BETA


2021/2667(RSP) Resolution on the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK (COP26)

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ENVI PEREIRA Lídia (icon: EPP EPP), LÓPEZ Javi (icon: S&D S&D), TORVALDS Nils (icon: Renew Renew), HOLMGREN Pär (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), GRISET Catherine (icon: ID ID), ZALEWSKA Anna (icon: ECR ECR), KOKKALIS Petros (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 136-p5

Events

2021/10/21
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 527 votes to 134, with 35 abstentions, a resolution on the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK (COP26).

COP26 in Glasgow

While regretting the lack of progress at the COP25 in Madrid in 2019, Parliament stressed that it is vital that the COP26 forges a new consensus on the necessary climate action and ambition to achieve global climate neutrality by mid-century and on robust short- and medium-term policy measures. It also urged the EU and all G20 nations to show global leadership and commit to reaching climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest.

The resolution highlighted the need for COP26 to resolve the outstanding points in the Paris Agreement work programme in order to focus the coming five years on the further development and strengthening of its implementation and operationalisation.

To accelerate the pace of climate action, Members want the EU to replace the current 10-year plan with a five-year timeframe for all countries. They also say that all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies should be phased out in the EU by 2025 and called on all other countries to take similar measures.

Parliament is also concerned about the potential impact of travel and other restrictions related to COVID-19 on fair and balanced attendance at COP26. It called on the UK COP26 Presidency to take all the measures necessary to ensure broad and inclusive attendance, with full respect for the sanitary measures. It considered that every effort should be made to ensure that all developing countries, in particular least developed countries and small island developing states, are able to participate in COP26.

Global climate negotiations

Parliament welcomed the fact that President Biden took action to return the United States to the Paris Agreement on his first day in office and his commitment to cut US GHG emissions in half by 2030 compared to 2005 levels and to aim for net-zero emissions by 2050. It expects concrete policy measures and financial flows to follow in a timely manner in order to meet the US’s commitments.

While Members acknowledged China’s willingness to be a constructive partner in global climate negotiations, they are concerned with the country’s dependency on coal. They underlined their position that China should increase its ambition and that its climate targets should cover all GHG emissions and not only carbon dioxide emissions.

The Commission is called on to engage with other major CO2 emitters to create an international climate club of countries leading the way to climate neutrality, with common goals on the reduction of GHG emissions, the achievement of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest, the establishment of a definition of uniform standards for the measurement of emissions, of comparable explicit and implicit CO2 prices in energy and industrial sectors, and on the protection of countries that are willing to implement climate protection measures from the disadvantages of international competition by means of a common carbon border adjustment mechanism.

Industry and competitiveness

Parliament considered COP26 to be the most important one for the European industrial and energy sectors since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, as the Union has enshrined a pathway to reach climate neutrality at the latest by 2050 and has launched the Fit for 55 package. Members stressed that the EU should do its utmost to keep its industries’ leading position and global competitiveness in the transition towards a net-zero GHG emissions economy.

Role of the European Parliament

Parliament believes, since it must give its consent to international agreements and plays a central role in the domestic implementation of the Paris Agreement as co-legislator, that it should be an integral part of the EU delegation. It insisted, therefore, to be allowed to attend EU coordination meetings at COP26 in Glasgow and to be guaranteed access to all preparatory documents from the moment negotiations begin.

Documents
2021/10/20
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2021/10/19
   EP - Oral question/interpellation by Parliament
Documents
2021/10/19
   EP - Oral question/interpellation by Parliament
Documents
2021/10/19
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2021/06/28
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2021/04/27
   EP - PEREIRA Lídia (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2021/04/27
   EP - LÓPEZ Javi (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2021/04/27
   EP - TORVALDS Nils (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2021/04/27
   EP - HOLMGREN Pär (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2021/04/27
   EP - GRISET Catherine (ID) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2021/04/27
   EP - ZALEWSKA Anna (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2021/04/27
   EP - KOKKALIS Petros (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI

Documents

  • Decision by Parliament: T9-0437/2021
  • Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
  • Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B9-0039/2021
  • Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B9-0040/2021
  • Motion for a resolution: B9-0521/2021
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE695.069
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE695.069
  • Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B9-0039/2021
  • Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B9-0040/2021
  • Motion for a resolution: B9-0521/2021

Activities

Votes

Conférence des Nations unies sur le changement climatique à Glasgow (Royaume-Uni) (COP26) - Motions for resolutions - UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) - Entschließungsanträge - Klimakonferenz der Vereinten Nationen in Glasgow (Vereinigtes Königreich) (COP 26) - B9-0521/2021 - Après le § 2 - Am 9 #

2021/10/20 Outcome: -: 529, +: 139, 0: 24
IE CY FI LU DK EL LV MT LT EE SI SE BE HR DE CZ SK PT AT BG HU NL FR RO ES PL IT
Total
12
6
14
6
13
21
8
6
11
7
8
20
21
12
94
21
14
21
19
17
21
28
77
33
58
50
74
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
72

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
38

Ireland The Left

3

Cyprus The Left

2

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Portugal The Left

4

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
37

Lithuania NI

Against (1)

1

Croatia NI

2

Germany NI

2

Slovakia NI

2

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
61

Greece ECR

Against (1)

1

Latvia ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1
3

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

1

Germany ECR

Against (1)

1

Slovakia ECR

Against (1)

1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

4

Romania ECR

Against (1)

1
icon: ID ID
67

Finland ID

2

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1

Czechia ID

Against (2)

2

Austria ID

3

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1
icon: Renew Renew
98

Ireland Renew

2

Finland Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2

Latvia Renew

Against (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

Against (1)

1

Estonia Renew

3

Slovenia Renew

2

Sweden Renew

Against (1)

3

Croatia Renew

Against (1)

1

Austria Renew

Against (1)

1

Bulgaria Renew

3

Hungary Renew

2

Italy Renew

Against (2)

2
icon: S&D S&D
142

Cyprus S&D

2

Finland S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

Against (1)

1

Denmark S&D

2

Greece S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Belgium S&D

Against (1)

3

Czechia S&D

Against (1)

1

Slovakia S&D

3
icon: PPE PPE
177

Cyprus PPE

2

Finland PPE

3

Luxembourg PPE

2

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2

Malta PPE

2

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Slovenia PPE

4

Belgium PPE

Abstain (1)

4

Hungary PPE

Against (1)

1

B9-0521/2021 - Après le § 7 - Am 10/1 #

2021/10/20 Outcome: +: 356, -: 324, 0: 12
ES FR DK NL DE PT FI SK BE SE EE IE LU MT CY HR SI LV BG LT AT EL HU CZ IT RO PL
Total
58
77
13
28
94
21
14
14
21
20
7
12
6
6
6
12
8
8
17
11
19
21
21
21
74
33
50
icon: S&D S&D
142

Denmark S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Cyprus S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Greece S&D

Against (1)

2

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1
icon: Renew Renew
98

Finland Renew

3
3

Estonia Renew

3

Ireland Renew

2

Luxembourg Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

1

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Hungary Renew

2

Italy Renew

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
72

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
38

Denmark The Left

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Ireland The Left

3

Cyprus The Left

2

Czechia The Left

1
icon: NI NI
37

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Germany NI

2

Slovakia NI

For (1)

Against (1)

2

Croatia NI

2

Lithuania NI

Against (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
61

Netherlands ECR

4

Germany ECR

Against (1)

1

Slovakia ECR

Against (1)

1
3

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

1

Latvia ECR

2

Bulgaria ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Greece ECR

Against (1)

1

Romania ECR

Against (1)

1
icon: ID ID
67

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1

Finland ID

2

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1

Austria ID

3

Czechia ID

Against (2)

2
icon: PPE PPE
177

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

1

Finland PPE

3

Belgium PPE

For (1)

Abstain (1)

4

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

2

Malta PPE

2

Cyprus PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

4

Latvia PPE

2

Hungary PPE

Against (1)

1

B9-0521/2021 - Après le § 7 - Am 10/2 #

2021/10/20 Outcome: -: 510, +: 168, 0: 14
IE SE DK CY FI LU SI LV MT EL LT EE BE SK HR AT PT CZ RO BG HU NL FR DE ES PL IT
Total
12
20
13
6
14
6
8
8
6
21
11
7
21
14
12
19
21
21
33
17
21
28
77
94
58
50
74
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
72

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
38

Ireland The Left

3

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Cyprus The Left

2

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
37

Lithuania NI

Against (1)

1

Slovakia NI

For (1)

Against (1)

2

Croatia NI

2

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Germany NI

2
icon: ECR ECR
61
3

Latvia ECR

2

Greece ECR

Against (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Slovakia ECR

Against (1)

1

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

1

Romania ECR

Against (1)

1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

4

Germany ECR

Against (1)

1
icon: ID ID
67

Denmark ID

Abstain (1)

1

Finland ID

2

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1

Austria ID

3

Czechia ID

Against (2)

2

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1
icon: Renew Renew
98

Ireland Renew

2
3

Finland Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2

Slovenia Renew

2

Latvia Renew

Against (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

Against (1)

1

Estonia Renew

3

Croatia Renew

Against (1)

1

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Bulgaria Renew

3

Hungary Renew

2

Italy Renew

Against (2)

2
icon: S&D S&D
142

Denmark S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Finland S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

Against (1)

1

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

Against (1)

2

Latvia S&D

2

Greece S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Belgium S&D

For (1)

3

Slovakia S&D

3

Czechia S&D

Against (1)

1
icon: PPE PPE
177

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

2

Finland PPE

3

Luxembourg PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

4

Latvia PPE

2

Malta PPE

2

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Belgium PPE

For (1)

Abstain (1)

4

Hungary PPE

Against (1)

1

B9-0521/2021 - Après le § 7 - Am 11 #

2021/10/20 Outcome: +: 370, -: 318, 0: 4
ES FR DE DK PT FI NL SE BE EE RO SK IE LU MT CY HR SI LV BG LT AT EL HU CZ IT PL
Total
58
77
94
13
21
14
28
20
21
7
33
14
12
6
6
6
12
8
8
17
11
19
21
21
21
74
50
icon: S&D S&D
142

Denmark S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Cyprus S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Greece S&D

2

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1
icon: Renew Renew
98

Finland Renew

3
3

Estonia Renew

3

Ireland Renew

2

Luxembourg Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

1

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Hungary Renew

2

Italy Renew

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
72

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
38

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Ireland The Left

3

Cyprus The Left

2

Czechia The Left

Abstain (1)

1
icon: NI NI
37

Germany NI

2

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Slovakia NI

2

Croatia NI

2

Lithuania NI

Against (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
61

Germany ECR

Against (1)

1

Netherlands ECR

4
3

Romania ECR

Against (1)

1

Slovakia ECR

Against (1)

1

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

1

Latvia ECR

2

Bulgaria ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Greece ECR

Against (1)

1
icon: ID ID
67

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Finland ID

2

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1

Austria ID

3

Czechia ID

Against (2)

2
icon: PPE PPE
177

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

1

Finland PPE

3

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

2

Malta PPE

2

Cyprus PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

4

Latvia PPE

2

Hungary PPE

Against (1)

1

B9-0521/2021 - § 10 - Am 6 #

2021/10/20 Outcome: -: 516, +: 160, 0: 17
FR IE CY SI LU DK EL FI LV MT LT EE BE HR PT SK SE CZ AT BG HU NL DE RO ES PL IT
Total
78
12
6
8
6
13
21
14
8
6
11
7
21
12
21
14
20
21
19
17
21
28
94
33
58
50
74
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
72

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
38

Ireland The Left

3

Cyprus The Left

2

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
37

Lithuania NI

Against (1)

1

Croatia NI

2

Slovakia NI

For (1)

Against (1)

2

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Germany NI

2
icon: ID ID
68

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Finland ID

2

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1

Czechia ID

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Austria ID

3

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
61

Greece ECR

Against (1)

1

Latvia ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

1

Slovakia ECR

Against (1)

1
3

Bulgaria ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

4

Germany ECR

Against (1)

1

Romania ECR

1
icon: Renew Renew
98

Ireland Renew

2

Slovenia Renew

2

Luxembourg Renew

2

Finland Renew

3

Latvia Renew

Against (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

Against (1)

1

Estonia Renew

3

Croatia Renew

Against (1)

1

Sweden Renew

3

Austria Renew

Against (1)

1

Bulgaria Renew

3

Hungary Renew

2

Italy Renew

Against (2)

2
icon: S&D S&D
142

Cyprus S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

Against (1)

1

Denmark S&D

2

Greece S&D

2

Finland S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Belgium S&D

Against (1)

3

Slovakia S&D

3

Czechia S&D

Against (1)

1
icon: PPE PPE
177

Cyprus PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

4

Luxembourg PPE

2

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2

Malta PPE

2

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Hungary PPE

Against (1)

1

B9-0521/2021 - § 12/1 #

2021/10/20 Outcome: +: 572, -: 98, 0: 22
DE FR PL ES RO PT NL BG CZ BE EL SE SK IE HR LT DK FI LV SI MT CY LU EE AT HU IT
Total
94
77
50
58
33
21
28
17
21
21
21
20
14
12
12
11
13
14
8
8
6
6
6
7
19
21
74
icon: PPE PPE
177

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2

Malta PPE

2
2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1

Hungary PPE

1
icon: S&D S&D
142

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Greece S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Denmark S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2