capacity of regions and cities in order to enable them to take full advantage of the public and private financing opportunities available
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission, the EIB and the Member States to
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on local and regional authorities, to the extent possible, to set up public funds to promote the development of renewables, to de-centralise networks and to promote the use of consumer- generated electricity, etc.;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Urges public authorities to record the activities that increase vulnerability or increase greenhouse gas emissions and to provide tax incentives for activities that promote adaptation to climate change or emissions reductions;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to stimulate energy transition and local investment in climate mitigation and adaptation measures, by streamlining regulations, reducing bureaucracy, enabling innovative solutions, and encouraging partnerships with local communities and civil society, with a view to promoting climate action; calls for national initiatives aiming to raise citizen awareness on the effect of climate change;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to st
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to st
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes cities initiatives like smart cities and smart grid that seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase resource efficiency addressing climate change and achieving green growth, promoting areas linked by public transport systems. Considering that cities are the major contributors of greenhouse gas emissions, regions have to improve green cities arrangements aiming to an urban and national green growth. Solutions like smart grids offer the potential to deliver energy more efficiently to homes and buildings, improving energy efficiency and energy consumption;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the need to maximise the use of short supply chains and localism, since these are development models which can reverse our habits of consumption in favour of less polluting local solutions with lower GHG emissions;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the competent authorities to guide agricultural and forestry production towards activities that can reduce direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and draw up plans to allow a progressive increase of absorption capacity on the part of soil;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the potential economic windfalls to cities that take a lead on low carbon infrastructure, including reduced power costs, decreased maintenance costs and reduced spending on public health - which is improved by reductions in pollutants;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that the circular economy is a tool with enormous potential for building sustainability in cities and calls on the Commission to include cities in the circular economy package that is being developed;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Reminds that small-scale renewable energy projects, such as renewable energy communities and renewable self-consumers projects, can contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the importance for cities to take a lead role in the fight against climate change, promoting the use of public transport and railroad transport. Taking note that traffic congestion is a large contributor of carbon emissions, EU has to work on the ground with cities and regions to make EU regions and cities more energy-efficient and well-connected, in order to develop smarter urban transport networks for a more climate resilient world;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Reminds that transport causes not only emissions having significant health impacts, but also greenhouse gas emissions; regions and cities have great possibilities to reduce the GHG emissions from transport by taking the GHG emissions better into account in the transport planning; highlights the need for funding for initiatives facilitating local and regional low carbon mobility;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Encourages local authorities to implement plans for transport and logistics to promote electrified public and private transport, including by restricting certain areas for use only by bicycles and electric vehicles and by providing easy- access recharging points in numbers geared to needs;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the H2020 Programme devotes increased attention and funding to innovation and research projects in the area of the circular economy and sustainable cities;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Reiterates the importance for regions to apply at national level the European buildings directives;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on local authorities to undertake information campaigns, including in cooperation with representatives of catering establishments, concerning the carbon footprint of food, in order to educate people about healthy eating and food that has a small impact on the climate;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Seasonal locally produced food reduces the GHG emissions caused by transportation and hence reduce the overall carbon footprint of the food; calls on the Commission to enhance local and regional sustainable food production;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Calls for a strengthening partnerships between EU and local and regional governments to reinforce procedures to accelerate local climate actions in the framework of the circular economy, in order to reduce waste, control climate change and use resources more efficiently;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Calls on the competent bodies to tackle the problem of waste with a view to the full realisation of the circular economy and promoting modes of disposal other than incineration for the fraction that is not reusable or recyclable;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Asks the Commission to seek ways to enhance international cooperation between regions and local level actors in order to exchange good practices and lessons learned aiming to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6e. Calls for national governments to help cities and regions to implement international commitments to support climate and energy initiatives at local and regional level;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6e. Calls on cities and regions to guide the promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy production that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution; notes that regions and cities can play an essential role in the decarbonisation of society and that their involvement in the creation of an energy system based on renewables should be a priority for the EU and the individual Member States;
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Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to the Articles 7(2) and 11(2) of the Paris Agreement which recognises the local, subnational and regional dimensions of climate change and climate action;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Recognizes the role of Integrated Territorial Development Instruments such as Integrated Territorial Investment in financing sustainable urban development strategies or functional areas;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Highlights the important role
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Highlights the important role played by cross-border cooperation in the action carried out by regions and cities, and reiterates the need to strengthen this tool politically and financially; underlines that a framework for the implementation of joint actions and policy exchanges between national, regional and local actors from different Member States like Interreg is particularly appropriate to tackle climate change and to carry out suitable actions aimed at mitigating its effects; welcomes, in this regard, that 7 of the 15 transnational Interreg programmes across Europe finance strategies, pilot actions, training, tools, to help towns build capacities to lower CO2 emission and mitigate climate change in order to reach EU targets;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Highlights the important role played by cross-border cooperation in the action carried out by regions and cities, and reiterates the need to strengthen this tool politically and financially, both for mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Highlights the important role played by cross-border cooperation and macro-regional strategies in the action carried out by regions and cities, and reiterates the need to strengthen this tool politically and financially;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Highlights the important role
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for a more facilitative access to funding that will allow smaller cities and regions to access funding; priority funding should be made available for carbon-dependent regions as to allow a smooth transition towards low emissions economy; workers in carbon-intensive industries are not to be left behind,
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses the importance of using additional financial instruments and policies, like the European Fund for Strategic Investments, Connecting Europe Facility and Horizon2020, in order to finance projects that will help mitigate or adapt to climate change.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Notes that cities and regions could use Integrated Territorial Investments and Community Led Local Developments as additional tools to mitigate and adapt to climate change;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas a serious worldwide migration crisis is predicted as a potential result;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges cities and regions to include the fight against climate change on the institutional agenda
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges cities and regions to include the fight against climate change on the institutional agenda as a matter of urgency, by planning for specific goals and adopting mitigation and adaptation measures, accompanied by monitoring and evaluation based on objective parameters and tried- and-tested methodologies; stresses the need for sustainable and energy efficient housing projects and smart buildings including smart metering gadgets that will save energy, renewable energy investments, ecological public transport systems, further support of low carbon cities and regions projects and of alliances of cities and local and regional governments in cooperation against climate heating
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges cities and regions to include the fight against climate change on the institutional agenda as a matter of urgency, by planning for specific goals and adopting mitigation and adaptation measures, accompanied by monitoring and evaluation based on objective parameters and tried- and-tested methodologies; recommends that urban authorities implement smart urban planning strategies and innovative approaches such as the smart city initiative, with the aim of minimising the environmental impact of investments;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges cities and regions to include the fight against climate change on the institutional agenda as a matter of urgency, by planning for specific goals and adopting mitigation and adaptation measures, accompanied by monitoring and evaluation based on objective parameters and tried- and-tested methodologies; notes the importance of implementing a reporting framework to monitor climate action undertaken by cities and regions in order to share data on climate commitments and increase transparency among actors to achieve climate targets;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Stresses the importance of the earmarking of at least 5% of the ERDF budget in the support of integrated sustainable urban development strategies addressing economic, environmental, climate, demographical and social challenges; acknowledges the pivotal role of cities as potential actors of radical decarbonisation (e.g. by investing in renewable energies, in green technology hubs) and as first beneficiaries of climate actions (e.g. reduced air pollution from green transport infrastructures, reduction of heat waves and of flood risks);
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Points out that urban policy is an exclusive Member State competence and that the EU should not use climate change as a pretext to increase its own powers in this area and violate the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Points out that mitigation measures must be planned on the basis of a fair distribution of efforts and benefits among the various actors, and that adaptation measures must focus on protecting the most vulnerable sections of the population;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Points out that mitigation measures must be planned on the basis of a fair distribution of efforts and benefits among the various actors, and that adaptation measures must focus on protecting the
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the reality of climate change is already being felt in the EU in the form of extreme weather phenomena: desertification, heatwaves, floods and water shortages; as a result of climate change there is an increased risk of the disappearance of some plant and animal species and the incidence of infectious diseases caused by climatic factors;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recognises the diversity and specific nature of regional vulnerabilities and potential, and points out that the most effective measures may vary in each territory;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recognises the diversity and specific nature of regional vulnerabilities and potential, and points out that challenges, resources and the most effective measures may vary in each territory;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recognises the diversity and specific nature of regional vulnerabilities and potential, and points out that the most effective measures may vary in each territory; stresses, therefore, that cities and regions must have the necessary competence and sufficient political, administrative and financial autonomy to plan and implement
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Recommends that investment under cohesion policy should focus in particular on actions in the following fields: support for energy efficiency and promotion of renewables, helping small and medium-sized enterprises especially; own-energy generation; innovation and low-carbon based new technologies; development of new markets for low- carbon goods and services; mitigation in land use; sustainable transport; green economy and jobs, and the circular economy;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 125 #
20. Urges that plans be implemented within the framework of coordinated multilevel governance
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Welcomes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s decision to draft a special report on cities and climate in 2023;calls on the Commission to advocate for a multi-level vision of climate action in this process in order to promote an inclusive climate regime which recognises action taken by local and subnational authorities;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on national authorities to bring about decentralisation and give better effect to the subsidiarity principle, thereby enabling local and regional authorities to play a stronger role in tackling climate change;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Notes that many elements of industry are investing in green transformation and have committed to a decarbonisation policy; recognises that collaboration between businesses and cities create innovative and inclusive solutions to climate action and help the EU reach its targets, recalls that industry plays a key role in financing and closing the investment gap in urban areas, calls on city-business partnerships to be promoted;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the reality of climate change is already being felt in the EU in the form of extreme weather phenomena: hurricanes, storms, desertification, heatwaves, floods and water shortages, and areas such as the outermost regions experience the effects of climate change even more keenly;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses th
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses the need for cities and regions to implement measures to
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses the need for cities and regions to implement measures to welcome and integrate climate migrants and refugees
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on cities and regions to apply gender-
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Highlights that smart planning and investments in low-carbon, climate- resilient urban infrastructure can improve the environment and citizens’ quality of life, create jobs, and stimulate the local and regional economy,
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on cities and regions to take advantage of EU initiatives, like the Urban Innovative Actions to deploy pilot projects in the field of sustainable urban development;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the reality of climate change is already being felt in the EU in the form of extreme weather phenomena and gradual long-term effects: desertification, heatwaves, floods
Amendment 140 #
22b. Welcomes the “Women4Climate” initiative and the private sector involvement in this initiative, which should contribute to greater involvement of leading women in the fight against climate change in order to strengthen their leadership skills and to encourage the next generation of leading women in the fight against climate change;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the European Commission to propose that, in the post - 2020 Cohesion policy framework, delivery of emission reductions (along with other actions such as reclamation works or activities aimed at regenerating and decontaminating brownfield sites) should be a key element in the assessment of performance of Operational Programmes: stresses, moreover, that, in order to deliver the longer term objectives of the Paris Agreement, a greater coherence of investment with a long-term decarbonisation trajectory for the Region/Member State/EU market as a whole is needed;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Considers that local and subnational authorities should clearly define their mitigation and adaptation commitments through initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy; notes that a number of submitted Action Plans by cities contain commitments through to 2020 and therefore urges that additional work be undertaken by these cities up to 2030;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Believes that the transfer of knowledge and experience should be encouraged at local and regional level, given the wealth of experience acquired by individual regions and cities, as well as by certain regional environmental protection or energy agencies;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Recalls that the signatories of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy have committed to exceed the EU’s 20% CO2 reduction objective by 2020; believes that the EU should continue to give cities autonomy to plan their climate mitigation strategies as they often result in a more ambitious target;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Believes that European and international or worldwide organisations and associations or networks of cities, municipalities, and regions should be put to use in order to make for better cooperation when dealing with climate change problems at local and regional level;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the reality of climate change is already being felt in the EU in the form of extreme weather phenomena: desertification, land and shores’ corrosion, heavy rains, heatwaves, floods and water shortages;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the reality of climate change is already being felt in the EU in the form of extreme weather phenomena: desertification, heatwaves, floods, sea level rise, and water shortages;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas climate change is accentuating
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas climate change is accentuating the social disparities that have already been widening in the EU over the past decade, increasing the vulnerability of the weakest
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) - having regard to the European Environment Agency reports No 12/2016 “Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe 2016” and No 1/2017 “Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016”,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas more than 70% of the EU population live in cities and account for 80% of energy consumption produced in Europe;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas more than 70% of the EU population live in cities; whereas, moreover, the EU is responsible for 9% of global emissions, and its cities generate 75% of them;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas municipal authorities are among the main beneficiaries of European funding;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. Whereas regions and cities have demonstrated their commitment to the UNFCCC process through their involvement in the Lima-Paris Action Agenda (LPAA) and Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA) initiatives;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the role played by the EU in the Paris/COP 21 agreement and its role as world leader in the fight against climate change; points out that Europe has the most ambitious climate change goals in the world; Urges that climate change mitigation be considered an urgent priority in EU cohesion policies, in order to meet
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Urges that climate change mitigation be considered an urgent priority in EU cohesion policies, in order to meet and indeed exceed the Paris Agreement/COP21 commitments by promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency, without prejudice to the necessary adaptation measures, while the basic role and objectives of the cohesion policy in line with the Article 174 of the TFEU should be maintained;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Urges that climate change
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Urges that climate change mitigation be considered a
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Urges that climate change mitigation be considered an urgent priority in EU cohesion policies, in order to meet and
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Approves the approach to tackling climate change put forward in the Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Approves the approach to tackling climate change put forward in the Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations) and the Pact of Amsterdam (Urban Agenda for the EU); stresses that the EU’s urban agenda contributes to the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, through the objective of inclusive, safe and sustainable cities;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Approves the approach to tackling climate change put forward in the Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations) and the Pact of Amsterdam (Urban Agenda for the EU); ); stresses that Europe must truly become the World’s Number one in renewable energy as promised by the Commission President;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that its resolution of 14 October 2015, ‘Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris’ (2015/2112(INI))6 , calls on the Member States to consider complementary greenhouse gas reduction commitments;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Invites the Commission and Member States to implement ambitious targets
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Invites the Commission and Member States to implement ambitious
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Invites the Commission and Member States to implement ambitious targets in their legislation,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Invites the Commission and Member States to implement ambitious targets for mitigation and adaptation in their legislation, that should be mandatory for the Member States and regional and local authorities, in line with the request made by the Committee of the Regions in its opinion of 9 February 2017;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Deplores
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) - having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 41 #
5. Deplores the grave irresponsibility of some sections of industry, the media and politics that continue to deny the evidence of climate change, thereby contributing to a slowdown in measures that are vital to reversing a trend that threatens life on the planet;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Deplores the grave irresponsibility of certain sections of industry, the media and politics that continue to deny the evidence of climate change;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Deplores the grave irresponsibility of s
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Deplores the
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Welcomes especially the proposals made at the COP 23 Conference by the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CCRE/CEMR) and the Climate Summit of Local and Regional Leaders, regarding the involvement of local and regional bodies in combating climate change and the call for appropriate political and financial frameworks for this purpose;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Deplores the announced US withdrawal from the Paris Agreements; calls on local and regional authorities in the United States wishing to be involved in fighting climate change to partner and cooperate with other public and private partners in their projects and to exchange good practices in this regard;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Deplores the US’s stated intention to withdraw
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that cities need to play a decisive role in tackling climate change, in coordinat
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that cities need to play a decisive role in tackling climate change, in coordinated interdependence with national authorities and their surrounding region;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. welcomes initiatives such as the EU Convention of Mayors and the Under 2 Degrees Memorandum of Understanding and encourages more EU cities to join and commit to ambitious climate action and to organise, in the same times, exchange of experiences good practices to find the best solutions, including cities who did not sign yet Convention of Mayors and from countries non-EU;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that climate change interacts with factors such as social and gender segregation, migration, the demographic challenge, urbanisation, technological change and energy transition
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that climate change interacts with
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that climate change interacts with factors such as
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that climate change interacts with factors such as social and gender segregation, migration, the demographic challenge, urbanisation,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Warns of the economic impact caused by GHG emissions that is currently affecting
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Warns of the economic impact that is currently affecting – and will affect significantly more seriously in the future – public health and social care systems that are already overburdened and facing a precarious economic situation, and that will be required to meet growing and more complex needs
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Warns of the
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recognises that mitigation is a long-term process that transcends election cycles and decisions taken at local level,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recognises that mitigation
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recognises that mitigation is a long-term process that transcends election cycles and decisions taken at local and regional level, and calls for mitigation to be seen as a source of opportunities in the face of other challenges such as employment and action to improve health and public services;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to draw up a regulatory framework providing access to financial measures that take account of the specific features and of the long-term value of local energy communities for the energy market, the environment and society, and to promote the role of single prosumers in connection with renewables, with a view to greater self-sufficiency and self- generation;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Notes that according to the most recent statistics the EU’s share in the global greenhouse gas emission is approximately 10% thus without global actions the negative climate trends cannot be reversed, however the EU could have a leading role in this regard, particularly by promoting clean energy solutions and technologies;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Recalls that the EU Urban Agenda is promoting a new working method whereby the potential of cities is fully used to respond to global climate change challenges, paying particular attention to better regulation, access to finance and the exchange of knowledge.
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes the view that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) should
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes the view that in the future multiannual financial framework (MFF)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the 7th Environment Action Programme (EAP), which will be guiding European environment policy until 2020, identifies the improvement of the sustainability the Union’s cities as a priority objective, along with the horizontal three key objectives of protecting, conserving and enhancing the Union’s natural capital, of turning the Union into a resource-efficient, green, and competitive low-carbon economy, of safeguarding the Union’s citizens from environment-related pressures and risks to health and wellbeing;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes the view that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) should specifically and measurably increase its contribution to climate goals, in regard to mitigation and adaptation, and that it should also increase the proportion of spending earmarked for this purpose;
Amendment 71 #
11a. Welcomes the introduction of mechanisms such as ex-ante conditionalities and climate-relevant thematic objectives in the 2014-2020 Cohesion Policy Framework-such as TO4 “Supporting the shift towards a low- carbon economy in all sectors”, TO5 “Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management”, TO6 “Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency”; stresses however, that, in spite of the improved coherence and precision of climate relevant impact and result indicators, these latter are not sufficient to establish the level of Cohesion Policy contribution to delivery of the EU’s overall climate objectives;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Recalls the commitment to devote at least 20% of the EU 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework to climate change adaptation and mitigation and remarks that climate spending estimates for 2014-2020 cohesion policy in commitment appropriations are about 57 billion euro(37021.4 million from ERDF, 18062.2 from CF, 1133.3 from ESF);
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take into duly consideration the findings of the 2016 European Court of Auditors Special Report no.31 , which warns that there is a serious risk that the 20% target will not be met without more effort to tackle climate change, and which points out that in the European Social Fund, as well as in the areas of agriculture, rural development and fisheries, there has been no significant shift towards climate action and not all potential opportunities for financing climate-related action have been fully explored;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises the key role that cohesion policy has to play in tackling the challenges of climate change at regional and local level; reiterates the need to increase the post-2020 cohesion policy budget; stresses that cohesion policy should pay particular attention to urban investment in air quality, the circular economy, climate adaptation, solutions for the development of green infrastructure, and energy and digital transition;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises the key role that cohesion policy has to play in tackling the challenges of climate change at regional and local level;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises the key role that cohesion policy has to play in tackling the challenges of climate change at regional and local level; reiterates the need to increase the post-2020 cohesion policy budget; underlines the possible positive aspects for growth and green jobs;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Recalls that at least 20 % of the EU budget for 2014-2020 should be spent on climate-related action; notes that the European Court of Auditors’ assessment in 2016 concluded that the EU’s target of spending 20% of its budget in the current programming period on climate action, both on mitigation and adaptation measures, will not be met if no additional measures are taken; acknowledges the wide number of difficulties with measuring and evaluating EU projects which attempt to alleviate climate change and its impacts; calls for the Commission to keep the Parliament updated on progress in this important area;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Recommends that in the future Multi-Annual Financial Framework the mainstreaming of climate objectives should be further improved, for instance by linking cohesion policy investment more closely to Member States’ overall plans to deliver the 2030 target and by ensuring that EU expenditure provides a specific, measurable contribution towards the delivery of the EU targets;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas, according to the key findings of EEA report No.12/2016, the observed changes in climate are already having wide-ranging impacts on ecosystems, economic sectors and human health and well-being in Europe; whereas, moreover, recent studies show that various observed changes in the environment and society, such as changes in forest species, the establishment of invasive alien species and disease outbreaks, have been caused or enhanced by global climate change;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Believes that in the forthcoming programming period climate change will need to be mainstreamed into territorial cooperation programming, especially as regards cross-border cooperation, and that projects of that type should be encouraged, given that the causes and effects of climate change occur on a transnational, cross-border scale;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Believes that in the forthcoming programming period climate change needs to feature more prominently among the goals to be pursued by EU macro- regional strategies, which should in turn be dovetailed more exactly with the territorial cooperation programmes;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Believes that cohesion policy
Amendment 83 #
13. Believes that cohesion policy should encompass the mitigation and adaptation approaches,
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Believes that cohesion policy should encompass the mitigation and adaptation approaches, differentiating between them and setting clear
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Believes that cohesion policy should encompass the mitigation and adaptation approaches, differentiating between them but bearing in mind that they need to be coordinated, and setting clear and measurable targets in each area; takes the view that these targets should be reached through investment plans with the participation of cities and regions (both authorities and civil society), and that this participation should also cover the implementation and evaluation stages;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Believes that cohesion policy should encompass the mitigation and adaptation approaches, differentiating between them and setting clear and measurable targets in each area; takes the view that these targets should be reached through investment plans with the participation of cities and regions
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Believes that cohesion policy should encompass the mitigation and adaptation approaches, differentiating between them and setting clear and measurable targets in each area; takes the view that these targets should be reached through investment plans with the participation of cities and regions (
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Emphasises that there shall be a close relationship between investment under cohesion policy and Member States’ general plans for adaptation to climate change. The EU’s climate goals will have to be taken into account, therefore, in assessing the Association Agreements, while operational programmes will have to maintain a close link to each Member State’s adaptation strategies and plans, particularly in cases where EU funds account for a high percentage of the public spending available. Hence, the assessment of operational programmes will have to consider how effective they have been in contributing to cutting greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the European Commission to propose a revision of the European Solidarity Fund based on four key points: faster procedure for the mobilisation of the resources, increasing of the total budget, increasing of the amount of the advance (currently capped at EUR 30 million), revision of the eligibility thresholds;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas a serious worldwide migration crisis is predicted
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that cohesion policy investments should be consistent with an effective decarbonisation policy
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that cohesion policy investments should be
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that cohesion policy investments should be consistent with an effective
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Emphasises that innovation policy and the urban dimension are a suitable field for synergies between climate goals and cohesion policy’s broader economic goals; calls for specific provisions to be developed therefore for sustainable urban development and urban innovation, so these fields enjoy noticeably better financial health in post-2020 cohesion policy;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Highlights that clean energy innovations could play a major role in achieving the targets of the Paris Agreement, calls on therefore the Commission and Member States to increase their spending on clean energy related research and development;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Insists that grants to cities and regions continue to be the main form of EU funding under cohesion policy, and for climate actions in particular; considers, however, that the monitoring and tracking system for climate-related expenditure needs improvement in order to assess its effectiveness, looking at amounts spent and introducing valid new indicators for this purpose that are to be harmonised for all Member States, as only thus will it be possible to analyse the real contribution made by cohesion policies to the EU’s climate goals;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to provide increased support for cities and regions in the fields of
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to provide
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to provide increased support for cities and regions in the fields of: training and awareness- raising, financial guidance, know-how and communication, research and development;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. 15a (new).Calls on various partnerships working on issues related to climate mitigation in the framework of Urban Agenda for the EU to swiftly adopt and present their actions plans; furthermore, calls on the Commission to take into consideration proposals contained therein, specifically in reference to better regulation, funding and knowledge in the future legislative proposals.
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