2020/2042(INI) The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | DEVE |
GONZÁLEZ Mónica Silvana ( S&D)
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FITZGERALD Frances ( EPP),
CHABAUD Catherine ( Renew),
KEMPA Beata ( ECR),
URBÁN CRESPO Miguel ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | ENVI |
WALLACE Mick ( GUE/NGL)
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María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS ( RE),
Milan BRGLEZ ( S&D),
Cindy FRANSSEN ( PPE)
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| Committee Opinion | LIBE |
BRICMONT Saskia ( Verts/ALE)
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Morten PETERSEN ( RE),
Delara BURKHARDT ( S&D)
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| Committee Opinion | FEMM |
KUHNKE Alice ( Verts/ALE)
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Silvia MODIG ( GUE/NGL),
Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU ( RE),
Jessica STEGRUD ( ECR)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2020/09/08
EP - Committee draft report
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2020/07/09
EP - Committee opinion
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2020/05/04
EP - GONZÁLEZ Mónica Silvana (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE
2020/04/16
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2020/04/07
EP - WALLACE Mick (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2020/01/23
EP - KUHNKE Alice (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
2020/01/20
EP - BRICMONT Saskia (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
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| Amendments | Dossier |
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2020/2042(INI)
2020/05/12
FEMM
84 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A Amendment 10 #
B. whereas climate change has a greater destructive impact on the countries least responsible for global warming;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate change has a greater
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate change has a greater destructive impact on the countries least responsible for global warming; whereas
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate change has a greater destructive impact on the countries least responsible for global warming; whereas women are more affected by climate change, face higher risks and bear greater burdens for various reasons,
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate change has a greater destructive impact on the countries least responsible for global warming; whereas climate change affects people and groups with fewer resources; whereas women represent 70% of the world's poorest people; whereas women are more affected by climate change, face higher risks and bear greater burdens for various reasons, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights, to existing social and cultural norms and to their intersectional experiences of discrimination, reducing their ability to protect themselves against the impacts of climate change;
Amendment 15 #
Ba. whereas climate change and gender inequality are interrelated; whereas according to the UN, climate change affects women more and accentuates gender inequalities and discrimination, despite the fact that women contribute less to causing the climate change; whereas, however, adaptation and mitigation public policies do not take gender into account;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the negative consequences of climate change undermine development prospects of countries and deepen already existing gender disparities that result from numerous socio-economic, institutional, cultural and political determinants;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas women - who constitute half the world’s population - bear severe gendered impacts of climate change, such as flooding, fires, droughts, deforestation or water scarcity, and are more prone to suffer from infectious diseases, such as water-, food-, and vector-borne ones, and health outcomes associated with poor air quality; whereas consequences of climate change constitute an enormous risk for women, especially pregnant, due to deteriorating sanitary and hygienic conditions and restrained or insufficient access to substantial medical care and treatment;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas climate change causes an increase in refugees when people are forced to leave their homes temporarily or permanently when the environment becomes unviable for them; whereas this has major impacts, especially for vulnerable populations in developing countries; whereas women are 80% of climate refugees and the most affected by extreme temperatures and natural disasters; whereas according to Greenpeace, women are also the majority among the number of deaths in natural disasters with 14 times more possibilities of dying;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the adverse effects of climate change can lead to migration; whereas the situation for internally displaced people and asylum seekers due to environmental reasons is worst for more vulnerable people like women, who are exposed to violations of their basic rights being often victims of human trafficking and sex exploitation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas according to Greenpeace women represent 51% of the world population and 43% of the agricultural workforce in developing countries; whereas agricultural production is one of the sectors most affected by the climate change; whereas according to the World Economic Forum, 60% of people suffering from malnutrition are women and children; whereas the scarcity of resources especially affects women who dedicate more time to obtaining it to the detriment of other activities such as education; whereas according to UNESCO 1 in 4 young women in developing countries have not completed primary school;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas 80% of people displaced, sometimes forcefully, as a result of climate change are women and children who are at larger scope exposed to the negative effects of climate change than men and face greater difficulties related thereto; whereas women are usually at a higher risk of being located in unsafe, overcrowded shelters due to their lack of assets and greater vulnerability to poverty;
Amendment 23 #
Bd. whereas climate change is closely linked to energy policy; whereas energy poverty is linked to low incomes and, for example, to rising energy prices; whereas women have lower incomes and are at greater risk of suffering from energy poverty and this applies in particular to single parents and pensioners, the lowest of which is women; whereas in 2016 there were 1.1 billion people in the world without access to energy and, of those, between 50% and 70%were women and children;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas climate change, environmental degradation, scarcity of resources and natural disasters may increase tensions and reinforce gender inequalities which result in more frequent acts of violence, including domestic and economic violence, sexual assault, forced prostitution, forced or involuntary marriage and other acts of gender-based abuse;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas climate change has serious ramifications of food security, availability, accessibility and utilization; whereas women, especially in developing countries account for 40-80 per cent of all labour force related to food production and collection, depending on the region; whereas increased crop failure and unprecedented natural resource depletion due to altering weather may result in excessive agricultural workload to satisfy the household food provision;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas women, especially indigenous women, are particularly vulnerable to violence related to the environment; whereas in 2017, almost half of the murders of environmental defenders were against women;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas in 2018, according to data from the European Institute for Gender Equality, more than 80% of positions of responsibility for climate change were held by men; whereas in the scientific field, where reports are made for discussions in international forums, 95% of board members and 86% of senior managers are men; whereas in the electricity sector worldwide only 8% of positions of power are occupied by women and they represent only 32% of the total number of workers in this sector;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas climate change has a severe impact on fresh water resources and availability thereof, especially in developing countries located in hot and dry climate areas, influencing the availability of water used in households; whereas scarcity of water resources may hit women the most;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas in many developing countries, the access of girls and women to information and communication technology is constrained by varying factors, such as social and cultural bias, inadequate technological infrastructure, especially in rural areas, inadequate access to education, science or computer illiteracy, as well as women’s lack of disposable income to purchase technology services;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the Paris Agreement
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that gender equality is
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that gender equality
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that gender equality is a
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that gender equality is a catalyst for sustainable development and
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that people in rural areas in developing countries, in particular women who are overrepresented amongst the world's poorest people, are especially vulnerable as they are often dependent on natural resources, as they do much of the agricultural work, such as food production and collecting water and fuel, and as they are very often responsible for unpaid work inhouse holds and communities; calls on the EC to step-up support to women’s production capacity to cope with food insecurity due to climate change;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the agricultural sector is one of the hardest hit by the consequences of climate change in partner countries; recalls that rural women are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on agricultural production and food security; calls on the EU and its Member states to strengthen cooperation with partner countries to include a strong gender dimension in all agricultural and rural development policies;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that the Paris Agreement must be developed in the spirit of Article 2, and must not be mixed up with gender ideologies that confuse climate with women and poverty;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recalls that women and girls are more likely to die during climate disasters and to be displaced, that this is due notably to a lack of access to information and their role as caretakers; stresses that women and girls are also particularly exposed to sexual violence, exploitation and school drop during these crises and in their aftermath; calls on the EU to reinforce this gender dimension into its humanitarian action and to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recalls that social and cultural norms influence women's vulnerability to climate change due to the gendered division of labour, mobility, roles in the household and participation in political and economic decision making;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the Paris Agreement establishes that gender
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Underlines that there is strong evidence that the impact on health of climate-sensitive conditions, such as malnutrition, and the incidence of infectious diseases, such as malaria, varies according to gender; notes with concern the high female mortality rate in disaster situations; recalls that climate change effects cause an increase of diseases affecting women, girls and their sexual health and reproductive rights; a lack of clean water, consequence of climate change, badly influences hygiene for pregnant women, maternal health and menstrual periods; Urges the integration of the gender perspective in sustainable development policies and programmes to ensure that the rights of women and girls - including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and necessary healthcare services -,the promotion of gender equality and climate justice are mainstreamed through its strategy programmes;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the new Gender Action Plan for External Relations (GAP III) to include for the first time gender equality and climate change as priority areas, to develop related indicators and to guarantee sufficient resources to deliver on this objective; GAPIII should support meaningful and effective political participation of women-led and women’s rights organisations in partner countries at all levels; calls on ensuring access of women’s organisations to international climate funds and climate negotiations, especially in light of the important leadership women often take in tackling the impacts of climate change in their countries and communities;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the new Gender Action Plan for External Relations (GAP III) to
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the new Gender Action Plan for External Relations (GAP III) to include for the first time gender equality and climate change
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect country-specific and gender disaggregated data, to establish gender-sensitive indicators and benchmarks and to develop practical tools for a more efficient integration of the gender perspective when planning, implementing and evaluating climate change policies, programmes and projects;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to support gender-sensitive approaches in its processes and operations, including the need for dedicated climate projects and programs which specifically address gender concerns;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be put at the heart of all decision-making and policy formulation within the EU and its Member States as well as the foreign and development policy of the EU;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the Paris Agreement establishes that
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that women are powerful
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that women are powerful agents of change and calls for EU development programmes to promote their meaningful participation at all levels, also in decision-making, as their inclusion is crucial to climate resilience and to ensuring long-term climate solutions;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that women and girls are powerful agents of change and calls for EU development programmes to promote their meaningful participation at all levels, as their inclusion is crucial to climate resilience and to ensuring long-term climate solutions;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses th
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recognises that the implementation of climate change policies offers possibilities for women, especially in developing countries, to become more active in local politics and thereby give local women a voice; recognises that policies on the local level can have an effect on the lives of people, which makes including women in the execution of these policies a fundamental principle;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Affirms that it is necessary to demand and promote the active participation of women and to propose new policies - climate and development- that contribute to transforming social, productive, economic and institutional structures in ways that promote equal opportunities and sustainable development;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the European Parliament to devote its efforts, particularly financial efforts, to climate change, scientific research and the development of carbon- free, non-intermittent energy through the design and manufacture of their means of production in Europe;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that climate finance should be accessible to both men and women and designed to generate mutual benefits rather than exacerbate existing patterns of inequality;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls that gender gaps in energy-related education are due to gender-based prejudices and stereotypes that exclude women from areas of green economy such as transport and energy, causing a waste of human resources and preventing the EU from achieving its full competitive potential; urges the need to increase the number of women with relevant qualifications in scientific and technological fields as well as the number of women participating in relevant scientific bodies at the highest level; Urges national governments to encourage and oblige companies and the academic world to include women at all levels of decision-making in industrial sectors such as energy, transport and oil;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Demands that women have equitable access to the knowledge, resources and technology necessary to cope favourably with the adverse effects of global warming; affirms that political measures should not only be aimed at mitigating the damage caused by natural disasters, but also it is necessary to focus efforts on reducing the level of impact on the population with actions of equality that provide, also to women, the opportunity to cooperate in search of sustainable solutions;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcomes of its review conferences outline three strategic objectives to improve women's environmental decision-making, integrate the gender perspectives in policies and programmes for sustainable development and to strengthen or establish mechanisms at the national, regional and international levels to assess the impact of development and environmental policies on women;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Calls on the Commission to study the impact of gender on existing trade agreements and, in advance, on any new ones that may be signed; calls for the incorporation into new agreements and into existing ones, of effective clauses and sanctioning mechanisms to achieve gender equality and guarantee women's rights and empowerment; calls on the Commission and the Council to promote and support the inclusion of a specific gender chapter in EU trade and Association Agreements and to ensure that it specifically foresees binding commitments to respect and promote gender equality and women empowerment;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that countries committed to revise their national climate action plans (NDCs) in 2020 and that this commitment is not dependent on when the COP takes place; Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) and to appoint a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budget
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25)
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25)
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 66 #
4. Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) and to
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) and to appoint a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budgetary resources, to implement and monitor gender-responsible climate action in the EU and globally
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that in spite of their vulnerability women may act as effective and active agents and promoters of adaptation and mitigation; calls, in this regard, in order to improve the local adaptive capacity of women particularly in developing countries, for more adaptation initiatives that would identify and address gender-specific impacts of climate change predominantly in areas related to food security, water management, agriculture, energy, health and disaster management;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the EC to ensure that the Renewed Partnership and the Comprehensive Strategy with Africa is founded on principles of climate, environmental action achieving Agenda 2030, and gender equality, and achieves a human rights based approach which puts communities and women at the heart of environmental and development efforts;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the issue of climate change must be considered in all its aspects and from a scientific perspective, Parliament should prioritise interventions and opinions of eminent scientists rather than media personalities alone, whose competencies in this field are questionable, particularly at the height of the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including environmental and development policies;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stress that in order to achieve a fair, equitable, and sustainable and just transition which leaves no one behind, all climate action must include a gender and an intersectional perspective, which also includes the diverse experiences of the most marginalised people and communities;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses the need to make the financing of both adaptation to climate change and mitigation of its effects gender-responsive; Calls for the EU to step up financial support to gender-just climate actions for adaptation and addressing loss and damage in developing countries, including climate action undertaken by grassroot women’s organizations, given their central role in local responses to the climate crisis;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Recalls that women’s empowerment is central to the achievement of the SDGs and reminds that climate change disasters tend to exacerbate gender disparities and to foster further inequalities in the global south and globally;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Emphasizes that efforts should be made to mainstream gender perspective into sustainable development and climate change plans and interventions, including the inclusion of Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls for more actions towards increasing women’s participation in high- level climate-related decision-making positions at national, regional and local levels; Recognises that empowering women, as well as their full and equal participation and exercising leadership functions on international level, as well as their management of national, regional and local climate action initiatives, is crucial for enabling of the success and efficiency of action for climate change; calls, in this context, for greater women’s integration in the process of finding solutions to adapt to climate change, foster adaptation strategies and national adaptation plans;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Notes that the impacts of climate change in the global south give rise to a displacement of people that does not fit within the parameters of current international frameworks; Calls on the EU to provide adequate responses to climate displacement and to include gender perspective in all migration polices, with a view to safeguarding climate justice;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Calls the European Commission to recognize the key political role climate activists play in combating climate change in developing countries and requests EU delegations to ensure the prioritization of their protection and funding, especially for women and people from marginalised communities;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Emphasises the importance to ensure and protect the rights of women inhabiting rural areas in regards to food security, non-discriminatory access to resources, and increased participation in decision-making processes on local and national levels;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Recalls that the collection of sex- disaggregated data and gender statistics is a preliminary step towards conducting proper gender analysis on climate change; Calls for the European Commission to upgrade capacity-building in developing countries’ national statistical systems, for the purposes of collecting gender statistics on the environment in order to improve the evaluation of, and find solutions to, the varying consequences of climate change;
Amendment 8 #
Ab. whereas climate change is a complex environmental and social issue, affecting a world that is characterised by, and based on, deep-rooted unequal gender relations; whereas in addition to the fact women generally hold less power and are, therefore, less able to mitigate and cope with the impacts of climate change, unequal gender dynamics impact the ways that households, communities, countries and the global community are affected by, and respond to, climate change;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Points out that actions towards women’s higher enrolment in science and technology-related fields of education are of outmost importance to effectively combat gender-specific climate change consequences; calls for greater uptake of STEM studies by girls and women, future scientists and engineers in the field of renewable energy combating negative implications of climate change;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Underlines that people in rural areas in developing countries, in particular women, are especially affected by climate change, as they are often dependent on natural resources, do much of the agricultural work, particularly in food production and collecting water and fuel for the family and are very often responsible for the bulk of unpaid work in households and communities;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Argues that Integration of gender perspective into existing climate, development, and disaster-risk reduction policy frameworks requires improvement in data acquisition, disaggregated by sex, monitoring of related targets, coordination between sectors, and stakeholder engagement;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 g (new) 4g. Underlines that the fact of empowering women as educators, caregivers, holders of knowledge, and promoters and agents of change may improve mitigation and adaptation policy interventions;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 h (new) 4h. Points out that climate change may prompt to raise of violence against women and girls, be it systemic or culturally-embedded, including domestic violence; calls for actions aiming at strengthening capacities among national authorities and social partners to understand and address the intersections of gender violence and climate change consequences; stresses the importance of providing aid in developing capacities to address gender violence risk factors through various community engagement and leadership efforts;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the current Covid-19 crisis shows the close link between the destruction of our ecosystems, the exploitation of wildlife and the outbreaks of epidemics; whereas women’s role in the protection of biodiversity and the sustainable management of natural resources should be better recognized and further encouraged;
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2020/05/27
ENVI
116 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the ability of people to adapt to climate change is inextricably linked to their access to basic human rights and to the health of the ecosystems they depend on for their livelihoods and wellbeing;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warming; insists that these rights must be strengthened through the certification of sustainable supply chains.
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warming
Amendment 102 #
9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warming and combating the degradation of ecosystems.
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to the protection of pristine forests limiting global warming.
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. highlights how marginalised and poor communities are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; recalls that children are the least responsible for climate change, yet they bear the greatest burden of its impact; calls on the Commission and the Member States to join forces in protecting children affected by the consequences of climate change by strengthening their humanitarian action;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Union and the Member States to support the proposal led by the Republic of Maldives in its statement of 3 December 2019 to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to recognise criminal acts that would amount to Ecocide1a; calls on the Union and the Member States to recognise ecocide in Union and national law as soon as possible with universal jurisdiction; _________________ 1ahttps://asp.icc- cpi.int/iccdocs/asp_docs/ASP18/GD.MDV. 3.12.pdf
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recalls the importance of inclusive social protection systems around the world in the response to future climate shocks; in this regard, calls on the EU and its Member States to promote the creation of decent jobs as part of climate related official development assistance, to help increase resilience of all populations against climate change;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Reiterates the acknowledgment of different impacts of climate change for women and men and therefore the promotion of measures improving the position of women in combating climate change at societal and governmental (decision-making) level;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses that women and girls are powerful agents of change and calls for EU development programmes to promote their meaningful participation at all levels, as their inclusion is crucial to climate resilience and to ensuring long- term climate solutions.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas according to the World Health Organization, as of the year 2030, climate change is expected to contribute to approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Expresses deep concern on the situation of environmental defenders and whistle-blowers throughout the world; reminds that everyone should have access to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development, and that no one shall be penalized, persecuted or harassed in any way for their involvement in activities to protect the environment; calls on the Commission to set up a rapid response mechanism at Union level to support environmental defenders across the world;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Recalls the possible negative effect of climate change on food security in the most vulnerable countries; calls for the support of sustainable land use practices in the agricultural sector, in order to cope with climate-related risks affecting food security as well as providing improved protection to the environment;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Insists on the importance of better communicating climate and disaster risks, and adaptation options for vulnerable populations; recalls the important role of non-state actors and local authorities in building local resilience;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Reiterates the necessity of strengthening the incorporation of climate mitigation and adaptation approaches and mainstream those into wider official development assistance policies and programs;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Stresses that climate change has a considerable impact on human health, for example through floods, drought, heatwaves and fires; recalls that developing countries are the most vulnerable and often less equipped to mitigate this impact on health; therefore points out the importance of health in climate related development assistance in these countries;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Stresses that the proposal for a future Common Agricultural Policy should be revised in depth to take into account the objective of reducing the Union global footprint, and in particular to reduce the Union's external land use and to end land grabbing;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas nearly 160 million children live in high drought-severity zones and more than 500 million live in extremely high flood occurrence zones, according to UNICEF;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas today developing countries emit more than developed countries;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas according to the OECD, development co-operation has a critical role to play in supporting developing countries as they shift to low-emissions and climate-resilient development pathways;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas the European Parliament in its resolution of 16 January 2018 on women, gender equality and climate justice (2017/2086(INI)) acknowledges that women are particularly vulnerable to climate change and experience its effects disproportionately because of their social roles;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the EU has a historic
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the EU
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas there is a direct link between climate change and its impact on environmental degradation, food and water security, access to natural resources, human health, and migration; whereas these phenomena directly or indirectly also threaten the full enjoyment of human rights, including the rights to life, water and sanitation, food, health and housing;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debt; believes also that, in this context and in order to fulfil its commitments under the Paris Agreement, the Union should raise its objective of reducing its domestic economy-wide GHG emissions to at least -65% by 2030 compared to 1990;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debt; stresses that the best form of climate diplomacy is by showing global leadership, as committed to in the European Green Deal, with true commitment to the Paris Agreement goals and Paris-compliant policies and targets within the EU;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement, and that the EU must show climate and biodiversity leadership, including through its development policy, and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debt;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Asserts that the interests of the fossil fuel industry are inherently incompatible with the necessary actions to reduce inequalities and halt global warming at 1.5° C, and that the fossil fuel industry has contributed to human rights abuses and environmental crimes, particularly in the Global South, which have disproportionately affected vulnerable populations; calls for the EU to commit to urgently phasing out all public finance for fossil fuels, and to support measures to shift all financial flows out of fossil fuels and high carbon activities, under the UNFCCC, through making such a commitment and detailing phase-out plans in its NDC, and supporting a COP decision on a global phase-out goal; calls for the EU and Member States to aspire towards an agreement under the UNFCCC for a subsequent fossil fuel non-proliferation agreement;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that developing countries and their populations are particularly touched by the negative impacts of climate change such as, natural disasters and extreme weather disturbances, including cyclones, storms, flooding, droughts, erosion, rising water, heat waves and fires. Calls, therefore on the EU, to enhance preservation, mitigation and adaptation, as part of its external action, and to step up its technical assistance, as well as sharing of best practices with developing countries.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that according to the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights, climate change will exacerbate existing poverty and inequality; it will have the most severe impact in poor countries and regions, and the places poor people live and work. Developing countries will bear an estimated 75-80% of the costs of climate change;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls the principle of 'common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities' which grants the Union and the Member States with a particular responsibility as well as capacity to act; stresses that the Union's capability is in itself a legal reason to act and support Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the success of the European Green Pact depends on stepping up EU ecological diplomacy;
Amendment 29 #
1b. Urges the Commission to adopt without delay a proposal for a new legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, which has a direct impact on LDCs; believes this framework should include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a due diligence obligation for all operators placing forest and ecosystems-risk commodities on the Union market;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recalls that climate change has dramatic consequences on the long-term economic development of developing countries, and in particular least developed countries;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the current decision- making process under the UNFCCC
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the current decision- making process under the UNFCCC
Amendment 34 #
2. Stresses that the current decision- making process under the UNFCCC is skewed against LDCs and needs to be improved to better involve poor and vulnerable country delegates; calls on the COP26 presidency and future presidencies to insist that the COPs end on time and to explore ways to ensure that delegates from the LDCs and SIDs, who have fewer resources to participate on an equal footing to the developed country delegates, are not structurally disadvantaged; calls on the EU delegation to the COPs to enhance engagement with vulnerable country delegates;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on all EU Member States to
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on all EU Member States to
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. having regard to European Union commitments, especially with regard to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, focusing in particular on Objective 13 ‘Climate Action’, which can only be achieved through global effort and coordination;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on all EU Member States to
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that only a few Member States provide climate finance on top of their official development assistance (ODA) commitments; reiterates that climate finance should be new and additional as required under the UNFCCC; Calls on all EU Member States to rapidly scale up climate finance, prioritising grants-based finance, in particular for LDCs and SIDS, and to increase financial support during the 2020- 2025 period, especially for adaptation and resilience building, to achieve a balance between mitigation and adaptation finance;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. In this context, stresses the importance of private investment to climate action and the potential of public- private partnerships; recalls the commitment of the EU and its Member States to participate to the OECD countries’ ambition to contribute 100 billion USD per year from various sources until at least 2025, including from a variety of sources – public and private, bilateral and multilateral, and alternative sources of finance – in the context of meaningful mitigation action;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls its position that at least 45% of the funding from the proposed 2021-2027 Neighbourhood and Development Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) should support climate and environmental objectives;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Notes that more development funding should be dedicated to climate- related objectives, such as climate-friendly technology and efforts to strengthen climate-resilience in developing countries;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Invites the Commission and the Member States to orient development aid, in the context of the next programming period 2021-2027, towards the effective implementation of partner countries NDCs; points out the need for concrete and effective actions on climate adaptation, with particular regard to its long-term planning;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Expresses its concern that public finance is not sufficient to meet international climate and development goals; therefore insists on the importance of mobilising private capital, including for climate adaptation;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Stresses the importance of the Green Climate Fund to catalyse public and private financial flows into low- emission and climate-resilient development to the benefit of developing countries; insists on the importance of simplifying access to funding to third countries under the GCF framework;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Welcomes the work carried out in the context of the Green Climate Fund Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme in the process of formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans; however, calls on the GCF to simplify the procedures to access funding under the programme so that countries that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, notably LDCs and SIDS, can swiftly move on with the preparation of their national adaptation plans;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3f. Underlines, in this regard, the need to improve our understanding of the potential cost of inaction and of the effectiveness and suitability of adaptation measures, in particular in vulnerable geographies; stresses that there is no one globally applicable monitoring and evaluation systems for climate change adaptation, including its effectiveness, therefore calls on the European Commission and its Member States to step up efforts in supporting developing countries in establishing appropriate national monitoring and evaluation systems allowing to measure adaptation progress on a continuous basis;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas inequalities in wealth and the potential to tackle and adapt to climate change exist not only between the EU and other parties to the Paris Agreement, but also within the EU;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the overall post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met through
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met through dedicated, quantitative sub-goals, including a sub-goal for adaptation finance and a sub-
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met through dedicated sub-goals, including a
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that the WIM Review 2019 acknowledges the importance of the implementation of the WIM for vulnerable populations in particular;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that the WIM Review 2019 acknowledges the importance of the implementation of the WIM for vulnerable populations in particular; strongly encourages the EU to
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that the WIM Review 2019 acknowledges the importance of the implementation of the WIM for vulnerable populations in particular;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that the WIM Review 2019 acknowledges the importance of the implementation of the WIM for vulnerable populations in particular; urges the EU to support the calls of LDCs for a specific financing facility on loss and damage
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that the WIM Review 2019 acknowledges the importance of the implementation of the WIM for vulnerable populations in particular; urges the EU to support the calls of LDCs for a specific financing facility on loss and damage under the UNFCCC and for immediate debt relief; calls for new and additional sources of loss and damage finance; further calls for debt relief and debt cancellation for loss and damage, and a loss and damage disaster mechanism by which loans would be converted to grants when disaster strikes;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas according to the IPCC, climate change poses disproportionate and asymmetric risks to human and natural systems due to differences in vulnerability and exposure;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Reminds that least developed countries (LDCs), fragile countries and small-island countries (SIDS) are most affected by the effects of climate change and therefore need to be prioritised; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure that sufficient resources are allocated to risk reduction strategies, technology transfer, capacity building in environmental education, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Expresses concern on how climate change could reverse human development through reduced agricultural productivity, increased food and water insecurity, increased exposure to extreme natural disasters, collapsed ecosystems and increased health risks;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Expresses concern at how international c
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Expresses concern at how international climate market mechanisms can have negative implications; calls on the EU and Member States to advocate a ‘do no harm’ principle for all such mechanisms, ensuring in particular that all Article 6 mechanisms fully respect and protect the rights of local communities; reiterates its support for the establishment of a share of proceeds to provide financial support to those populations most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for the establishment of a binding framework for clean development mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which is essential to help developing countries in transforming their economies by fostering investment in climate friendly infrastructures and initiatives, sustainable agriculture, waste management and circular economy projects, and to achieve not only sustainable energy but also competitive prices; calls for the reduction of EU export of waste resources, an enhanced circular economy worldwide and an introduction of a global ban on single use plastic;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas ecosystem-based adaptation increases the resilience and reduces the vulnerability of people and the environment to climate change;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights the important role played by the private sector and financial organisations to innovate and adapt existing solutions and business models to make them accessible to low-income communities and improve their well-being and prosperity; believes that working towards deeper integration of developing countries and emerging markets into renewable energy and green-tech value chains holds benefits for all sides;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights the important role played by the private sector and financial organisations to innovate and adapt existing solutions and business models to make them accessible to low-income communities and improve their well-being and prosperity;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities lead to climate-induced displacement
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Emphasizes the scientifically proved interlinkage of the health, environmental and climate crises, as the coronavirus has shown; points out that, due to climate change and biodiversity loss, such crises might multiply in the decades to come; underlines the importance to anticipate the crises, in order to better manage populations displacement linked to climate change. Stresses that insufficient adaptation
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities lead to climate-induced displacement; stresses that climate change and environmental degradation increasingly interact with the drivers of refugee movements, since populations are being forcibly displaced from their homes by the effects of climate change and natural disasters; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities lead to climate-induced displacement; the environmental impact is worst for more vulnerable people like women and girls, who are exposed to violations of their basic rights being often victims of human trafficking and sex exploitation; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities can lead to climate-induced displacement; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that adaptation strategy should also encourage a change of model in developing countries, based on environmentally friendly and nature- based solutions; it should enhance self- sufficiency to ensure better living conditions, including sustainable and local agriculture, sustainable management of water, renewable energies, etc., in line with the Sustainable Development Goals; specific attention should also be paid to islands, where the population is the most vulnerable to climate change, in order to foster their resilience and the protection of their ecosystems;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the landmark decision of the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand recognising that that people fleeing climate-related and natural disasters have a valid claim for international protection under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; urges the Commission and the Member States to take stock of this ruling and take all the necessary measures to ensure full protection of environmentally displaced persons under EU law and to provide appropriate asylum for climate refugees;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Underlines that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women; welcomes the commitments made by Vice- President Frans Timmermans to redress gender inequalities that are exacerbated by climate change; urges the Commission to mainstream the gender perspective into all EU climate and development policies, and to promote the participation of indigenous women, women’s rights defenders and all marginalised gender communities within the UNFCCC framework;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Recalls the "Do No Harm" principle under the European Green Deal, and urges the Commission to rapidly ensure the full consistency of existing and future trade and investment agreements and other global regulations with the international environmental and climate goals, in particular the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and include binding provisions to end land grabbing and deforestation;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Insists that the
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Insists that the legally binding agreement for a post-2020 global biodiversity framework involve and benefit vulnerable populations; reiterates the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the IPBES that exports of crops and other resources from developing countries has contributed to declines in nature, while importing developed and rapidly-growing developing countries often decrease nature degradation nationally;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Insists that the legally binding agreement for a post-2020 global biodiversity framework involve and benefit vulnerable populations; calls on the EU, as part of the Biodiversity Strategy external dimension, to pay specific attention to developing countries and their populations, as they are territories with high biodiversity;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Insists that the
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Expresses its deep concern about the impact of reduced biodiversity on resilience levels; underlines that biodiversity loss has great environmental, societal and economic impacts; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase action and synergies in the climate and biodiversity agendas, in line with the European Green Deal;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that meeting our climate objectives should never happen at the expense of biodiversity; believes that the EU bioenergy policy should meet strict environmental and social criteria to prevent land grabbing and deforestation;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the EU must find a balance in providing support both to the third countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and to the Member States that are unable to address the challenges of climate neutrality without financial assistance;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that climate change is severely affecting food production and food security in developing countries; calls on the EU to prioritise access to food and water in its efforts to combat the effects of climate change in developing countries; stresses that helping people to help themselves is and must become the most sustainable form of support;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recalls that the negative consequences of climate change undermine a country’s development prospects, and compounds already existing inequalities such as gender disparities; urges the Commission to have a gender-sensitive approach in the elaboration and implementation of all policies that have an impact on the situation of rural women and girls;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on all Parties to the Paris Agreement to fully implement the 5-year enhanced Lima work programme on gender and the gender action plan;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Union and the Member States to support, at the next UN General Assembly, the global recognition of the right to a healthy environment;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recalls the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land recognises that Indigenous Peoples and local communities play a critical role in stewarding and safeguarding the world's lands and forests, and that strengthening their rights is a critical solution to the climate crisis as it contributes to mitigation and adaptation; also recalls the IPBES Global Assessment Report that nature is generally declining less rapidly in indigenous peoples’ land than in other lands; Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warming and biodiversity loss.
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warming
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas climate change and
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas existing evidence shows that environmental change impacts migration drivers, four migration outcomes can be distinguished: migration, displacement, being trapped and voluntary immobility;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5g. Calls for a constructive migration dialogue with countries of origin and transit aligned with other areas of cooperation, to advance governance and partnership on migration and mobility, on effective return, readmission and reintegration policy and on fighting corruption, as well as smuggler and human trafficking networks; considers that shared responsibility and the respect for human rights must be the basis of mutual cooperation;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Believes that introducing less restrictive and more coordinated EU channels for labour migration would complement the Common European Asylum System by providing additional paths for people affected by climate change, especially when fleeing slow- onset changes of the environment, where the decision to migrate may be voluntary and planned, even if constrained;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need for the EU to promote research collaboration between European and developing countries so as to facilitate knowledge transfer and ensure that developing countries focus more closely on research into climate change;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Stresses that, if not closed, existing legal gaps will exacerbate future humanitarian crises and calls on the European Commission and Member States to urgently take action to develop and ensure access to safe and regular channels for those displaced as a consequence of climate change;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines th
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the ruling of the UN Human Rights Committee of 20 January 2020, which states that countries may not deport individuals facing climate change- induced conditions that violate the right to life; calls on the Member States to consider the risk of violations of the right to life due to climate change as part of their return decisions, notably triggering non- refoulement obligations, requiring thorough verification of those concerned; points out at the same time that it is necessary to ensure protection, equal treatment and respect for the rights of all children of refugee families from countries affected by climate change;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas although factors related to climate change may influence decisions on migration, it is not possible to precisely determine their importance for the movement of people;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the ruling of the UN Human Rights Committee of 20 January 2020, which states that countries may not deport individuals facing climate change- induced conditions that violate the right to life; calls on the Member States to consider the risk of violations of the right to life due to climate change, natural or human- made disasters as part of their return decisions, notably triggering non- refoulement obligations;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the ruling of the UN Human Rights Committee of 20 January 2020
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that, as part of the reform of the Union’s Migration and Asylum Policy,
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that, as part of the reform of the Union’s Migration and Asylum Policy,
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for the development of adaptation and resilience strategies to natural disasters, the adverse effects of climate change, and environmental degradation, such as desertification, land degradation, drought and sea level rise, taking into account the potential implications on migration, while recognizing that adaptation in the country of origin is a priority;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas climate change is particularly affecting developing countries dependent on agriculture and forestry;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the international community to reduce the risk of disasters and to promote the inclusion of disaster risk reduction in national preparedness planning, as well as to strengthen the resilience and coping capacities in disaster-prone regions, minimising the need for environmentally-induced displacement when disasters occur;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the international community to advance national and regional efforts to prevent and address root causes of displacement and promote the development of durable solutions;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Underlines that the EU financial support (both internal and external) is being directed to support disaster risk reduction via various channels, including humanitarian aid and development instruments, climate change initiatives, support for endemic surveillance capacity and grants for research projects;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Highlights the importance to supporting and strengthening the resilience of host communities and communities of origin in developing countries; acknowledges that the environmentally induced displacement linked to both sudden-onset and slow- onset environmental changes will inevitably continue and therefore measures will be required to assist the displaced, including through emergency responses in cases of sudden-onset disasters, and to find durable solutions through humanitarian and civil protection aid and capacity building measures;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the EU to enhance its support, as part of its external action, towards climate mitigation and adaptation in developing countries, as well as the protection and restoration of biodiversity, calls also on the EU to step up its technical assistance, as well as sharing of best practices with developing countries; notes that more funding should be dedicated to climate-related objectives and efforts to strengthen climate-resilience in developing countries; stresses that funding currently channelled towards border security and policing in the EU would be better spent on grants-based and other non-contingent financial support for climate mitigation, adaptation and other efforts to strengthen climate resilience in developing countries;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the expansion of legal migration remains the exclusive competence of the Member States, which may introduce national solutions for migrants who are displaced due to natural disasters and climate change; notes that such arrangements should in any case include the necessary security procedures;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Highlights that women and minors are most vulnerable populations in the face of disasters and climate change;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Recalls that any multilateral framework for cooperation in the field of migration and asylum should be based on existing international regulations and should respect the competences of the Member States;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Urges the Commission to mainstream gender equality and climate justice in the elaboration and implementation of all policies that have impact on the situation of women and girls;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Reminds the Commission to ensure coherent implementation of international existing and future instruments, in particular the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development to take into account the internal and external impact of the EU;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas developing countries are disproportionately affected by meteorological changes, in many cases lacking sufficient capacity to respond to more frequent and intense natural disasters such as droughts, floods and heatwaves;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Underlines that the European Union´s global engagement - both in terms of climate policy and migration displacement policy - has significantly expanded and is set to become yet more important in the context of geopolitical shifts;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Highlights that environmental change and migration is addressed in its civil protection, humanitarian aid and development policies; stresses, however, that in the context of policies on international protection, no concrete initiatives to date have addressed the protection needs of people affected by environmental change, and specifically environmental - and other - disasters, as according to the prevailing interpretation of the 1951 Refugee Convention, displacement based on environmental reasons alone does not meet the requirement for refugee protection; notes that, within the EU, complementary forms of protection deriving from the Qualification Directive and the Temporary Protection Directive, as well as protection from non-refoulement under the Return Directive, could provide protection alternatives; deplores, however, that all of those instruments reveal deficiencies in the protection of environmentally displaced persons.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas migration, in the context of environmental change, should not be considered a problem whose root causes must be fought, but as an adaptation strategy to adverse environmental changes to which solutions should be provided;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the heterogeneous character of data on migrants and displaced persons makes it difficult to assess the impact of climatic phenomena on international migration;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas migration is a complex process and migrants’ decisions to leave are most often motivated by a number of factors and conditions, both in the region of origin (push factors) and in the potential destination country (pull factors), including of a cultural, social, economic, legal or practical nature, and these factors are mutually determined and often coexist;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate-induced migration is strongly related to other factors,
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate-induced migration is strongly related to other factors, including
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate-induced
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate-induced displacement and migration
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas climate-induced migration is strongly related to other factors, including poverty, since when a country lacks the appropriate resources to adapt to climate change, this can aggravate poverty and force people to move; whereas climate change is an important risk multiplier for conflict, drought, famine and migration, especially in the poorest countries;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas according to a report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), in 2018 alone 17.2 million people were displaced as a result of disasters related to the climate, 9.3 million of these were in the region the most affected, the Asia-Pacific region; whereas the countries most affected are the Philippines, China and India;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the impact on health caused by climate change will be felt most by the poor who frequently have low resistance to diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea or malaria and enjoy limited access to the necessary healthcare and medicines;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas migration has to be seen in the context of environmental change as an adaptation strategy to adverse environmental change and part of the solution, not as a problem which must be fought;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas according to the prevailing interpretation of the 1951 Refugee Convention, displacement based on environmental reasons alone does not meet the requirement for refugee protection;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas climate change is an important risk multiplier for conflict, drought, famine and migration;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas climate change and consequential natural disasters have become common drivers of migration, which will be further exacerbated as the climate crisis worsens; whereas the majority of environmentally-induced migrants are likely to come from rural areas, as their livelihoods often depend on climate sensitive sectors such as farming and fishing;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas climate change is affecting enjoyment of basic human rights;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas adaptation to climate change places major stress on those suffering from heart problems, neurological disorders or obesity, as well vulnerable individuals among the very young and the old, that is to say children less than five years old and adults over 65;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas there have been about 288 million people newly internally displaced due to disasters between 2008 and 2019, with floods causing half of the disaster- related displacement;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas regional initiatives in Africa and Latin America have developed instruments to strengthen protection for those displaced in the context of climate change and disasters;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas the UN non-binding Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement define IDPs as persons who were compelled to leave their homes or habitual residences, ‘in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflicts, situations of generalised violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters”; whereas there is however today no international legal instrument that would address cross-border migration as a consequence of climate change, natural or human-made disasters;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas Italy, Sweden and Finland developed national protection grounds for victims of climate change and natural disasters;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that climate migration requires a normative framework to bridge existing protection gaps, via various and complementary methods; highlights the definition of climate migration offered by the IOM, as the movement of a person or groups of persons who, predominantly for reasons of sudden or progressive change in the environment due to climate change, are obliged to leave their habitual place of residence, or choose to do so, either temporarily or permanently, within a State or across an international border; highlights that on the one hand, migration in this context can be associated with greater vulnerability of affected people, particularly if it is forced and that, on the other hand, migration can also be a form of adaptation to environmental stressors, helping to build resilience of affected individuals and communities;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas climate change and consequential natural disasters have become common drivers of forced migration, which will be further exacerbated as the climate crisis worsens; whereas major CO2 emitters like the EU have a moral duty to help developing countries adapt to climate change, and should reduce their own emissions;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that climate migration does not require
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that, according to the Geneva Convention, only a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, has been forced to leave his or her country of origin, and who, because of these fears, is unable or unwilling to avail him or herself of the protection of his country, can be considered a refugee. notes, furthermore, that subsidiary protection under EU law may be granted to a person whose return to his or her country of origin may present a risk of suffering serious harm through the imposition of the death penalty or execution, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, serious and individual threat to life or health arising from the widespread use of violence against civilians in a situation of international or internal armed conflict, and who is unable or unwilling to avail him or herself of country-of-origin protection because of this risk;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights that there are other environmental factors not directly linked to climate change, but linked to human- made environmental changes such as land degradation or marine and coastal ecosystem degradation, land and water grabbing, as well as environmental disasters and pollution caused by wars, which also act as risk-multipliers and migration drivers, notably in vulnerable populations that are highly dependent on agriculture and natural local resources.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes the definition of climate migration offered by the IOM; stresses the complex nature of the impact of environmental changes on displacement and migration and highlights, therefore, the need to increase the collection and analysis of robust data in this area; considers that Parliament should promote the clarification of terminology at European level on the displacement of people in connection with climate change;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that many people from developing countries are unable to adapt to climate change, partly due to lack of education and access to information; points out that, in many cases adaptation requires the use of new technologies such as flood control systems, new farming techniques or early-warning systems;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Encourages the full use of all existing bodies of laws and instruments in humanitarian, human rights and refugee law, and instruments on internal displacement, disaster management and legal migration in order to avert, address and minimise displacement in the context of climate change;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that a framework needs to be established for dialogue with those countries most vulnerable to changes in the climate, to encourage the carrying out of the changes needed to protect their population and ensure basic services can be provided;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for strengthening joint analysis and sharing of information to better map, understand, predict and address migration movements;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Emphasises that mobility, including cross-border mobility, needs to be part of the responses to adverse environmental changes;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas climate change and consequential natural disasters have become
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Deplores the fact that, while climate migration is a reality that is set to intensify, people who move for long-term, climate change-related reasons have no effective access to protection in the EU; calls on the Member States and the Commission to put in place protection pathways, which include
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Deplores the fact that, while climate migration is a reality that is set to intensify, people who move for long-term, climate change-related reasons have no effective access to protection in the EU; calls on the Member States and the Commission to
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Deplores the fact that, while climate migration is a reality that is set to intensify, and while some exceptions exist under national law in a limited number of Member States for what relates to environmental disasters, people who move for long-term, climate change-related reasons have no effective access to protection in the EU; reaffirms the exacerbated vulnerability of women, children and the poorest communities; calls on the Member States and the Commission to put in place protection pathways, which include promoting humanitarian visas, temporary protection, authorisation to stay, and regional and bilateral free movement agreements; proposes that a climate passport be issued to persons coming from a country, or part of it, that will become uninhabitable due to climate change as a way to offer them protection from vulnerability and statelessness; proposes that any change in the environment due to climate change be explicitly listed among eligibility criteria for humanitarian protection; calls on the Commission and Member States to put forward such proposals in international forums, in parallel to other EU initiatives;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Deplores the fact that, while climate migration is a reality that is set to intensify, people who move for
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas climate change and consequential natural disasters affect enjoyment of basic human rights and have become common drivers of migration,
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Deplores the fact that, while climate migration is a reality that is set to intensify, people who move for long-term, climate change-related reasons have no effective access to protection in the EU; calls on the Member States and the Commission to put in place protection pathways, which include promoting
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Deplores the fact that, while climate migration is a reality that is set to intensify, people who move for
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that most displacements related to natural disasters are of an internal or regional nature, so that the affected population remains mainly within the borders of their countries of origin or neighbouring countries; stresses that a systemic approach should be taken to tackling climate change and natural disasters through the promotion of environmentally sustainable development, while addressing the root causes of migration and displacement in a long- term manner through development cooperation;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights the fact that the large number of bureaucratic obstacles and restrictions related to climate policies has caused a large part of European industry to relocate to the Asia-Pacific region, creating serious employment crises on the European continent and increasing vulnerability in that region to the effects of the climate because of, among other reasons, the rise in the urban population caused by a shift from rural and agricultural work to insecure jobs in urban factories;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Believes that the EU should promote and support adaptation and mitigation measures in developing countries as they are most vulnerable to climate change and are in urgent need of assistance; adaptation should be an extension of sustainable development and as such should focus on: economic growth and diversification, better health and education and more effective disaster preparation mechanisms;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Deplores the fact that certain political groups and national or international institutions are making use of natural disasters and the displacement of population they cause, in countries that are less economically and socially developed, to create non-existent legal categories such as ‘climate refugee’ that will have a harmful pull factor for thousands of people; whereas this will, in fact, be to the great detriment of those people who do indeed have a right to the international protection granted by refugee status on grounds of religious, ideological or political persecution;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas climate change and consequential natural disasters have
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the effective implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees, to ensure more effective protection, via complementary pathways and appropriate financing, for persons displaced by the consequences of climate change or natural disasters, given that persons who migrate for environmental reasons enjoy neither refugee status nor international protection;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the effective implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees, to ensure more effective protection, via complementary pathways and appropriate financing, for persons displaced by the consequences of climate change
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that it is essential to support measures to minimise the effects of climate change in the place of origin of affected people in order to prevent migration from being their main adaptation strategy;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls for effective long-term strategies and policies to ensure assistance and protection for migrants displaced by climate change and proper resource allocation for mitigating climate migration;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) identifies climate change as a driver of migration and urges countries to introduce channels and to plan for people who move due to natural disasters and climate change; stresses that the GCM also restates the need to tackle the causes of climate change and to support adaptation in developing countries so that people are not forced to leave their homes;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that the Global Compact
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights that the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration identifies climate change as
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reminds Member States that although climate migration is mainly internal for the present, as the global climate emergency worsens more vulnerable people may cross borders seeking protection on an international level; urges therefore, that EU countries engage in the establishment and implementation of effective migration management and policy which includes the consideration of climate migrants as a matter of priority;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate less restrictive legal channels for third-country workers and their families, which would include mobility schemes and preferential access for workers coming from a country, or part of it, affected by climate change, which may result in famine and insecurity of food supplies or deprive many people of their means of subsistence, thereby triggering the migration of millions;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate less
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas discussions on climate migration should not lose their focus on preventive measures, given our environmental objectives to invest in climate and environmental solutions for our planet, as a direct way to prevent forced climate migration in the future;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate less restrictive legal channels for third-country workers and their families, which would include mobility schemes and
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate less restrictive legal channels for third-country workers and their families, which would include mobility schemes and
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to invest in programs that accelerate fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals with the aim of eliminating the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin, including through climate change mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Asks to address climate change through sustainable trade, development aid and other policies as key elements in the prevention of migration caused by climate change, both directly or indirectly;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increase development aid to countries affected by natural disasters and climate change;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Develop coherent solutions for the challenges of human migration in the context of natural disasters and calls for a multi-sectoral approach that addresses both root, causes and consequences of the nexus between environmental change, on the one hand, and migration and displacement, on the other;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Insists that funds should be channelled through international organizations on the ground to ensure that aid reaches the ones in need;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Calls on the Commission to develop trade, development and economic policies, which contribute to people’s ability to live in their country of origin in a sustainable way; insists that good access to education and sustainable development are the main tools to reduce poverty and enable populations to live and develop in a more humane and dignified manner in their own land;
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