2021/2006(INI) An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions
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Lead | ENVI | SPYRAKI Maria ( EPP) | ROS SEMPERE Marcos ( S&D), HOJSÍK Martin ( Renew), PAULUS Jutta ( Verts/ALE), LIMMER Sylvia ( ID), ZALEWSKA Anna ( ECR), WALLACE Mick ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | AGRI | CHRISTENSEN Asger ( Renew) | Anja HAZEKAMP ( GUE/NGL), Veronika VRECIONOVÁ ( ECR), Carmen AVRAM ( S&D), Pär HOLMGREN ( Verts/ALE), Sylvia LIMMER ( ID), Colm MARKEY ( PPE) |
Committee Opinion | ITRE | BUŞOI Cristian-Silviu ( EPP) | Manuel BOMPARD ( GUE/NGL), Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES ( S&D), Jutta PAULUS ( Verts/ALE), Mauri PEKKARINEN ( RE), Pietro FIOCCHI ( ECR), Elena LIZZI ( ID) |
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Amendments | Dossier |
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2021/2006(INI)
2021/06/01
AGRI
188 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Welcomes the Commission proposal for a Methane Strategy in seeking to reduce overall methane emissions within the EU; recalls that within a 20 year timespan, methane emissions are 86 times more potent than CO2 in terms of its effect on global warming, and that it contributes to tropospheric ozone formation, a potent local air pollutant, damaging crops, forests and other vegetation, affecting biodiversity and causing serious health problems;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector while taking into account the specific nature of enteric methane emissions linked to the valorisation of grass by ruminants and distinguishing short-cycle biogenic carbon from long- cycle carbon from fossil resource extraction in the light of recent research;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Stresses the need for a transition towards sustainable feed policy based on the locally sourced feed in order to reduce the environmental and climate impact of animal production and to avoid carbon leakage through imports from third countries;
Amendment 101 #
3 f. Warns against reliance on technological innovations such as the development of feed additives which do not address the root causes of methane emissions in the agricultural sector, nor the systemic environmental issues associated with industrial farming and can harm animal health and welfare; stresses instead the need to stimulate a transition towards plant-based diets in line with the objectives of the EU farm to fork strategy;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 g (new) 3 g. Stresses the need to swiftly move away from industrial animal farming, aiming at a 70% reduction in livestock numbers in the EU, with particular focus on Member States with high livestock density such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 h (new) Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 i (new) 3 i. Demands that measures aimed at reducing the methane emissions in agriculture are in line with the animal welfare and environmental objectives and the ‘Do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy, only if it's done in a sustainable way; recalls, in this regard, that in order to meet new environmental targets, a balance of plant and animal production should be maintained, which will ensure sufficient amount of nutrients and organic matter in the soils in the EU, positively influencing the biodiversity and contributing to more healthy and balanced dietary habits of the Europeans; encourages farming models able to be sustainable socially, environmentally and economically; calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste in a sustainable way, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy; calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions; highlights the need for agriculture support schemes to encourage biogas production and business at a farm level; underlines the importance of farmers having continuous access to the investment support for biogas production;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy; calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions; and increase circularity in the agricultural sector; stresses the role of permanent grassland for carbon sequestration and points out that the rate of grassland in Europe is tightly linked to livestock numbers;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy; calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions and encourages Member States to include in their National Strategic Plans support measures for the purchase of biogas production facilities using agricultural waste ;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions, especially in the agriculture sector, where the sources of methane emissions are often diffuse and make measurement, reporting and verification challenging; welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop, in cooperation with international partners, an international emissions observatory; calls on the
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that
Amendment 111 #
4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy; calls for the acceleration of European
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that value-added
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy; calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste, as an important tool for reducing methane
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy; calls for the acceleration and support of European biogas production from agriculture waste, such as on-farm pocket digesters, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste as an important tool for reducing methane emissions; stresses that agricultural biogas plants, which are built predominantly in rural areas, also contribute to eradicating the energy poverty that these areas often face; furthermore, by providing energy to local customers and reducing energy transmission and distribution losses, they both contribute to the improvement of the national energy system and reduce its operating costs;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Having regard for the upcoming revision of Directive 2009/73/EU concerning common rules in the market for natural gas and Regulation 715/2009/EU on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks, calls on the Commission to ensure the appropriate financial incentives are made available to farmers to encourage the instillation of anaerobic digestion technology on farms and ensure access to national energy networks, in order to better facilitate the market entry of renewable and low carbon gases;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights the active engagement of the agricultural sector in climate action and recognizes the full potential of woodlands and grasslands; calls for the development of nutrient management systems and innovative dietary solutions to reduce methane emissions in the livestock sector and for methods to calculate the true impact of methane on the environment to be developed in light of more recent research on the lifecycle of methane;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls for better coordination and improved infrastructure between farmers and renewable energy producers in order to enable the uptake of locally connected production of biogas; furthermore highlights the importance of returning high quality natural fertilizer, which is the by-product of biogas production, to the farms again;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Notes that measures to reduce methane emissions are not always beneficial for other aspects of sustainability; Calls on the Commission to take into account all aspects of sustainability when proposing best practises and promoting mitigation technologies;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that circularity first means less waste, slowing the consumption of resources and energy, and implementing long-term waste prevention solutions, and that the role of biogas shall therefore be limited;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Member States to promote the establishment of community manure and slurry management centres, for both composting and biogas, and to support the transfer of the energy generated to the electricity grid;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that Article 13 TFEU states that when formulating and implementing the Union's policies, full regard should be paid to the welfare requirements of animals, since animals are sentient beings;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Finds that renewable energy obtained through agricultural residues have significant potential and should be explored with further research, Investment and a supportive policy framework;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Rejects any attempts to genetically alter animals in order to artificially try to lower emissions;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Notes that the development of the circular economy and bio-economy will create more jobs in the primary production and stresses that the bio economy requires new skills, new knowledge and new disciplines be developed and/or integrated further in training and education in this sector in order to tackle bio economy-related societal changes, promote competitiveness, growth and job creation, meet the needs of the sector and ensure that skills and jobs are better matched;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector; encourages the Commission and Member States to support and apply available mitigation technologies and practices that have the potential to deliver emission reductions decoupled from production;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Emphasises the need to ensure that animal welfare does not suffer under new measures for the agricultural sector, including regarding methane; stresses that no measures, targets, or incentives should lead to a restriction of livestock animals to indoor confinements; emphasises that animals must be able to graze outdoors and should not be prevented from exhibiting their natural behaviour;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Supports the Commission’s proposal to set up a pilot project to support rural areas and farmers in building biogas installations and to facilitate access to funding to support their development;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. Stresses that an agricultural system which imports millions of tons of soy and maize each year, feeds that to animals, and uses the huge amounts of excess manure this system creates to produce so-called biogas is inherently unsustainable;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4 e. Points out that incentivising biogas production from animal waste streams is further increasing the dependency of the imports of protein from third countries, which exacerbates deforestation and ecosystem degradations in countries such as Brazil, Argentina and Indonesia;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4 f. Expresses the opinion that biogas produced from animal manure or crops is not sustainable and should not be incentivised nor facilitated;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 g (new) 4 g. Emphasises that biogas production from agricultural waste is an end-of-pipe solution that allows intensive livestock farming to continue business as usual; highlights that the promotion of biogas incentivises industrial livestock farming and thereby harms the environment, biodiversity, public health, animal welfare and small farmers;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 h (new) 4 h. Stresses that promoting biogas as a "solution" risks locking in unsustainable forms of animal production that further contribute to the root causes of harmful methane emissions in agriculture;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 i (new) 4 i. Stresses that energy and climate policies' incentives aiming at achieving climate neutrality should not support the use of food crops for energy generation purposes or any unsustainable use of biomass, such as use of virgin biomass for energy generation purposes;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 j (new) 4 j. Calls for regulatory measure to ban the practice of co-digestion of manure and food crops which is inherently unsustainable;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 k (new) 4 k. Urges against bioeconomy that is not based on the principle of sustainability; stresses that further research is needed on the environmental impact of energy produced from biomass and biofuels in order to draw the line between sustainable and unsustainable amounts of residues being taken away from the field for the energy generation purpose;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector, in which further disaggregation of emission factors and their determination on a scientific basis is required for all EU production systems before progress beyond level 2 approaches can be made;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivising methane reductions at farm level; stresses the need for a simple and transparent system for the collection of agricultural methane emissions data using state-of-the-art data collection technologies; stresses the importance of publishing a common set of data that do not mislead European consumers regarding the adverse effects of agricultural methane emissions;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, w
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivising methane reductions at farm level; stresses that obstacles such as insufficient knowledge and expertise preventing wider application should be addressed; urges the Commission to publish an inventory of best practices and available technologies by the end of 2021;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivising methane reductions at farm level; calls on the Commission to submit a report on measures to support climate-efficient farming and food production by means of third party certification schemes by 30 September 2023;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that voluntary farm level
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivising methane reductions at farm level, stresses that effective climate measures have to be taken, and that voluntary and market based measures will be utterly insufficient to tackle the climate crisis;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that farm level
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that minimal-level bureaucracy farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivising methane reductions at farm level;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU regulatory and monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to put forward binding measures and emissions reduction targets covering all methane emissions, including those of the agricultural sector, and to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector to track the progress towards these targets;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that fair and functional farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivising methane reductions at farm level;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that optional farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions,
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Acknowledges that animal production is the only possible activity on permanent grassland, allowing the survival, economic stability and existence of rural farms in hill and mountain regions, thus preventing the overgrowth of such areas and the excessive reproduction of large carnivores (bears, wolves), the promotion of animal production therefore being essential in such areas; underlines that carbon storage by grasslands compensates up to 45% of GHG emissions (almost all of the enteric fermentation produced by ruminants); stresses the need to integrate the carbon stored by grasslands and their capacity not to release carbon in order to better assess the mitigation potential of agriculture;
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Believes this regulatory framework should be built on the basis of best available science and ensure no negative impacts on the environment, in particular biodiversity; reminds of the importance of nature-based solutions, such as agroecology or ecosystem restoration, especially peatland restoration, for increasing natural carbon sinks in accordance with the EU Climate Law;
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to re- focus its climate policy on global warming outcomes and to increase financial incentives within the agricultural sector to reduce methane emissions;
Amendment 155 #
5 b. Urges the Commission to support Member States in the collection of data regarding the carbon sequestration potential of grassland in order to allow for a more targeted approach to climate policy;
Amendment 156 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Recognises that livestock grazing can play a central role in the mitigation of GHGs;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that within the wider circular economy, the uptake of carbon removals and increased circularity of carbon should be incentivised; calls on the Commission, in accordance with the EU Climate Law, to explore the development of a regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals on the basis of robust and transparent carbon accounting that takes into account the differences between the greenhouse gases, and to verify the authenticity of carbon removals and reward farmers for their mitigation efforts; considers that the replacement of more costly domestic products (that are nevertheless compatible with climate targets) with cheaper imports (that are not) cancels out the green transition under the Common Agricultural Policy.
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that within the wider circular economy, the uptake of carbon removals and increased circularity of carbon should be incentivised; calls on the Commission, in accordance with the EU Climate Law, to explore the development of a regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals on the basis of robust and transparent carbon accounting that takes into account the differences between the greenhouse gases, and to verify the authenticity of carbon removals and reward farmers for their mitigation efforts
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 160 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that within the wider circular economy, the uptake of carbon removals and increased circularity of carbon
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that within the wider circular economy, the uptake of
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes th
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that within the wider circular economy, the uptake of carbon removals and increased circularity of carbon should be incentivised; calls on the Commission, in accordance with the EU Climate Law, to explore the development of a regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals on the basis of robust and transparent carbon accounting that takes into account the differences between the greenhouse gases, and to verify the authenticity of carbon removals and support and reward farmers for their mitigation efforts
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that within the wider circular economy, the uptake of carbon removals and
Amendment 165 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Highlights that peatlands are the worlds largest terrestrial carbon store; underscores that the draining of peatlands for agriculture converts them from a carbon sink to a significant carbon source and makes them more susceptible to damaging wildfires; calls on the Commission to swiftly present an ambitious and concrete action plan to halt the conversion, draining and burning of peatlands and urgently stimulate their restoration and rewetting;
Amendment 166 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Believes this regulatory framework should be built on the basis of best available science and ensure no negative impacts on the environment, in particular biodiversity; reminds of the importance of nature-based solutions, such as agroecology or ecosystem restoration, especially peatland restoration, for increasing natural carbon sinks in accordance with the EU Climate Law;
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Commission to include in its forthcoming Long Term Vision for Rural Areas cross-sector cooperative approaches with and amongst farmers and local communities in order to develop and promote circularity also in the field of sustainable biogas production, aiming at reducing methane emissions;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Urges the Commission to make a distinction between fossil and biogenic methane sources; states that fossil methane places an additional burden on the carbon cycle, while methane from biogenic sources is a natural component of the carbon system;
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Notes the biogenic origin of methane emissions from the agricultural sector; stresses that biogenic methane sources in comparison to fossil resource combustion, do not add new carbon dioxide to the atmosphere after decomposition, as it stems from carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the
Amendment 170 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the importance of international cooperation for reducing methane emissions; stresses that our trade policy must be consistent with our environmental objectives in order to ensure that our efforts are not in vain;
Amendment 171 #
6 a. Recognises the importance of voluntary industry initiatives aimed at reducing methane emissions and considers that any regulatory initiatives should build upon best practices from existing voluntary actions and must be duly preceded by thorough impact assessments;
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights the fact that the overall strategy for reducing emissions from livestock farming must also take into account possible effects on international agricultural trade and the possible transfer of emissions to third countries;
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Takes the view that technical mitigation measures will complement other significant advances in the livestock sector in rural areas, in keeping with the EU's farm to fork strategy;
Amendment 174 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Points out that in agriculture a significant share of global methane emissions originates outside the EU and that the share of non-EU emissions is expected to further increase; stresses that EU action must be embedded in a global approach;
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Points out that defects in the Ukrainian section of the Brotherhood pipeline, caused by neglect in carrying out maintenance by the operator, cause an order of magnitude more leakage of methane and other harmful gases into the air than the entire EU agricultural complex;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that food continues to be produced in the most environmentally sustainable locations;
Amendment 177 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Highlights that the sink strength from forest soils is large, and that the global methane budget is sensitive to disturbances of forests; Highlights that certain forestry practices, like forest management operations that involve clear-cutting and waterlogging, cause significant methane emissions from the soil; Calls on the Commission to introduce a phase-out of these practices and to consider the effects of all greenhouse gases on the climate for any forest management policy;
Amendment 178 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Emphasises that GHG emissions from European agriculture have not caused any additional global warming since 2005;notes that European agriculture is the most efficient in the world regarding the quantity of carbon produced per unit and that any reduction in European productivity could result in increased imports from third countries with lower sustainability standards and higher carbon footprint;
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Notes that the extraction, processing and use of fossil raw materials is a major source of methane and that their continued intensive use makes it difficult to achieve both the Green Deal and Paris climate accord targets;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector without increasing the administrative burden for farmers;
Amendment 180 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Commission to make the disbursement of any funds from the EU budget to Ukraine conditional on the repair of defects in the Brotherhood pipeline that result in gas leaks into the atmosphere, with a view to ensuring that the Brotherhood pipeline is in proper technical order by 2024 at the latest;
Amendment 181 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission to take account of the difference between biogenic and fossil methane emissions in the design and implementation of the methane strategy;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Urges that measures taken must not result in hampering EU competitiveness;
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Considers that dairy products, as well as meat, and especially beef, constitutes an important part of a human diet. Therefore rejects attempts to lower its consumption by means other than by an own will of consumers;
Amendment 184 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Recognises the food security challenge associated with an increasing global population; Highlights that meeting this challenge will require the sustainable production of both plant- and animal-based food;
Amendment 185 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Notes that one-off and irreversible methane emissions in particular, such as from thawing Siberian permafrost, are of fundamental importance;
Amendment 186 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Highlights the fact that the use of grasslands by farm animals is an integral feature of a closed methane cycle, which must be taken into account in the calculation of their methane emissions; states that ruminants account for a proportion of atmospheric methane, though only ruminants digesting grasses can preserve grasslands as habitats and CO2 sinks;
Amendment 187 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Calls on the Commission to explore the development of a methane efficiency index that compares kilos of methane generated per unit of output produced for different agricultural products;
Amendment 188 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6e. Points out that methane is relatively short-lived and, after about 12 years, decomposes into CO2 that was previously removed from the atmosphere through plant growth; states that, therefore, a scientific reassessment and adjustment of the emission targets for agriculture appear necessary;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions in all methane emitting sectors; calls on the Commission
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Stresses the need for the agricultural sector, with particular emphasis on the industrial livestock industry, to take responsibility for their contribution to the climate crisis by committing to concrete, sustained and binding measures to reduce their emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls that agriculture plays an important role in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation; highlights that European agriculture is the only major system in the world that significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) since 1990 and that the emissions from EU agriculture are among the lowest worldwide; underlines that reducing European production to fight climate change runs the risk of exporting GHG emissions (“carbon leakage”) and accepting lower animal health and welfare standards, leading to a shift in production towards other parts of the world and to an abandonment of certain land upon which grazing is the only means of valorisation and which constitutes a rich source of biodiversity with environmental, social and economic repercussions on EU rural regions and landscapes;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls the significant impact of the agricultural sector on methane emissions, accounting for 53% of all anthropogenic methane emissions in the EU; underlines that this makes agriculture the largest single contributing sector to methane emissions in the EU;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Notes that prior to the introduction of mechanisation based on steam engines and internal combustion engines, many more herbivores were kept in the territory of today's Member States without any scientifically proven negative impact on the environment or the climate;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Highlights that anthropogenic emissions make up 59% of all methane emissions; notes that agriculture accounts for 53% of the anthropogenic emissions, while 26% originates from waste and 19% from energy;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Notes that methane and other emissions are decreasing in Europe, while most methane emissions occur outside Europe;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Notes that biogenic methane is a short-lived gas that differs from carbon dioxide in its impact on global warming;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that methane in the agricultural sector has been reduced by 22% since 1990;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Welcomes the Commission’s communication on an EU strategy to reduce methane emissions as a milestone in the governance of non-CO2 greenhouse gases in the Union; Points out that methane emissions from agricultural production are part of a closed cycle that does not increase global stock of methane in the atmosphere as opposed to methane emissions from fossil fuels; therefore, consider that these two should not be accounted for in the same way;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Stresses the important role of the agricultural sector in offering many solutions for tackling climate change and supporting the EU strategy to reduce and valorise methane emissions;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Notes that a number of the measures proposed as part of the amendment to the Strategic Plan Regulation in the section relating to GAEC, as well as in the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity 2030 Strategy, such as the expansion of areas of wetland or farmland not in economic use, would lead to an increase in the amount of methane released into the air;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Regrets that unlike the waste and energy sectors whose methane emissions decreased slightly in the period of 2010 to 2018, emissions from the agricultural sector increased; emphasizes that this demonstrates the failure of existing regulation to effectively address methane emissions from agriculture;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that innovative technologies in the area of animal feed are promising, but in some cases have not yet been authorised for use;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Notes that the GWP100 emission accounting method significantly misrepresents the impact of biogenic methane on global temperature1a; _________________ 1aAllen, M.R., Shine, K.P., Fuglestvedt, J.S. et al. A solution to the misrepresentations of CO2-equivalent emissions of short-lived climate pollutants under ambitious mitigation. npj Clim Atmos Sci 1, 16 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-018-0026- 8
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Calls on the European Commission to clarify the share contribution of EU agriculture to the EU's anthropogenic methane emissions, to differentiate this share to the world’s agriculture one and to estimate the contribution of the imported agri-food products to the EU anthropogenic methane emissions, through the EDGAR- FOOD database;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Calls on Commission to adopt a model based on actual global warming impact rather than focusing on the counting of emission outputs, in line with the temperature based ambition within the Paris Agreement, and taking account of the difference between stock gas and flow gases;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Recommends that the section of the Strategic Plan Regulation relating to the GAEC, as well as the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity 2030 Strategy, be reviewed with a view to eliminating proposals whose implementation would cause an increase in methane emissions to the air from wetlands and unmanaged farmland;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Stresses that the livestock farming is the world’s largest user of agricultural land, through grazing and the use of feed crops and has huge impact on climate change, soil and water pollution and loss of biodiversity in the EU and globally;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Notes that methane sources are diffuse and very variable across Member States;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Emphasises that a significant share of global methane emissions in the agri-food sector originates outside of the EU; emphasizes the need for the EU to take the lead in exchanges of best practices with its third countries' trading partners with the aim to reduce methane emissions from agriculture, including, for example, through forestry-based initiatives;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1 a. Stresses that while methane emissions are falling in the EU they are rising globally; notes, therefore, that while we need to reduce our methane emissions, we cannot reduce our agricultural production, including livestock farming; stresses that such a reduction would be incompatible with the objective of ensuring European food security, and ineffective since we would continue to import the food we were no longer be able to produce in the EU;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Notes that that represents a significant challenge as regards measurement, reporting and verification and must be taken into account when mitigation actions are disseminated and reported on;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Stresses that livestock sector accounts for around 16% of global anthropogenic GHG emissions, with methane holding the biggest share in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Stresses that methane emissions in agriculture are primarily driven by livestock numbers, particularly ruminants such as cattle (for dairy and meat), sheep and goats, which are mainly associated with microbial activity in the digestive tracts of animals and manure management; notes that large livestock farms with more than 50 livestock units account for about 70% of agricultural methane emissions and 40% of total anthropogenic methane emissions in the EU; stresses that this demonstrates a need for concrete and binding measures targeting the industrial livestock industry;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Calls for the definition of policies and measures to encourage and support improved climatic performance of agricultural and livestock production through reductions in methane emissions, in line with the principle of ensuring access for all population groups in Europe to healthy, safe and sufficient food;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Acknowledges the need to establish an accurate baseline for agricultural emissions and the potential for a net global cooling effect due to reductions in methane emissions;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Notes that methane is a short-lived greenhouse gas;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Calls for regulatory measures based on national and regional specificities and production systems for emissions from agriculture and related land use as part of the “Fit for 55” package to ensure ambitious reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors in the EU and also to address embedded land use emissions from imported feed and food; calls for harmonized calculation methods for methane and then a regulatory framework that incentivizes progressive reductions in methane emissions to deliver on climate objectives; reiterates that especially the methane reduction calculation should consider innovative feed additives and nutrition management plans, as well as innovative husbandry practices;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Calls for a shift away from intensive livestock farming practices associated with harmful environmental and animal welfare effects towards sustainable agriculture with reduced GHG emissions' footprints, including methane and nitrous oxide emissions, through promotion of shorter supply chains, plant-based diets and non- intensive farming practices;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1f. Notes that, because atmospheric methane is short-lived, constant methane emissions do not cause additional warming, but, rather, maintain the existing warming effect;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1 a. Regrets the failure of the previous efforts to decrease methane emissions in the agriculture sector, which is responsible for 53% of the EU’s methane emissions; recalls that from 2010 to 2018, methane emissions in the agricultural sector increased with 0.62% instead of decreasing;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Urges the Commission to put in place an incentivise based system that rewards mitigating actions that reduce methane and lead to a cooling effect;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1h. Notes that, with regard to methane, the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report gives different values for the 100- year warming potential (GWP100) for biogenic methane (GWP100: 28) and fossil methane (GWP100: 30) and that the values are presented differently in the IPCC report;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges the Commission to ensure positive synergies between climate regulation and the Industrial Emissions Directive in order to avoid double regulation; welcomes the announcement of the European Commission to revise the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) in order to reflect the increased carbon reduction target through increased incentives to reduce methane emissions, for example through specific dedicated eco-schemes and carbon farming initiatives under the new CAP;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges the Commission to e
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges the Commission to ensure positive synergies between
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges the Commission to
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses that the coherence and consistency between the Farm to Fork Strategy and National Strategic Plans in the new CAP are crucial in the overall strategy to reduce the methane emissions, thus aiming to incentivise farmers for applying farming practices that contribute to the EU 2030 climate targets and the climate neutrality objective which should be achieved well before 2050, in full respect of animal welfare and biodiversity conservation and restoration;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Underlines that methane and ammonia emissions are related to livestock farming and manure management, and that the Methane Strategy should be seen as a powerful tool to set synergistic measures which will reduce both methane and ammonia together;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1 b. Calls on the Commission to set up a target on methane reduction within the agriculture sector by 2030;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Notes that using of CO2 equivalent is an inappropriate measure for methane emissions;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Notes that as methane is a comparatively short-lived greenhouse gas, and considering the very short window mankind still has to limit global warming to maximum 1,5 degrees, a drastic reduction of methane is a very effective way to mitigate the climate crisis; stresses that every opportunity and possibility of reducing methane should fully be used in order to try and prevent the most dramatic consequences of anthropogenic climate warming;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Underlines that a drastic reduction in the production and consumption of animals is the most cost-effective, quick and easy climate measure available and a change we cannot afford to waste;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the fact that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector; highlights the roll of the AKIS agricultural advisory services in advising farmers on access to information and technologies with a view to reducing agricultural methane emissions;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector; highlights the need to screen all measures so as to establish whether they are compatible with the other objectives of a sustainable agricultural policy, such as, for instance, animal welfare;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector; considers it necessary to step up research in this area so as to minimise the cost of the transition for farmers;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector; emphasizes in addition the opportunities of measures related to farm management, such as optimal rearing of young livestock which has the potential to reduce methane emissions at farm level;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector; Welcomes the plans of the Commission to revise the Feed Additives Regulation to streamline the current costly and unflexible authorisation process;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance and can obtain bigger decreases; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector, which is crucial if we are to maintain population levels in rural areas and ensure that those areas offer a vibrant and thriving living environment;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting the diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, as well as in herd management, manure management, animal husbandry, herd health and animal welfare, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting the diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, while preserving environmental services connected with the valorisation of the grass in their feed, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and t
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in breeding, genetics and integrated manure management and also in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting the diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions while supporting our farmers without having negative effects on the livestock sector;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species in the European Union, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that research, investment and support for farmers are essential for the development of innovative solutions which could be offered by the use of methane to decarbonise our energy through biogas and the creation of digestate to reduce the use of other inputs; stresses, therefore, the importance of a holistic approach in order to reap the full benefits of a genuine synergy between the various sectors; stresses, also, that such solutions represent an opportunity for diversification and real added value in economic terms for our farmers;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Welcomes the study on the status of new genomic techniques (NGT) from the European Commission and strongly supports the findings that NGTs have the potential to contribute to a more sustainable food system; highlights also that the study brings forward opportunities and benefits for the livestock sector: calls for the adapting the legal framework for these biotechnologies to the latest scientific and technological progress, and consider that targeted research within the Horizon Europe programme and the ERI-funds is needed in the this regard;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Looks forward to the work of the International Methane Emissions Observatory in the hope that, with a view to achieving a more dynamic system that more accurately assesses the weight of methane emitted by ruminant livestock, which is clearly less than the other gases that cause global warming, it will revise methane's global warming potential (GWP), a measurement system which statically assesses methane emitted over 100 years and whose results overestimate the impact of short-lived gases like methane;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Appreciates the potential of the Horizon Europe research programme to serve as one of the tools to support the implementation of a strategy to reduce methane emissions in the agricultural sector; stresses in particular, in this context, that orienting the competition's programme towards the theme of reducing methane emissions also requires equal access for all Member States to the results of EU-funded research and a geographical balance of project participation to be ensured;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Acknowledges the many negative impacts of industrial farming on the environment, climate, animal welfare and socio-economic aspects of the agriculture sector; calls for a shift from intensive, industrial animal farming towards an extensive farming based on grazing and home-grown fodder, and to limit livestock production to our EU carrying capacity;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Underlines that reducing the consumption of meat and dairy products will make a significant positive contribution to the climate, environment and public and animal health and welfare and should be incentivised as a key factor in the fight against climate change;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses that if biogenic methane emissions are reduced through dietary supplements, digesters, and other mitigation techniques, there will be a net cooling effect on the climate that could offset other carbon emissions;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Underlines the importance of access to efficient production methods with low emissions per unit of product;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector; supports the establishment of an international methane emissions observatory in which the Commission, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the International Energy Agency (IEA), would be responsible for collecting, reconciling, verifying and publishing data on anthropogenic methane emissions;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Highlights that economic viability is critical in maintaining sustainable livestock farms and ensuring the development and implementation of future mitigation practices, as well as a secure and stable supply of food; stresses the need that future policy decisions have to ensure that the livestock activity can deliver and at the same time continue to be able to project itself; underlines that the sector must continue to constitute a real source of employment and the profession must remain attractive for the young generations;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Stresses the importance of promoting sustainable plant-based diets in line with objectives of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns related to GHG emissions, including methane emissions, and providing information on diets that are better for human health, animal welfare and have a lower environmental footprint;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Highlights that historical reductions of agricultural methane emissions in the EU have been driven by reductions in ruminant livestock numbers; notes that neither livestock numbers nor methane emissions have decreased in the past decade;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Stresses that, rather than looking at individual links in isolation, the efficiency and emissions reductions of the livestock production value chain must be considered as a whole;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on the Commission to focus investment efforts to fund the innovation of methane inhibitors including those for pasture based systems;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Emphasizes the importance of new animal feed strategies able, inter alia, through the supplementary feeding of red algae (Asparagopsis), to reduce methane emissions in the livestock sector; underlines the need for new scientific research and innovation in anaerobic digestion and composting as an effective solution to recycle organic waste materials (production of biomass and organic fertilizers) and prevent methane emissions;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Underlines the changing trends in eating habits among EU citizens, with growing number of people who have adopted vegetarian or vegan lifestyles in the EU; points out to the growing availability of environmentally friendly alternatives to meat and dairy products that are already on the market;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Stresses that current levels of meat and dairy production and consumption need to be significantly reduced;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Calls on the Commission to collaborate with third countries involved in similar research;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to stop funding promotion and marketing campaigns that support meat and dairy products in order to reduce methane emissions;
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Whereas methane emissions are the second-largest cause of global warming, with approximately one third of the global anthropogenic methane emissions coming from the energy sector; whereas the energy transition towards reaching climate neutrality by 2050 will require a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions from the energy sector, including in methane emissions;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions; supports a clear pathway and framework to
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that research, development and innovation and the implementation of fit-for-purpose technologies and practices to improve MRV and mitigate methane emissions are at the backbone of effective action; supports the mobilisation of funding from Horizon Europe, including for establishing an international methane emissions observatory; highlights the fact that climate change can realistically only be reduced through better technological solutions as well as incentives for entrepreneurial ingenuity;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that research, development and innovation and the implementation of fit-for-purpose technologies and best available practices to improve MRV, LDAR , BRVF and mitigate methane emissions are at the backbone of effective action; supports the mobilisation of funding from Horizon Europe, including technology solutions for sustainable production of biomethane, avoiding trade- offs, and for establishing an international methane emissions observatory;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that research, development and innovation and the implementation of fit-for-purpose technologies and practices to improve MRV and mitigate methane emissions are at the backbone of effective action; supports the mobilisation of funding from Horizon Europe
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that research, development and innovation
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights the importance of seeking to reduce methane emissions by deploying market economy instruments rather than measures of interventionism. Without substantial economic growth in the EU, the continent will not be able to create the innovation that the EU and the world need in order to tackle climate change;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission to find proper resources to establishing an international methane emissions observatory that does not affect the funds of Horizon Europe.
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Agrees that improved top-down data from satellites in the framework of the Copernicus programme, as well as aerial monitoring, will assist in targeting leak detection; strongly supports the sharing of information and technologies among stakeholders in order to catalyse abatement efforts; believes that independent, comparable, verifiable and transparent emissions data are key to gain knowledge about the size of the emission problem and to combat under-estimation of the size and amount of leaks;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Agrees that improved top-down data from satellites in the framework of the Copernicus programme, as well as aerial
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Agrees that improved top-down data from satellites in the framework of the Copernicus programme, as well as aerial monitoring, will assist in targeting
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls the Commission to continue a close dialogue with regulators, as outlined in ACER’s Bridge beyond 2025 and the Commission’ methane strategy.
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for a thorough assessment of the cost efficiency of the actions proposed in the energy sector, which should consider local conditions and the specific aspects of the various parts of the value chain and provide flexibility to the industry for their implementation; Calls on the Commission to consider the existing best practices in relation to LDAR as a starting point, allowing for flexible approaches across countries and within the value chain to take into consideration local conditions in order to ensure tailored action across the Union;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for a
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for a thorough assessment of the cost efficiency of the actions proposed in the energy sector, which should consider local conditions and the specific aspects of the
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for a thorough assessment of the cost efficiency of the actions proposed in the energy sector, which should consider local conditions and the specific aspects of the various parts of the value chain
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for a thorough assessment of the cost efficiency of the actions proposed in the energy sector, which should consider local conditions and the specific aspects of the various parts of the value chain and provide
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Supports the design and deployment of appropriate and cost- effective methane mitigation tools that take into account the necessary flexibility for the industry to implement them at the lowest cost and in the shortest time.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Underlines that investments undertaken by infrastructure operators should be recognised within the scope of regulated activities, in order to allow the recovery of costs associated to the reduction of methane emissions, as a signal of the importance of safety and also sustainable activities, which should be incentivised by regulatory authorities; Draws attention to the case of non- regulated operators, which efforts and investments should be incentivised at national and European level;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to consider a target on renewable and decarbonised gases for 2030, as this would facilitate the development of biomethane and ensure the deployment of the most cost-efficient solutions across the Member States. Calls also for the revision of the gas market regulatory framework as soon as possible in 2021 to facilitate and incentivise the uptake of renewable and decarbonised gases;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to consider a target on renewable
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to consider a target on renewable and decarbonised gases for 2030, as this would facilitate the development of biomethane and ensure the deployment of the most cost-efficient solutions, in a progressive timeline, across the Member States.
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to consider a
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to consider a consumption target on renewable
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement to apply the MRV framework also to the coal sector and closed as well as abandoned sites; urges the Commission to prepare a legislative requirement to cap and fill unused oil and gas wells and to mitigate the methane emissions from coal mines by 2025 at the latest; reminds that methane super- emitting sites in the EU are abandoned coal mines ,calls therefore for an extensive search for the responsible owners and a funding mechanism to cap and/or fill sites with no assignable ownership; suggests that resources from the Just Transition Fund could be used as these sites usually lie in coal regions and technological clean-up provides local employment.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Points out that modelled pathways that limit global warming to1.5°C with no or limited overshoot from both the IPCC 1.5°C SR and the 2021 UNEP Methane Global Assessment involve deep reductions in emissions of methane up to 45% by 2030 relative to 2020; reminds that, according to UNEP, reducing human-caused methane emissions by as much as 45 % will avoid nearly 0.3°C of global warming by the 2040s and complement all long-term climate change mitigation efforts; emphasises that cutting methane emissions by 45% by 2030 would mean for the EU-27 that each year would see: a) ~23,000avoided premature deaths from ozone, b) 1.4 million tons of avoided crop losses worth ~€240 million (based on 2018 global market prices) and c) avoided lost work hours from heat annually in 2030 is 270 million hours, equivalent to 135,000 full-time jobs per year;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Stresses that existing CCS and CCUS technologies have proven to be neither scalable nor100% efficient; underlines that relying on fossil gas will certainly lock the Union in a situation of dependency from external imports, unsustainable resource exploitation and continue GHG emissions due to the methane emissions along the entire value chain, such as leaks or gas flaring; stresses that the potential abatement of fossil CO2 emissions through CCS and CCUS deployment in the power sector remains therefore limited and should not be pursued;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to continue its active involvement in international initiatives, fostering cooperation with third countries to address methane emission reductions by disseminating best practices for cost- effective methane emission reductions across value chain segments and supports the EU’s diplomatic outreach campaign to fossil fuel producer countries and companies to become active in the OGMP.
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Reiterates its support for the development of a circular and decarbonised energy system. Highlights that the source separation and separate collection of bio-waste, effective by 31 December 2023, must go together with a feasible recovery solution. In that regard, acknowledges the potential of anaerobic digestion from bio-degradable waste which allows the production of biomethane.
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Draws attention that IAE methane tracker is based on old and outdated assumptions and data resulting in erroneous results when applied to the EU performance and therefore currently cannot be a basis for the EU policy making; calls for a dialogue with IAE in order to eliminate wide divergence in estimated emissions at the global, regional and country levels.
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Recalls that methane emissions from the waste sector comes partly from leaks out of biogas plants; calls on the Commission to publish guidelines on the best methods to build and operate biogas plants to address leaks due to poor maintenance, operation and design;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Recalls the importance of addressing cybersecurity risks in the energy sector to ensure the resilience of the energy system, including the reduction of leaks; Calls on the Commission to assess whether further actions are needed to prevent cyber-attacks;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Stresses that according to the EU’s long-term decarbonisation strategy, by 2050, the EU's annual consumption of biogases (biogas and biomethane) is projected to grow to between 54 and 72 Mtoe, from around 17 Mtoe in 2017;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Considers that whilst environmentally safe carbon capture storage and utilisation (CCS/U)could play a role in making heavy industry climate- neutral where no direct emission reduction options are available, the uncertainties related to the costs and technical feasibility of higher CO2 capture rates (> 95%) and the application of capture throughout the whole fuel supply chain make it necessary to plan for energy systems without CCS and CCUS technologies;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Considers it important to promote biogas production in order to reduce methane emissions; supports solutions for the industrial production of biogas from non-recyclable waste, in particular agricultural waste, for the purposes of clean transport and the production of bio- based materials and biochemical intermediates in biorefineries.
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Calls for a reinforcement of research on measurement and possible uses of methane emissions in coalmines, promoting good practices and disseminating best available technologies of regulatory and fiscal frameworks to foster also the development of commercial collection facilitating the utilization of methane from abandoned sites.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Emphasises the importance of a global approach instead of only focusing on reduction within the EU, since a much greater effect, could be achieved through the transfer of climate protection technologies to emerging economies, with a substantially higher cost-benefit-ratio. Modernisation and replacement of wasteful plants, infrastructure and technologies in emerging countries, would reduce methane emissions globally and by a much greater margin.
Amendment 140 #
7 b. Recalls that methane emissions from the waste sector comes partly from leaks out of biogas plants. Calls on the Commission to publish guidelines on the best methods to build and operate biogas plants to address leaks due to poor maintenance, operation and design.
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Stresses that when establishing the process and rules to address methane emissions, greenwashing measures should be avoided, especially with the use of offsets as a tool for compensating methane emissions;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Highlights that contracts for difference for renewable energy (‘CfD’) and carbon contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ) should strictly be reserved to renewable gas and not open to decarbonised gas;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7 d. Recalls that the Union is the world's biggest importer of natural gas, with threequarters of the gas consumed in the Union being imported; stress that therefore the largest share of methane emissions footprint from the Union’s gas consumption is coming from upstream emissions in third countries supplying gas to the Union;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new) 7 e. Stresses that a proper carbon border adjustment could incentivise third countries to lower their methane emissions by ensuring proper taxation of natural gas imports and of electricity generated from coal and gas;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 f (new) 7 f. Welcomes President Joe Biden's decision to halt oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; strongly condemns Total's Arctic LNG 2 project, which aims to create a huge liquefaction plant to export Russian natural gas towards Europe; urges the Member States, and in particular France, not to support this project financially; demands a ban on the development of any new oil and gas project in the Arctic;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Highlights, in this context, that methane has various roles to play as a fossil fuel, a biofuel and is also a natural product resulting from natural decomposition of biological material and is also decomposed in the atmosphere. While anthropogenic emissions of methane can certainly be reduced, methane has also a natural cycle which is not affected by political decisions.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Whereas methane emissions are the second largest cause of global warming and therefore reducing methane emissions will be critical for avoiding the worst effects of climate change; whereas reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations is amongst the lowest of low-hanging fruit for mitigating climate change;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Whereas methane is a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG), and the second largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide; it also contributes to tropospheric ozone formation, a potent local air pollutant that causes serious health problems.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Agrees that an increased ambition of 55% GHG emission reduction by 2030 needs additional efforts to address all greenhouse gases; underlines that these efforts will mean that more investments are necessary.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Notes that almost 20 percent of EU methane emissions derive from the energy sector, including oil and gas extraction, production, processing, transport, storage, transmission and distribution; further notes that EU's fossil gas imports drive methane emissions in upstream sectors outside the EU; believes that the most effective pathway to reduce these emissions is through the rapid reduction of EU fossil gas consumption and, therefore, imports; acknowledges that fossil gas, almost entirely consisting of methane, has no long-term role in the Union’s energy future; highlights the need to phase out as soon as possible but not later than 2030 the use of coal and not later than 2035 the use of fossil gas in order to meet the climate objectives set out in the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1 a. Whereas the intensity of methane emissions varies widely between oil and gas producing countries; whereas oil and gas will continue to be part of the energy mix, in particular for the regions dependent on coal; taking into account the EU’s dependency on third countries for its energy supply;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Underlines furthermore, that even if methane is a potent greenhouse gas, its half-life in the atmosphere is merely about 10 years. Short term measures considering cuts in methane emissions will therefore have a limited importance for the green house effect in a long term perspective.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Whereas the concentration of methane in the atmosphere is currently approximately two and a half times higher than pre-industrial levels and is constantly increasing;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Whereas 70 % of the primary energy used in the EU in 2017 came from fossil fuels (oil, natural gas and coal);
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Recalls the 2016 declaration by the Commission on the Review of Methane Emissions as part of the adoption of Directive (EU) 2016/2284 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants (NEC)1a; deplores that since then the Commission has not lived up to their declaration by coming back to the EU legislators with measures for effectively reducing methane emissions in order to achieve the objectives set out in Article 1 paragraph 2 of the NEC Directive, including enhanced synergies between the Union's air quality policy and other relevant Union policies, in particular climate and energy policies; in that context, deeply regrets, the time wasted by the Commission to establish a binding MRV-LDAR system and the delay of action against methane emissions on the pretext of missing data; _________________ 1aDirective (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC, OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1– 31.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Whereas achieving climate neutrality requires moving away from a system based largely on fossil fuels, and towards a highly energy-efficient climate- neutral and renewable- based system;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Whereas recent studies1a estimate that global anthropogenic fossil methane emissions are underestimated by about 25 to 40 %; _________________ 1a https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586- 020-1991-8
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Stresses that recent studies highlight that human-caused emissions of methane from the extraction and use of fossil fuels may have been severely underestimated, with methane emissions from fossil fuels being 25-40% higher than earlier estimates;1a _________________ 1aHmiel, B., Petrenko, V.V., Dyonisius, M.N. et al. Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions. Nature 578, 409–412 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-1991- 8
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Acknowledges the conclusion of the International Energy Agency’s “Net Zero by 2050” report that a 75 percent reduction in methane emissions from fossil fuel supply over the next ten years is required to keep global temperature rise to 1.5°C;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Whereas, the International Energy Agency, indicates in its Net Zero by 2050 report that, methane emissions from fossil fuels should be reduced by 75% between 2020 to 2030 in the Net-Zero Emissions Scenario;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1 b. Whereas the fact that methane emissions come from a wide range of sectors, like agriculture, waste and energy, and that, once in the atmosphere, methane blends well with other gases, makes it difficult to measure and report it, which leads to a lack of accurate data that gives methane emissions a relatively high uncertainty compared to CO2;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Calls on the Commission to set a clear date, which is by all means not later than 2035 for the mandatory phase-out of fossil gas in its coming 2021 legislation, requiring Member States to adopt sectoral strategies for the planned phase out of fossil gas as part of their national energy and climate plans;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Whereas the EU Climate Law sets the GHG emissions reduction objective of at least 55 %by 2030 and the goal of a climate-neutral economy by 2050 at the latest, in line with the Paris Agreement; while Parliament has endorsed the goal of reducing GHG gas emissions by 60 % by 2030;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Recalls that according to the IEA methane leaked from global operational coal mines amounted to 40 million tonnes, which is broadly similar in CO2- equivalent to the current level of total annual emissions from international aviation and shipping combined;1a _________________ 1ahttps://www.iea.org/reports/world- energy-outlook-2019
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1 g. Recalls that according to the IEA global oil and gas operations emitted just over 70 million tonnes of methane to the atmosphere in2020, a level comparable to the total CO2 emissions from the EU energy sector; underlines that whilst this is about 10% lower than estimated for 2019, much of this decline is due to the drop in oil (responsible for 40% of these emissions)and natural gas (responsible for 60% of these emissions) production due to theCovid-19 pandemic; stresses therefore the immediate benefit for climate action of immediately start phasing out fossil fuels;1a _________________ 1ahttps://www.iea.org/reports/methane- tracker- 2021?utm_content=bufferf3754&utm_me dium=social&utm_source=twitter- ieabirol&utm_campaign=buffer
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1 g. Whereas a large number of the most cost-effective methane emission savings can be achieved in the energy sector; whereas International Energy Agency’s Methane Tracker indicates that around 40% of energy related methane emissions can be abated at no-net cost.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1 h. Whereas EU is the largest importer of oil and gas; whereas the EU imports up to 85% of gas, and the methane footprint of gas produced in supplier countries is estimated to be between three and eight times larger than the methane emissions generated within the EU;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 i (new) 1 i. Underlines that a recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)estimates that rapid action on methane emissions could take 0.3°C off global temperature by 2045; stresses that such action would be critical in meeting the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C by the end of the century;1a _________________ 1a https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources /global-methane-assessment-full-report
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 i (new) 1 i. Whereas the fossil fuels phase-out will contribute to mitigate methane emissions;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 c (new) -1 c. Whereas R&I, development, improvement and implementation of fit- for-purpose and appropriately targeted technologies and practices to improve MRV and to mitigate emissions are at the backbone of effective reduction of methane emissions;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 j (new) 1 j. Highlights that according to the UNEP report methane emissions could be reduced by 45% by the end of the century; stresses that the UNEP report considers such rapid and significant reduction in methane emissions to be possible using existing technologies and at a very low cost;1a _________________ 1a https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources /global-methane-assessment-full-report
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 j (new) 1 j. Whereas fugitive emissions from leaking equipment, infrastructure or closed and abandoned sites as well as emissions from venting and incomplete combustion of methane represent the majority of methane emissions in the energy sector;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 k (new) 1 k. Whereas there is EU regulation that helps providing information on methane emissions, including Regulation 2006/166 on the E-PRTR and Directive 2010/75 on industrial emissions, but there is currently no policy in the EU aimed specifically reducing methane emissions;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 k (new) 1 k. Underlines that according to the UNEP report these readily available solutions could reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030, mainly by fixing methane leaks and vents in the fossil fuel sector and reducing venting;1a _________________ 1a https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources /global-methane-assessment-full-report
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 l (new) 1 l. Recalls that according to the UNEP report a 45% reduction of methane emissions would each year prevent 255 000 premature deaths, 775 000 asthma- related hospital visits, 73 billion hours of lost labour from extreme heat and 26 million tonnes of crop losses globally;1a _________________ 1a https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources /global-methane-assessment-full-report
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 m (new) 1 m. Calls on the Commission to put forward, by December 2021 at the latest, a Union strategic plan for methane in line with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, which shall include a2030 reduction target and accompanying binding measures to rapidly reduce methane emissions from all sources, including biogenic sources, so as to stay in line with the Union's 2030 climate target and the achievement of the climate- neutrality objectives by 2050 at the latest;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 n (new) 1 n. Calls on the Commission to set up a specific Union methane budget in a report to the Parliament and Council which sets the total amount of methane that could be emitted up to 2050 at the latest without jeopardising the Union's commitments under the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 d (new) -1 d. Acknowledges the work done so far by the gas industry to reduce methane emissions through voluntary initiatives, such as the OGCI, the MGP and the OGMP 2.0, and underlines the commitment shown to undertake even stronger steps to further minimise methane emissions along the entire gas value chain;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the major role of natural gas in meeting today’s global energy demand and stresses that the part it plays in the energy transition will be influenced by the extent to which methane emissions are further reduced; highlights that gas is relatively cheap and produces only about half as much carbon dioxide compared to coal combustion and is therefore of continuous importance as a transitional energy source with a gigantic potential to improve the overall global climate situation;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses that methane monitoring and mitigation measures should accompany the phase-out of fossil fuels to reduce the climate impact but should not be utilised to justify prolonged use in the energy sector; notes that even though it can be improved, the EU already has sufficient data to start acting immediately on taking measures to reduce methane emissions;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls for the inclusion of methane emission reduction measures for abandoned mines and wells, and all future abandoned infrastructure; highlights in this respect, the importance of adequate decommissioning of unused gas and oil infrastructure;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Is convinced that phasing out natural gas is key to the EU’s energy transition, as only renewable energy can sustainably contribute to achieving climate neutrality in the long term and avoid lock-in effects and stranded assets;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. A transition from fossil coal to fossil methane implies a more flexible energy system and lower emissions of carbon dioxide and reduced pollution.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Notes with interest that the Commission itself in its October 2020 "Communication on an EU Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions" emphasized the negative impact of routine venting and flaring; stresses that a ban on venting and flaring can prevent air pollution, contribute to decelerate global warming, and can prevent companies from wasting resources; observes that Norway has introduced a ban on venting and flaring;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Stresses the importance of phasing out natural gas as soon as possible and by 2035 at the latest; urges the Commission and the Member States to immediately start planning that transition carefully, so that the production, exploitation and distribution of natural gas starts decreasing swiftly, predictably and irreversibly and so that the prolongation of the lifetime of fossil-based production facilities is avoided;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. As a net importer of methane gas, the European Union should encourage diversity of supply, in order not to be exceedingly dependent of a certain supplier.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States by 2023, through the review of National Energy and Climate Plans, adopt natural gas phase-out plans with intermediate targets setting out an immediate and evenly paced pathway toward irreversibly reducing natural gas consumption;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2 d. Highlights that the rapid and predictable phasing out of natural gas requires democratic public planning, associating producers, workers and their trade unions, scientists and non- governmental organisations (NGOs); stresses the importance of preserving and tapping into the potential of workers with technical skills employed in existing industries, and recalls the right of workers to be trained and upskilled during working hours with their wages guaranteed; underlines the need to ensure the reemployment, either in existing industries or through the creation of new environmentally-sound activities, of the gas industry workers;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2 e. Recalls that the existing EU natural gas infrastructure is fully capable of meeting various future gas demand scenarios, even in the event of extreme supply disruptions; considers therefore that additional investment in natural gas transport infrastructure is not necessary to remain in line with a+1.5°C scenario or to ensure security of energy supply within the EU; stresses that any new gas infrastructure risks becoming stranded assets supported by EU public funds; recalls that since 2013, the EU has already spent almost €440million on fossil gas infrastructure projects that have become stranded assets or are at risk of becoming so;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 f (new) 2 f. Demands that all existing and new natural gas and fossil fuel infrastructure, including pipelines, grids, LNG terminals, fossil-based hydrogen production and natural-gas power plants, be ineligible for State aid, EU funding and loans;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the preparation of EU legislation
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the preparation of legislation for the energy sector with binding rules on monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) and leak detection and repair, and the consideration of rules on routine venting and flaring; Underlines that a well-structured, fit for purpose MRV system, as adequately outlined by the strategy, will be core for more accurate detecting and quantifying methane emissions along the value chains and will allow better evaluation of the results of mitigation measures in place;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the preparation of legislation for the energy sector with binding rules on monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) and leak detection and repair
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the preparation of legislation for the energy sector with binding rules on monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the preparation of legislation for the energy sector with
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the preparation of legislation for the energy sector with
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the EU strategy to reduce methane (CH4) emissions as it is the second biggest contributor to the climate change after CO2; underlines that according to the UNEP´s Global Methane Assessment (2021) “reducing human- caused methane emissions is one of the most cost-effective strategies to rapidly reduce the rate of warming and contribute significantly to global efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C”; supports a clear pathway and legislative framework to
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the preparation of legislation for the energy sector with binding rules on monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) and leak detection and repair
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the preparation of legislation for the energy sector with
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. On MRV, calls for granular data with independent third-party verification; highlights that self-reported emission estimations are neither accurate, nor transparent, or verifiable; stresses that third-party verifiers need detailed methane emissions information at the facility level and that aggregate emissions at the country or asset level is insufficient; calls on the Commission to combine an independent third-party verification framework with other monitoring methods to ensure an accurate verification of emissions data across the whole fossil gas, coal and oil supply chain; stresses that the independent third- party verifiers should check the reported emissions, other emissions estimates, and the methodologies used; insists that the reported data must be made public, where in cases of business-sensitive information, this transparency could be limited to competent authorities;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Emphasize the need to place cost- efficiency at the centre of the proposed actions; notes that costs associated with implementing technologies and meeting high standards must not result in growing operation costs for energy companies and being passed to end users; warns that increased costs for consumers might serve as a deterrent in choice of low-emission fuels and therefore hamper necessary coal-to-gas fuel switch in areas particularly affected by fine-particle air pollution and weaken energy-poverty alleviation measures;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Urges the Commission to prohibit, by 2022 at the latest, gas suppliers from placing on the internal market fossil gas, including energy derived therefrom, where venting and flaring occurs during production and procession unless evidence is provided that the limited use of flaring is for a legitimate purpose and the result of a lack of viable technical alternative;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Notes that some non-EU countries have already introduced a ban on venting and flaring; calls, therefore, on the Commission to introduce an immediate ban on venting and flaring in the upcoming legislative proposal on methane emissions, to be applied across the full supply chain of oil, coal and fossil gas;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Welcomes the consideration of legislation on targets and standards to reduce methane emissions from fossil fuels consumed, including imports;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Demands that the Commission prohibit, by 2022 at the latest, gas suppliers from placing fossil gas on the internal market without undertaking systemic and mandatory methane monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV), including mandatory and periodic leakage detection and repair (LDAR) supported by verified evidence of reductions; stresses that reporting should be based on a comprehensive equipment survey and application of the most up-to- date emission factors before switching to actual measurement data by 2024;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. On LDAR, calls for mandatory monthly survey using instrument based detection technology such as Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) camera, continuous emissions monitoring, or other advanced technologies and for a mandatory deadline for the repair of identified leaks within five days unless, in the instance it is proven that specific equipment requires a facility shutdown and alternative mitigation measures have been adopted, one year; stresses that repaired equipment must be resurveyed within two weeks at the latest;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on the Commission to apply the same obligations on MRV, LDAR and venting and flaring on all actors of the oil, coal and fossil gas value chain for oil and gas consumed in the EU, including actors from outside of the EU and during the production; believes that a credible system has to be put in place to ensure compliance of imports with the EU requirements;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the EU strategy to reduce methane (CH4) emissions
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Furthermore, considers that a mandatory framework for an accurate MRV system must rely on detailed reports, a detailed study of equipment, and the application of the most updated emission factors throughout the oil, gas and coal supply chain; Calls for a requirement for direct measurements by [2024];
Amendment 81 #
3 c. Asks for an immediate ban on venting and flaring, also covering equipment designed to vent, to be applied across the full supply chain of gas, oil, coal and liquefied gas; insists that this ban must also apply to imports and that the Commission should therefore develop a strong independent methodology to assess the compliance of imports with the EU requirements and include in its coming methane legislation measures to block the placement on the EU market of oil and fossil gas from companies not complying with EU requirements, in particular on the ban of flaring and venting;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Underlines that methane can warm the planet more than 80 times as much as carbon dioxide over a 20 year period, and the importance of tackling its emissions in addition to other GHGs; Believes therefore, that the CBAM would be more effective in contributing to the EU´s climate goals, stopping GHG border leakage and ensuring level playing field between the EU and third countries if it captures also leakage of other GHG such as methane;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Stresses that that the reporting data on methane emissions should be public or, in the case of sensitive information, available to competent authorities and independent verifiers; Calls on the Commission to develop a third-party verification system to assess and verify the emissions data across the whole supply chain;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Calls on the Commission to establish minimum LDAR requirements, drawing upon industry-wide source-by- source best practice;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Stresses that over 80% of the gas and 90% of the oil consumed in Europe is imported and most methane emissions due to EU fossil fuels consumption are therefore happening outside the EU; calls on the Commission to make all fossil fuel imports into the EU conditional on the basis of their compliance with EU regulations on MRV, LDAR, and the ban on venting and flaring on the whole fossil fuels supply chain up to and including production; insists on establishing and implementing as soon as possible a certification system based on a mandatory performance standard that caps methane emissions along the entire supply chain for both domestic and imported fossil fuels sold, manufactured and consumed in the EU, with the ultimate goal of banning the consumption of oil, coal and fossil gas from companies not adhering to high performance standards; urges in particular the Commission and the Member States to immediately ban the placement of fracked oil and gas on the EU market considering the elevated health, environmental and climate risk due to high methane emissions and other pollutants inherently linked to the technique of hydraulic fracturing;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Supports establishment of an independently audited and globally applicable certification system that would provide a credible assessment of the methane emissions performance of all fossil gas production around the world. Believes that the certification should be audited and verified by an independent third party and based on uniform approach for measurement based on detailed information at facility, asset and country level; Believes that the performance assessment could be used for an establishment of a grading system to serve to inform buyers and regulators;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Calls for implementing a compulsory framework on LDAR across the whole supply chain, imports included, of fossil gas, oil, and coal, as well as biogas and biomethane, with the aim to ensure that all methane leaks are covered, level playing field accomplished, the reduction of methane-intensive imports promoted and carbon leakage avoided; Underscores that the LDAR technologies and requirements are already available; calls for implementation the LDAR legislation no later than [one] year;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Considers that data on methane emissions and LDAR should be publicly available as open source datafiles, in a mandated format to ensure straightforward comparison;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Notes that methane adds significantly to the climate impact of coal; recalls that -according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)-, coal mine methane contributes as much to climate change as shipping and aviation combined with Poland’s coal mines leaking more methane per ton of coal mined than most coal countries, third only to Kazakhstan and Russia (IEA, 2019); stresses that monitoring and mitigation measures for methane should accompany the 2030 phase-out of coal to reduce its climate impact; requests the Commission and the Member States to immediately ban routine venting and flaring at demethanisation stations, while applying the polluter-pays principle; recognizes that particularly Ventilation Air Methane capture, due to low and variable concentration, may be more challenging but understands technology to capture such emissions already exists; calls on the Commission and the relevant Member States to oblige operating coal mines and/or member states to present a clear schedule for methane abatement;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions; supports a clear pathway and framework to address methane emissions in a more comprehensive fashion across Europe, by fostering synergies between sectors to strengthen the business case for capturing methane emissions; acknowledges the need for the alignment of EU reporting procedures, stresses however that this should not lead to duplication of national and EU-level reporting obligations;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Urges the Commission to immediately prohibit fracking within EU borders and ban the importation of gas produced through fracking, including NGL and NGL products produced from fracked gas;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Requests that once leaks are fixed within a strictly defined timeframe, the leaks should be re-surveyed to check if the repair was done correctly;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3 f. Calls on the Commission to ban routine venting and flaring (BRVF) in the energy sector covering the full supply chain, excluding safety reasons, up to the point of production by at the latest [2023]; Commission should also develop a framework for assessing fossil gas imports and their compliance with the BRVF;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3 f. Calls on the Commission to introduce, by 2025 at the latest, a mandatory methane performance standards that caps emissions at 0.2% along the entire supply chain for both domestic and imported gas sold and consumed in the EU;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 g (new) 3 g. Notes that fossil gas and oil are used in the energy and petrochemical sectors and thus both sectors contribute to the methane emitted at fossil gas and oil well pads and processing plants; notes that, according to the International Energy Agency, petrochemicals account for 8% and 14% of total primary demand for fossil gas and oil, respectively, and will soon become the world’s biggest driver of oil demand – ahead of trucks, aviation and shipping1b; calls on the Commission to ensure that compulsory MRV, LDAR obligations, and measures on eliminating routine venting and flaring apply equally to fossil gas and oil used in the petrochemical sector; asks to ban methane-intensive Natural Gas Liquids/naphtha (e.g. ethane, propane), petrochemicals (e.g. ethylene, propylene) and plastic resins (e.g. polyethylene, polypropylene), such as from production sites and facilities where routine venting or flaring occur and no LDAR program is in place, which would also be in line with the objectives in the Plastics Strategy and the new Circular Economy Action Plan to create a circular economy for plastics; _________________ 1bInternational Energy Agency (2018). The Future of Petrochemicals: Towards More Sustainable Plastics and Fertilizers. Pages 11 and 27.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 g (new) 3 g. Urges the Commission to ensure that abandoned wells, where ownership can be documented, are capped or filled to stop methane leakage and ensure proper application of the polluter pays principle; considers that for wells where ownership is not known a fund programme, paid by direct taxes on revenue from fossil-fuel companies, should ensure these abandoned wells are properly capped and leaks stopped;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 g (new) 3 g. Calls on the Commission to adopt specific measures to address super- emitters;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 h (new) 3 h. Welcomes the Commission initiatives to eliminate methane emissions from active or unused coalmines and abandoned oil and gas wells in the EU; measures on MRV and mitigation of methane emissions should ensure finding, sealing, and monitoring of abandoned wells, as well as capping of wells without legal ownership: this should not induce promotion of benefits or neglection of responsibilities of the owners responsible for its sealing;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that research, development and innovation and the implementation of fit-for-purpose technologies and practices to improve MRV and mitigate methane emissions are
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