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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on Regional Development

2020/2074(INI)

13.1.2021

AMENDMENTS1 - 221Draft reportTonino Picula(PE660.259v01-00)

Cohesion Policy and regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change(2020/2074(INI))

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Amendment 1Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Katalin Cseh

Motion for a resolutionCitation 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as interpreted by the Court of Justice in its Mayotte judgment of 15 December 2015 (Joined Cases C-132/14 to C-136/14), which allows specific derogations to be adopted for the outermost regions of the European Union,

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Amendment 2Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Martina Michelson behalf of The Left Group



- having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) special report on global warming of 1.5 °C, its fifth assessment report (AR5) and its synthesis report thereon, its special report on climate change and land, and its special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate,

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- having regard to the General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’, the Commission proposal for the General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 and its vision to 2050,

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- having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 on the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (COM(2020)0152),

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- having regard to its resolution of 9 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity2a,_________________

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2a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0015.

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Amendment 6Daniel Buda



- having regard to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 7 b (new)


- having regard to the European Council conclusions of 11 December 2020 on climate change,

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Amendment 8Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Susana Solís Pérez, Irène Tolleret, Mauri Pekkarinen, Laurence Farreng, Ondřej Knotek, Katalin Cseh



– having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European

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Parliament and of the Council of 29 May 2020 establishing the InvestEU programme (COM(2020)0403),

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Amendment 9Tonino Picula, Josianne Cutajar, Constanze Krehl



- having regard to European Environment Agency Indicator Assessment on Economic losses from climate-related extremes in Europe published on 20 December 2020,

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Amendment 10Caroline Roose, Bronis Ropėon behalf of the Greens/EFA Group



- having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Development on Cohesion policy and the circular economy (2017/2211(INI)),

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Amendment 11Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Susana Solís Pérez, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ondřej Knotek, Katalin Cseh

Motion for a resolution

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Citation 17 b (new)


– having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2020 on the public sector loan facility under the Just Transition Mechanism (COM(2020)0453),

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A


A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at Union, national, regional and local levels to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and prevent biodiversity loss on a massive scale;

A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at Union, national, regional and local levels to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and prevent biodiversity loss on a massive scale; whereas urgent measures are required to ensure that the increase in the global average temperature is kept below 2 °C compared to pre-industrial levels as any loss of biodiversity will have a major impact on the quality of agricultural production;

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Amendment 13Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Susana Solís Pérez, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Mauri Pekkarinen, Katalin Cseh


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A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at global, European, national, regional and local levels to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and prevent biodiversity loss on a massive scale;

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Amendment 14André Rougé




A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at Union and sovereign Member State levels to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and prevent biodiversity loss on a massive scale;

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Amendment 15Mircea-Gheorghe Hava



A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at Union, national, regional and local levels to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and prevent

A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at all levels to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and prevent biodiversity loss on a massive scale;

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biodiversity loss on a massive scale;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)


Aa. whereas the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 202010a provides for an overall target of at least 30 % of the total amount of the Union budget and the European Union Recovery Instrument expenditures supporting climate objectives and a new annual biodiversity target of 7.5 % from 2024, in view of reaching 10 % in 2026 and 2027;_________________10a Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources, OJ L 433I , 22.12.2020, p. 28.

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Amendment 17Izabela-Helena Kloc, Elżbieta Kruk, Krzysztof Jurgiel, Andżelika Anna Możdżanowska

Motion for a resolutionRecital B


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B. whereas recent studies show that the global warming potential (GWP) from fossil natural gas (methane – CH4) is significantly higher than previously assumed;

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Amendment 18Tonino Picula, Josianne Cutajar

Motion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas European Environment Agency estimated that between 1980 and 2019, climate-related extremes caused economic losses totalling an estimated EUR 446 billion in the EEA member countries; whereas this is equivalent to EUR 11.1 billion per year and the cumulative deflated losses are equal to nearly 3 % of the GDP of the countries analysed;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas for many Member States the transitional use of energy sources based on natural gas could be essential in achieving a fair energy transition that does not harm society and leaves no-one behind;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas global warming may reach 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels as soon as the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy programming period, necessitating immediate action to tackle the climate emergency;

C. whereas global warming may reach 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels as soon as the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy programming period, necessitating immediate action to tackle the climate emergency, in accordance with the EU policies on reducing greenhouse gas emissions: the European Green Deal, the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN Paris Agreement;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas global warming may reach 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels as soon as the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy programming period, necessitating immediate action to tackle the climate emergency;

C. whereas global warming may reach 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels during the current programming period, necessitating immediate action to tackle the climate emergency;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital D

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D. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral economy poses both a great opportunity and a challenge for the Union and for its Member States, regions, cities, local communities and citizens;

D. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral economy poses both a great opportunity and a challenge for the Union and for its Member States, regions, cities, local communities and citizens; whereas achieving this objective will require an overall transformation of European society and economy as some sectors will experience an irreversible decrease in production coupled with a loss of jobs in economic activities based on the production and use of fossil fuels, while other sectors will succeed in finding a technological alternative;

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Amendment 23Isabel Benjumea Benjumea




D. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral economy poses both a great opportunity and a challenge for the Union and for its Member States, regions, cities, local communities, citizens and industry; whereas a balance must be struck between meeting the ambitious climate objectives and preventing economic harm to our industrial and business fabric so as to avoid job losses and damage to certain regions and their citizens;

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D. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 at the latest poses both a great opportunity and a challenge for the Union and for its Member States, regions, cities, workers, businesses, local communities and people;

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D. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral economy poses both a great opportunity and a challenge for the Union and for its sovereign Member States, regions, cities, local communities and citizens;

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Amendment 26Tonino Picula, Josianne Cutajar, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro

Motion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. whereas islands, especially small islands, are the most exposed and vulnerable EU territories to the effects of climate change and that they must tackle specific and additional challenges and

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costs in the transition;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. whereas climate change and its multiple impact affect European regions in different ways, with different degrees of severity and in different timeframes;

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Amendment 28Tonino Picula, Josianne Cutajar, Constanze Krehl, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro, Erik Bergkvist

Motion for a resolutionRecital D b (new)


Db. whereas sustainability should be seen as a balanced approach to bring sustainable growth, social progress and environment together;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital E

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E. whereas Cohesion Policy not only offers investment opportunities to respond to local and regional needs through the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, it also provides an integrated policy framework to reduce developmental disparities between the European regions and to help them address the multiple challenges to their development, including through environmental protection and sustainable development;

E. whereas Cohesion Policy not only offers investment opportunities to respond to local and regional needs of the sovereign Member States through the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, it also provides an integrated policy framework to reduce developmental disparities between the regions of the sovereign Member States of the Union and to help them address the multiple challenges to their development, including through environmental protection and sustainable development;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital E



E. whereas Cohesion Policy not only offers investment opportunities to respond to local and regional needs through the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, it also provides an integrated policy framework to reduce developmental disparities between the European regions and to help them address the multiple challenges to their development, including through environmental protection, better employment and sustainable development;

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Recital E



E. whereas Cohesion Policy not only offers investment opportunities to respond to local and regional needs through the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, it also provides an integrated policy framework to reduce developmental disparities between the European regions and to help them address the multiple challenges to their development, including through environmental protection and fair, inclusive and sustainable development;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital F


F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing may also be exacerbated by climate change and its long-term consequences;

F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing may also be exacerbated by climate change and its long-term consequences; whereas all European regions are vulnerable to climate change, but some will experience more severe effects than others, and the management of the transition will lead to significant structural changes; whereas citizens and workers will therefore be affected in different ways and not all countries will be affected equally or be able to respond adequately;

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Amendment 33Stéphane Bijoux, Mauri Pekkarinen, Katalin Cseh

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F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing may also be exacerbated by climate change and its long-term consequences; EU climate policy measures should support the objectives of EU cohesion policy;

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F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing must be effectively reduced by making best use of the opportunities offered by innovation in the climate and environmental sphere;

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F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing

F. whereas the economic, social and territorial disparities which Cohesion Policy has the primary goal of addressing

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may also be exacerbated by climate change and its long-term consequences;

may also be impacted by climate change and its long-term consequences;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital F a (new)


Fa. whereas Cohesion Policy is key to support less developed regions or areas, suffering from natural and geographical handicaps, which are often at the forefront of the impacts of climate change and have less resources to face it;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital F a (new)


Fa. whereas women and men are not equally affected by green policies tackling climate change; whereas this also applies for vulnerable and marginalised groups;

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Amendment 38Tonino Picula, Josianne Cutajar, Constanze Krehl, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro, Erik Bergkvist

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Motion for a resolutionRecital F b (new)


Fb. whereas Cohesion Policy is a crucial tool to deliver a fair transition to a climate neutral economy that leaves no one behind;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital G


G. whereas local and regional authorities are key actors for implementing Cohesion Policy effectively and delivering an effective response to the urgent threat of climate change;

G. whereas local and regional authorities are key actors for implementing Cohesion Policy effectively and delivering an effective response to the urgent threat of climate change; whereas it is therefore essential to create mechanisms such as the ‘Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy’, aimed at bringing together local and regional authorities responsible for implementing the EU’s climate and energy objectives;

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G. whereas local and regional authorities are key actors for implementing Cohesion Policy effectively and delivering

G. whereas local and regional authorities, but also other relevant stakeholders are key actors for

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an effective response to the urgent threat of climate change;

implementing Cohesion Policy, delivering an effective response to multiple crisis such as the climate change, biodiversity, as well as the health, social and economic crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic;

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Amendment 41Franc Bogovič




G. whereas local and regional authorities are key actors for implementing Cohesion Policy effectively and delivering an effective response to the urgent threat of climate change; whereas they are responsible for one third of public spending and two thirds of public investment;

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G. whereas local and regional authorities of the sovereign Member States are key actors for implementing Cohesion Policy effectively and delivering an effective response to the urgent threat of climate change;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas an increase of 1.5 degrees is the maximum the planet can tolerate; should temperatures increase further beyond 2030, we will face even more droughts, flood, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people; the likely demise of the most vulnerable populations - and at worst, the extinction of humankind altogether as pointed out in the EU interinstitutional report Challenges and Choices for Europe;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital H


H. whereas the climate crisis is closely linked to other crises such as biodiversity and the COVID-19 pandemic;

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H. whereas the climate crisis is closely H. whereas the climate crisis is closely

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linked to other crises such as biodiversity and the COVID-19 pandemic;

linked to other crises such as biodiversity and the COVID-19 pandemic, each of which must be handled differently; whereas the health, economic, employment and social consequences of the latter are immediate and therefore need to be tackled urgently;

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Amendment 46Mathilde Androuët




H. whereas the climate challenges are closely linked to trade globalisation and excessive urbanisation, which are threatening biodiversity and specific ecological balances;

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H. whereas the climate crisis is closely linked to other crises such as biodiversity;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital H a (new)


Ha. whereas, since its creation in 2002, the EU Solidarity Fund has been activated in more than 90 catastrophic events and has mobilised over EUR 5.5 billion in 23 Member States and one accession country; whereas, as part of the EU response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the scope of the EUSF has been extended to cover major public health emergencies and the maximum level of advance payments has been raised;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital I


I. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve citizens and all sectors of society, including local and regional authorities, and must be backed by robust and inclusive social measures to ensure a fair transition that supports job retention and creation;

I. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve citizens and all sectors of society, including local and regional authorities, and must be backed by robust and inclusive social measures to ensure a fair transition that supports job retention and creation by providing real support to those who can genuinely generate wealth and create jobs: our entrepreneurs and businesspeople;

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Amendment 50Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Susana Solís Pérez, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Ondřej Knotek, Mauri Pekkarinen, Katalin Cseh

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I. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve all stakeholders in society, particularly the private sector, social partners and citizens, together with elected officials, including local and regional authorities, and must be backed by inclusive social measures to ensure a fair transition that supports job retention and creation, particularly green and blue jobs;

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I. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve citizens and all sectors of society, including local and regional authorities, and must be backed by robust and inclusive social measures to ensure a fair and just transition that supports job retention and creation;

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I. whereas the transition to a greenhouse gas-neutral economy must involve citizens and all sectors of society, including local and regional authorities of the sovereign Member States, to ensure a fair energy transition that supports job retention and creation;

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I. whereas the transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve citizens and all sectors of society, including local, regional and national authorities, and must be backed by social measures to ensure a fair transition that supports job retention and creation;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital I a (new)


Ia. whereas islands, outermost and peripheral regions have an enormous potential in the production of renewable energy and are strategic laboratories to implement innovative policy measures

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and technical solutions to deliver the energy transition, reduce CO2 emissions and boost the shift towards the circular economy;

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Amendment 55Tonino Picula

Motion for a resolutionRecital I b (new)


Ib. whereas Member States have adopted National Energy and Climate Plans and regions should submit a regional plan accordingly to achieve emission mitigation and adaptation, aiming to establish a pathway towards climate neutrality;

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Amendment 56Tonino Picula, Josianne Cutajar, Constanze Krehl, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro

Motion for a resolutionRecital I c (new)


Ic. whereas the transition to a climate neutral economy by 2050 can be achieved through a combination of public financing at EU and national levels and by creating the right conditions for private financing;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital J


J. whereas energy sources derived from fossil fuels undermine efforts to achieve climate neutrality;

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Amendment 58Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Susana Solís Pérez, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Katalin Cseh




J. whereas energy sources derived from fossil fuels undermine efforts to achieve climate neutrality; whereas, in this regard, Cohesion Policy should guarantee the principle of ‘energy efficiency first’, which aims to improve the efficiency of energy supply and demand, and which should be applied and observed in all energy-related investments made under Cohesion Policy;

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J. whereas energy sources derived J. whereas energy sources derived

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from fossil fuels undermine efforts to achieve climate neutrality;

from fossil fuels undermine efforts to achieve climate neutrality, and the European Union should thus provide a consistent regulatory framework to further promote the use of renewable energy sources, such as solar and biomass energy, rather than those derived from fossil fuels;

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J. whereas a special effort needs to be made to offset the greenhouse gas impact of energy sources derived from fossil fuels in order to effectively achieve the aforementioned neutrality;

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J. whereas burning fossil fuels without using existing decarbonisation techniques undermines efforts to achieve climate neutrality;

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Amendment 62

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J. whereas energy sources derived from solid fossil fuels undermine efforts to achieve climate neutrality;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital K


K. whereas regional environment strategies should serve the pursuit of full employment and social progress;

K. whereas regional environment strategies should balance ecology and economy while supporting the pursuit of full employment and progress in order to better tackle the effects of climate change and fight the loss of biodiversity;

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K. whereas regional environment strategies of the sovereign Member States of the Union should serve the pursuit of full employment and social progress;

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K. whereas regional environment strategies should serve the pursuit of stable employment together with social progress and non-discrimination;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital K a (new)


Ka. whereas regional environmental strategies should be linked with ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving climate neutral EU by 2050 and should exclude any kind of support for fossil fuels and gas infrastructure projects, and support renewable energy, resource efficiency and sustainable development instead;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital K b (new)

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Kb. whereas waste-management plans should follow the circular economy principles and be part of regional environmental strategies;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital K c (new)


Kc. whereas EU macro-regional strategies can help identify key sectors and areas of cooperation between different regions facing common challenges such as climate change, climate adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity, transport, waste-management, cross-border projects, sustainable tourism;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L


L. whereas a multilayered European governance model built on an active and constructive partnership between the various levels of governance and stakeholders is key to the climate neutrality transition;

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L. whereas a multilayered European governance model built on an active and constructive partnership between the various levels of governance and stakeholders could prove essential in achieving the climate neutrality transition;

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L. whereas a European model built on an active partnership between sovereign Member States and stakeholders is key to the greenhouse gas neutrality transition;

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Amendment 72Simone Schmiedtbauer

Motion for a resolutionRecital L a (new)


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La. whereas it is essential, when drawing up a long-term vision for rural areas in Europe, to emphasise the need to strengthen rural areas and make them attractive as places to live and work;

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La. whereas the sovereignty of EU Member States should be respected, whereas ecology should under no circumstances be punitive, and whereas localism should be encouraged;

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La. whereas community and citizens initiatives can strongly support the ecological transition and fight against climate change;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L b (new)


Lb. whereas all European institutions should prioritise solely the decarbonisation of energy production and energy efficiency in support of all public policies involving energy, climate and the circular economy;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L b (new)


Lb. whereas it is essential to strengthen and establish regional economies based on biogenic raw materials from sustainable agricultural and forestry management in order to meet the Green Deal targets;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L c (new)


Lc. whereas the national sovereignty of EU Member States should be respected in choosing and funding the energy mix as part of the climate neutrality transition;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L d (new)


Ld. whereas it is important to fund subsidies for the accelerated conversion of road, rail and waterway freight transport fleets within the Union;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Underlines the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, taking into consideration social and economic aspects to ensure a fair transition for all territories and their citizens;

1. Underlines the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs with full respect for the EU taxonomy, taking into consideration social and economic aspects to ensure a fair transition for all territories and their citizens;

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1. Underlines the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, taking into consideration social and economic aspects to ensure a fair transition for all territories and their citizens without leaving anyone behind;

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1. Underlines the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, taking into consideration social, economic and territorial aspects to ensure a just transition for all territories and their citizens;

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1. Underlines the importance of 1. Underlines the importance of

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tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, taking into consideration social and economic aspects to ensure a fair transition for all territories and their citizens;

tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, taking into consideration social, economic and regional aspects to ensure a fair transition for all territories and their people;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Recalls that the aim of the European Green Deal is to protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital, as well as to protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts;

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2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the European Climate Law, which enshrines the 2050 climate neutrality target into Union legislation, including the intermediate targets for 2030 and 2040;

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2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the European Climate Law, which enshrines the 2050 climate neutrality target into Union legislation and constitutes the cornerstone of the European Green Deal; reiterates its position for climate action to be further strengthened and particularly for the Union 2030 climate target to be raised to a reduction in emissions of 60 % compared with 1990 levels; reiterates its call for a new 2040 intermediate climate target;

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Amendment 86Ondřej Knotek




2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the European Climate Law, which enshrines the 2050 climate neutrality target to be reached collectively by the EU into Union legislation, including the intermediate targets for 2030 and 2040, while taking into account the EU competitiveness, national circumstances and principles of solidarity and fairness;

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2. Notes the Commission’s proposal on climate, which enshrines the 2050 greenhouse gas neutrality target, including the intermediate targets for 2030 and 2040, into Union regulations, which will be subject to review by the sovereign Member States;

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2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the European Climate Law, which enshrines the 2050 climate neutrality target for the Union into Union legislation, including the intermediate targets for 2030 and 2040;

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3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear

3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear

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political commitment to achieving the climate targets;

political commitment to achieving the climate targets; stresses the need to step up multi-level dialogue among national, regional and local authorities on the planning and implementation of national measures on climate, direct access to funding for local authorities and monitoring the progress of the measures adopted;

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3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear political commitment to achieving the climate targets;

3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear political commitment to achieving the climate targets; Furthermore, believes that regional and local authorities have a key role to play in all stages of projects planning, preparation and implementation;

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Amendment 91Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Susana Solís Pérez, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Ondřej Knotek, Mauri Pekkarinen, Katalin Cseh




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local actions that respect the constraints and emphasise the assets of each territory;

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3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear political commitment to achieving the climate targets, as well as the urgency to equip them with relevant financial and administrative tools to reach those targets;

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3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear political commitment to achieving the climate targets, which should be translated into concrete actions;

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3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities of the sovereign Member States to make a clear commitment to contributing more to the climate targets;

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3a. Calls on all the local and regional authorities to adopt local and regional climate strategies translating EU-level targets to concrete local targets, based on a holistic place-based or area-oriented approach that would provide long term vision for a climate transition and a better use of financial resources under the Cohesion Policy;

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regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies;

regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies, accompanied by a binding phasing-out of fossil fuels, with a clearly defined step-by-step plan to be achieved by 2050;

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Amendment 97Josianne Cutajar



4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies;

4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies; stresses in this regard that many European citizens still face energy poverty; calls to promote further actions aiming at fighting this phenomenon;

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Amendment 98Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Susana Solís Pérez, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Ondřej Knotek, Katalin Cseh



4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change

4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy, as with other policies,

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and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies;

particularly environmental, agricultural, fisheries or cultural policies, in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies;

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4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality in the EU by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a reform of investment policies, with a view to increasing the operational capacity of the Member States and their public administration entities;

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4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050

4. Highlights the role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change, as well as the role of local and regional authorities

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at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies;

of the sovereign Member States of the Union in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies, which absolutely must be targeted, as a matter of priority, at decarbonised or offset energy where facilities powered by fossil fuels are essential;

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Amendment 101Nora Mebarek, Tonino Picula




4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030 and 2040, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies;

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4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the enhanced 2030 climate target, as well as the role of local and

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5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including green jobs, and fair social progress;

5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including green jobs, and fair social progress; considers that climate policies must protect the jobs most affected by climate change by creating new green jobs so that workers are not left behind when certain sectors transition to the green economy;

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5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including green jobs, and fair social progress; urges the Member States to prioritise the fight against climate change along with the fight for inclusive and sustainable development and social justice and the fight against poverty, energy poverty and policies that burden

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vulnerable and marginalised groups;

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5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including green and blue jobs and training that can contribute to fair social progress;

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5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including by investing in the retraining of affected employees, and fair social progress;

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5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of stable employment, including green jobs, and fair social progress;

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5a. Insists that the transition towards climate neutrality must be just and inclusive, with particular focus on citizens, living in rural and remote areas;

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6. Underlines the European Council’s position that EU expenditure should be consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the European Green Deal;

6. Welcomes the European Council’s position that EU expenditure should be consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the European Green Deal; supports, too, the fact that the Regulation laying down common provisions enshrines the ‘do no harm’ principle in all Structural Funds;

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6. Underlines the European Council’s position that EU expenditure should be consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the European Green Deal;

6. Underlines that EU expenditure should be fully consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the European Green Deal and the Taxonomy Regulation10b;

_________________10b Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU)2019/2088, OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13.

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6a. Recognises the need to support the territories most affected by the transition towards climate neutrality, avoid regional disparities growing and empower workers and local and regional communities;

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7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the Union economy;

7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the Union economy, thereby helping to create new investment opportunities in agriculture, trade, transport, energy and infrastructure, and promoting safer and more eco-friendly consumption;

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7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the Union economy, therefore, the regional environmental strategies should cover and include waste-management plans;

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Amendment 114Laurence Farreng, Stéphane Bijoux


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7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the Union economy and preserving our living environment and the well-being of European citizens;

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7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient, available, affordable and circular could play a significant role in ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the Union economy;

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7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of

7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of

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the Union economy; the Union economy; and to preserving its social cohesion;

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Amendment 117Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ondřej Knotek, Katalin Cseh




7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient, circular and socially balanced are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the Union economy;

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7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, greenhouse gas neutral, more resource efficient and circular are crucial to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the economy of the sovereign Member States of the Union;

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Amendment 119

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Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Martina Michelson behalf of The Left Group




7. Stresses that the fair and inclusive transition to a climate-neutral, climate-resilient, more resource-efficient and circular economy is crucial to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Union;

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7a. Stresses the need to support projects linking science, innovation and citizenship; calls on the Commission to consider the eligibility for Cohesion Policy funding of the New European Bauhaus project, which is focused on the resilience of culture and architecture to climate change;

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8. Points out that it is paramount to 8. Points out that it is paramount to

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fully uphold multi-level governance and partnership principles under Cohesion Policy, as local and regional authorities have direct competencies on the environment and climate change;

fully uphold multi-level governance and partnership principles under Cohesion Policy, as local and regional authorities not only have direct competencies on the environment and climate change, but can also develop actions aiming to promote climate-friendly behaviour among citizens, including those linked to waste management, smart mobility and sustainable housing;

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8. Points out that it is paramount to fully uphold multi-level governance and partnership principles under Cohesion Policy, as local and regional authorities have direct competencies on the environment and climate change;

8. Points out that it is paramount to fully uphold multi-level governance and partnership principles under Cohesion Policy, as local and regional authorities have direct competencies on the environment and climate change, implementing 90% of the climate adaptation and 70% of climate mitigation actions;

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8. Points out that it is paramount to fully uphold multi-level governance and partnership principles under Cohesion

8. Points out that it is paramount to fully uphold multi-level governance and partnership principles under Cohesion

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Policy, as local and regional authorities have direct competencies on the environment and climate change;

Policy, that includes gender perspective, as local and regional authorities have direct competencies on the environment and climate change;

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8. Points out that it is paramount to fully uphold multi-level governance and partnership principles under Cohesion Policy, as local and regional authorities have direct competencies on the environment and climate change;

8. Points out that it is paramount to fully uphold partnership principles under Cohesion Policy, as local and regional authorities of the sovereign Member States have a role to play in terms of the environment and climate change;

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8a. Urges holistic regional integration strategies to guarantee sustainable development and mitigate the consequences of climate change by supporting energy transition to renewable sources, biodiversity and climate adaptation; believes that these regional strategies should support civic engagement, locally initiated and owned projects and should boost the cooperation between the regions, also trough cross-border projects; calls on the Commission

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to provide support and facilitate the cooperation between the regions and exchange of know-how and best practices;

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8a. Calls on all levels of government to do their utmost to encourage cross-administrative cooperation, including cross-vertical government cooperation, interregional, intermunicipal and cross-border cooperation to share knowledge and examples of best practice on climate change projects and initiatives financed under the Cohesion Policy;

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8a. Underlines that public consultations should be thorough and meaningful, ensuring active and representative participation of communities and stakeholders in the decision-making process in order to inspire the ownership of decisions and plans, initiatives and the engagement in actions;

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8a. Emphasises the importance of upholding the Partnership Principle in all programming, implementation and monitoring of EU cohesion policy and to set up a strong cooperation between regional and local authorities, citizens, NGOs and stakeholders;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 8 b (new)


8b. Believes that local communities should be brought into policy and project development and implementation and that locally-led actions should be encouraged and prioritised;

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Paragraph 8 c (new)


8c. Stresses that gender mainstreaming should be fully implemented and integrated as a horizontal principle in all EU activities, policies and programmes, including cohesion policy; points out that addressing the gender dimension has a key role in leveraging the full potential of both climate and cohesion policies;

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Amendment 131Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Mauri Pekkarinen, Katalin Cseh



9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the fight against climate change through an effective methodology for monitoring climate spending and its performance, including its negative effects for EU regions;

9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Climate Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the European Green Deal in order to tackle climate change, particularly through an effective methodology for monitoring climate spending and its performance, including its negative effects for EU regions; calls for this methodology to be used in all programmes under the multiannual financial framework and the European Recovery Plan, particularly for basic infrastructure in key economic sectors such as energy production and distribution, transport, water and waste management, and public buildings;

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9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus on the full implementation of the Paris Agreement and the fight against climate change through an effective, transparent, comprehensive, result-oriented and performance-based methodology for monitoring climate spending, which should also depict the negative effects of climate change in all EU regions and include measures to be taken in case of insufficient progress towards achieving the Union’s climate targets;

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9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the fight against climate change through an effective methodology for monitoring climate spending and its performance, including its negative effects for EU regions; strongly calls for regional environmental strategies to include a "do no harm principle" and support achieving the SDGs and Paris Agreement in full respect for the EU taxonomy;

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9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the fight against climate change;

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9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus on the conservation of biodiversity and local environmental balances;

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9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the fight against climate change, also through an effective methodology for monitoring climate spending and its performance, including its negative effects for EU citizens and regions;

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9a. Calls to ensure greater coherence and coordination between the Cohesion Policy and other EU policies to improve policy integration of climate aspects, design more effective source based polices, provide targeted EU funding and, consequently, improve implementation of climate policies on the ground;

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9a. Calls for environmental criteria and preservation of the natural heritage to be given the same consideration as economic criteria when calculating project eligibility, particularly in the case

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of projects involving cultural and natural heritage;

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9b. Stresses that more synergies between various funding sources at the EU, national and regional levels are needed, as well as stronger links between public and private financing to increase the effectiveness of regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change;

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10. Underlines the key role of local and regional authorities in achieving a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy for all, with social and economic cohesion at its core;

10. Underlines the key role of local and regional authorities in achieving a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy for all, with social and economic cohesion at its core; recalls that this process would not be possible without a strong focus on skills; is of the opinion that regional environment strategies should also aim at enhancing the administrative capacity of the local and regional institutions and at developing their potential as enablers of economic, social and territorial competitiveness;

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10. Underlines the key role of local and regional authorities, as well as of community and citizens initiatives, in achieving a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy for all, with social and economic cohesion at its core;

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10. Underlines the key role of local and regional authorities in achieving a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy for all, with social, economic and territorial cohesion at its core;

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10. Underlines the key role of local, regional and national authorities in achieving a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy for all, with social and economic cohesion at its core;

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10. Underlines the key role of local, regional and national authorities of the EU Member States in achieving a fair transition for all;

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10a. Stresses that community and citizens initiatives can strongly support the ecological transition, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation, and that Local Action Groups and the LEADER program can be primary tools to achieve this; therefore, encourages Member States and regional authorities to coordinate these programmes with their regional environmental strategies;

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10a. Calls for increased employment of green and blue investment and innovation under the Cohesion Policy, as well as expanded use of Nature Based Solutions;

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10b. Points out that EU macro-regional strategies should contribute to building cooperation aimed at solving regional issues linked to climate mitigation and adaptation, therefore, Operational programmes should be aligned with the EU macro-regional strategies as integrated approach and strategic planning is of utmost importance;

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Paragraph 11


11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling climate change;

11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change; emphasises that an effective involvement of local and regional authorities at national level should be put in place when the European Commission assessment on climate change policies and climate targets is done in the context of the European Semester; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling climate change;

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11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change at all levels; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds as well as other EU programmes and instruments, such as the EAFRD, the EMFF, LIFE, Horizon Europe or Creative Europe, in tackling climate change;

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Amendment 150

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11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and their local and regional authorities in addressing climate change;

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11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change, and to assess the impact of such policies on the economy of each Member State, its productive fabric and its employment figures; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling climate change;

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11. Stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in the area of tackling climate change;

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11. Calls on the Commission to monitor and publish reports using a common standard for all Member States, about the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling climate change;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 11 – point 1 (new)


(1) Welcomes policy objective 2 (PO2) of the proposed new Common Provisions Regulation which aims to establish ‘a greener, low carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient

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Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation and risk prevention and management'; recalls that ERDF thematic concentration for PO2 would be best served if applied at regional level in order to reflect the different regional specificities when it comes to climate;

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Amendment 155Tonino Picula, Constanze Krehl, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro



11a. Supports the agreement on the multi annual financial framework for the period 2021-2027 that avoids harmful subsidies, supports a full phase out of fossil fuels subsidies, both direct and indirect by 2025 the latest, ensures overall funding and programme priorities which reflect the climate emergency and contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement on an overall target of at least 30% of the EU budget expenditure supporting climate objectives;

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11c. Is concerned by the economic losses due to natural hazards and the damage of the EU funded infrastructure projects caused by the weather and climate-related extremes; calls for the support of activities and infrastructure projects that respect the climate and environmental standards and that are more resilient against the natural hazards;

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11b. Stresses that it is of the utmost importance to respect in all relevant Cohesion Policy legislation horizontal principles such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, a fair and socially inclusive transition, a legally binding climate-related spending target of 30 % and a biodiversity-related spending target at 10 %; stresses, therefore, that a transparent, comprehensive and meaningful tracking methodology should be adopted swiftly, and adapted if necessary during the MFF mid-term revision, for both climate-related spending and biodiversity-related spending;

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11a. Supports the call from the European Committee of the Regions that calls for a direct access to European funds for local and regional authorities (from the European budget as well as from other European financial institutions such as the EIB) for combating the climate crisis and making local communities more resilient, while paving the way for recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic; more specifically, additional instruments granting a direct access to the EU funds such as Urban Innovative Actions under the ERDF (Art. 8) or the future European Urban Initiative-post 2020 under the ERDF/CF Regulation (Art. 10), should be set up, especially for the Green Deal projects;

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11a. Encourages the Member States to ensure this complementarity by providing an ambitious territorial application of their national recovery plan, involving all the relevant actors in the regions; further invites the Member States to issue a regularly updated scoreboard measuring the territorial impact of national and European recovery measures, paying particular attention to the contribution of these measures to the fight against climate change;

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12. Welcomes the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund; regrets the fact, however, that the top-up amount proposed by the Commission has been cut under the Council agreement on Next Generation EU; underlines that these cuts would jeopardise the fund’s core objectives;

12. Welcomes the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund, including with additional funds from Next Generation EU, and the two additional pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism, namely a dedicated scheme under Invest EU and a public sector loan facility, which will contribute to alleviating the economic effects of the transition to climate neutrality on the Union’s most vulnerable regions; regrets the fact, however, that the top-up amount proposed by the Commission has been cut by more than 2/3 - from 30 to 7.5 billion euros - under the Council agreement on Next Generation EU; underlines that these cuts would jeopardise the fund’s core objectives;

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12. Recalls its support to the Commission amended proposal to increase the budget of the Just Transition Fund from EUR 7.5 to EUR 40 billion, with EUR 10 billion under the MFF and EUR 30 billion from Next Generation EU; regrets the fact that the amount proposed by the Commission was cut in

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less than half under the Council agreement on MFF and Next Generation EU and the fact that these cuts have been maintained in the final agreement between the Parliament and the Council; underlines that these cuts would jeopardise the fund’s core objectives;

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12. Welcomes the agreement reached in trilogue on the Just Transition Fund; regrets the fact, however, that the top-up amount proposed by the Commission has been cut under the Council agreement on Next Generation EU; calls on the Member States to programme the funds as quickly as possible and calls on the Member States concerned to give special consideration to the outermost regions in the distribution of funds;

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12. Welcomes the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund; regrets the fact, however, that the top-up amount proposed by the Commission has been cut under the

12. Welcomes the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund; regrets the fact, however, that the top-up amount proposed by the Commission has been cut under the

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Council agreement on Next Generation EU; underlines that these cuts would jeopardise the fund’s core objectives;

Council agreement on Next Generation EU; underlines that these cuts are detrimental to the achievement of the fund’s core objectives and create a supplementary pressure on national budgets;

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12a. Welcomes the adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework of the Union for the period 2021-2027 and the Next Generation EU Covid-19 recovery package which are setting at least 30% of the their expenditure for climate target, meaning that at least 547 billion EUR of new EU financial resources will be made available for the green transition;

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12a. Believes that while providing financial support from the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, the main priority should be taking into account and addressing the specific needs of the regions and the Member States;

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13. Reaffirms that the specificities of all regions as defined in Article 174 of the TFEU need to be fully reflected in the transition process so that no region is left behind;

13. Reaffirms that the specificities of all regions of the EU Member States as defined in Articles 174 and 349 of the TFEU need to be fully reflected in the transition process so that none of these regions is left behind; notes that account should be taken of the specificities of the outermost regions (ORs) under Article 349 of the TFEU so that their particular climate conditions are given due consideration;

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13. Reaffirms that the specificities of all regions as defined in Article 174 of the TFEU need to be fully reflected in the transition process so that no region is left behind; is of the opinion that, in order to ensure the overall harmonious development of these areas; calls in this regard to evaluate the specificities of the regions as listed in Article 174 of the TFEU in case of any revision of the State Aid guidelines;

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13. Reaffirms that the specificities of all regions as defined in Article 174 of the TFEU need to be fully reflected in the transition process so that no region is left behind, in particular by focusing on rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps;

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13a. Points out that, under Article 349 of the TFEU, the outermost regions benefit from special rules allowing the adoption of tailor-made measures that take account of their specificities; calls for the necessary financial resources to be allocated to those regions so that they can achieve a green transition that balances economy and ecology, and can adapt to the effects of climate change from which they particularly suffer due to their vulnerability;

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13a. Considers that innovative, inclusive and sustainable solutions to strengthen rural areas and make them more attractive as places to live and work should constitute a key element in the implementation of the Cohesion Policy;

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13b. Calls, too, for the creation of an observatory focusing on sustainable development and ecological transition in the outermost regions in order to identify best practices and develop sustainable solutions to tackle climate change, which could be adopted and adapted in other EU regions;

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14. Emphasises that islands, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, should be able to access sufficient economic resources in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for infrastructure and local economic development;

14. Underlines the key role that islands, in particulars mall islands, outermost and peripheral/remote regions can play in the transition towards climate neutrality, as innovation laboratories for the development of clean energy, if their full potential is unlashed by adequate tools, support and funding; emphasises that islands, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, should be able to access sufficient economic resources in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for infrastructure and local economic development;

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14. Emphasises that islands, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, should be able to access sufficient economic resources and adequate training in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for infrastructure and local economic development; considers that these territories can represent a formidable laboratory for sustainability practices in sectors such as clean energy, smart mobility, waste management and circular economy;

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14. Emphasises that islands, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, should be able to access sufficient economic resources in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for infrastructure and local economic development; underlines the renewable energy potential of the peripheral and outermost regions, linked to their geographical and climatic characteristics;

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14. Emphasises that islands and outermost regions, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, are crucial for purposes of research into climate change and biodiversity and should be able to access sufficient economic resources in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for infrastructure and local economic development;

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14. Emphasises that islands, in particular small islands, which have small isolated systems, should be able to access sufficient economic resources in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for infrastructure and local economic development;

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14. Emphasises that islands, in particular small islands with limited governing autonomy, should be able to access sufficient economic resources in order to deliver integrated, sector-coupled and innovative interventions for sustainable infrastructure and local economic development;

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14a. Stresses the need to create a European Agency of the Sea, based in the

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outermost and island regions, which will have the strategic priorities of research into renewable marine energies and research into plant, animal and biological resources;

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15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI) and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI) to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition;

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15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI) and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI) to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the

15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI) and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI) to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; in this regard, calls

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Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition;

on the Commission to produce a user friendly guides for Regional and local governments to have the opportunity to acknowledge and capitalise on consolidated best practices on energy transition and decarbonisation of economies; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition;

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Amendment 181Stéphane Bijoux, Sandro Gozi, Laurence Farreng, Irène Tolleret, Ondřej Knotek, Mauri Pekkarinen, Katalin Cseh




15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI) and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI), which also includes islands that have the status of Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) forming part of the European family, to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition;

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15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI) and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI) to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition; underlines in this regard the importance of exchanging best practices and of promoting mutual learning;

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15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI), which include, in particular, photovoltaic solutions, and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI) of Member States to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition;

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15. Highlights the need to benefit on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI), Smart Islands Initiative and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI) to ensure a functional transition between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition;

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15a. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors while taking into account the competitiveness of these sectors; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise all renewable energy production options, beneficial for the environment, regional economy, as well as for the inhabitants of the relevant regions;

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15b. Insists that regional environmental strategies should pay special attention to supporting the replacement of fossil-intensive materials with renewable and bio-based materials, deriving from forestry and agriculture, as two sectors functioning as carbon emitters, as well as carbon sinks;

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15c. Emphasises that sustainable and close-to-nature forest management is crucial for continuous greenhouse gas absorption from the atmosphere and also allows to provide renewable and climate-friendly raw material for wood products which store carbon and can act as a substitute to fossil-based materials and fuels; underlines that the "triple role" of forests (sink, storage and substitution) contributes to the reduction of carbon emissions release to the atmosphere, while ensuring that forests continue to grow and provide many other services, and should therefore play an integral part of regional environmental strategies;

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16. Emphasises that all sectors need to be represented and supported in the transition towards climate-neutral industrial processes, while maintaining international competitiveness;

16. Emphasises that all sectors need to be represented and supported in the transition towards climate-neutral industrial processes, while maintaining international competitiveness; believes that the proliferation of free trade agreements is an aggravating factor in environmental degradation and calls on the Commission to encourage the implementation of a process of industrial relocation within the Union;

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16. Emphasises that all sectors need to be represented and supported in the transition towards a climate-neutral economy, thus contributing to the sustainability of the Union while maintaining international competitiveness; underlines the strategic role of renewable, sustainable and decentralised energy in the development of the EU regions and their enterprises, in particular SMEs;

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16. Emphasises that all sectors need to be represented and supported in the transition towards climate-neutral industrial processes, while maintaining international competitiveness; and preserving economic, social and territorial cohesion among different European regions;

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16. Emphasises that all sectors need to be represented and supported in the transition towards greenhouse gas-neutral industrial and agricultural processes, while maintaining international competitiveness;

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16a. Urges the phasing out of public and private investments in highly polluting and harmful industries for which economically feasible alternatives

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are available, while respecting the rights of Member States to choose their energy mix;

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16b. Calls on national and regional programming authorities to maximise the transformational impact on climate and environmental protection during the ongoing development and national and regional EU funds spending plans;

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16c. Calls on the Commission to benchmark draft spending plans against highest possible climate ambition;

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Amendment 195Tonino Picula, Josianne Cutajar, Erik Bergkvist

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 d (new)

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16d. Welcomes the proposal on REACT EU as it continues and extends the crisis responses and crisis repair measures with additional resources to existing cohesion policy programmes;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 e (new)


16e. Welcomes the efforts of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to revise its energy lending policy and to devote 50% of its operations to climate action and environmental sustainability; calls on the EIB to commit to the sustainable transition towards climate neutrality while devoting particular attention to the regions most affected by the transition;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 f (new)


16f. Welcomes the presentation of the 'Renovation Wave Strategy' as one of the crucial strategies contributing to making Europe climate-neutral by 2050; emphasizes the need to address energy poverty through a programme of building

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renovation targeting vulnerable and low income households, as part of a wider European Anti Poverty Strategy;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 g (new)


16g. Calls on the Commission to consider referring to the Taxonomy Regulation for private and public investments; points out the need to enshrine the ‘do not significant harm’ principle;

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Amendment 199Tonino Picula, Josianne Cutajar, Constanze Krehl, Erik Bergkvist

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 h (new)


16h. Calls for further investments on sustainable mobility such as railways and sustainable urban mobility for greener cities with better life quality for citizens;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 i (new)

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16i. Calls on the Commission to link the assessment of the Paris agreement every 5 years with an assessment of further necessary adjustments in Cohesion Policy;

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16a. Emphasises that a reduction in land use, in particular soil sealing, should be taken into account as an important and key criterion for the implementation of the Cohesion Policy, in addition to regional environmental strategies, with a view to achieving, where possible, the potential for, and diversity of, land uses in combating climate change (water and CO2 storage, filtering, buffering and processing materials, food supply, production of biogenic resources);

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17. Stresses the need for the Energy Taxation Directive11 to be revised in line with the polluter pays principle, so as to

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promote sustainable energy sources to the detriment of fossil fuels by 2025 at the latest, paying particular attention to the social impact;_________________11 OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 51.

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17. Stresses the need for the Energy Taxation Directive11 to be revised in line with the polluter pays principle, so as to promote sustainable energy sources to the detriment of fossil fuels by 2025 at the latest, paying particular attention to the social impact;

17. Stresses the need for the Energy Taxation Directive11 to be revised in line with the polluter pays principle, so as to promote sustainable energy sources to the detriment of fossil fuels, while paying particular attention to the social and economic impact;

_________________ _________________11 OJ L 283, 31.10.2013, p. 51. 11 OJ L 283, 31.10.2013, p. 51.

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17. Stresses the need for the Energy Taxation Directive11 to be revised in line with the polluter pays principle, so as to promote sustainable energy sources to the detriment of fossil fuels by 2025 at the latest, paying particular attention to the

17. Stresses the need for the Energy Taxation Directive11 to be revised in line with the polluter pays principle, so as to promote sustainable energy sources that do not have any negative externalities due to their intermittent nature;

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social impact;_________________ _________________11 OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 51. 11 OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 51.

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17a. Calls for the application of a progressive carbon tax at the Union’s borders on foreign products that do not meet the same environmental production standards;

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18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy, to tackle issues linked to resource efficiency and to drive sustainable consumption;

18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy, to tackle issues linked to resource efficiency and to drive sustainable consumption, while taking account of the economic challenges faced by businesses during the period needed to recover from the COVID-19 health crisis;

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18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy, to tackle issues linked to resource efficiency and to drive sustainable consumption, in addition to offering an adequate regulatory framework and a set of concrete, wide-ranging and ambitious measures to boost the circular economy at EU level;

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18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy geared towards re-use and repair in order to promote resource efficiency and drive sustainable consumption by providing consumers with information on the durability and reparability of products through mandatory labelling;

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18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy, to tackle issues linked to resource inefficiency and to drive sustainable consumption;

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18a. Underlines the urgent need to further support the principles of circular economy and to prioritise the waste hierarchy;

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18a. Emphasises the importance of the Smart Villages concept in tackling climate related challenges of the Union and welcomes its integration in the future CAP, Cohesion and Regional policy of the Union; insists that member states include the Smart Villages approach in their Operational Programme for the

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Implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy at national and regional level, as well as in their national CAP Strategic Plans, which will require the preparation of Smart Villages Strategies1a at national level; emphasises the role of LEADER/CLLD approach while implementing Smart Villages Strategies, which should have a strong focus on digitalisation, sustainability and innovation;_________________1a 1a Article 72 b (Amendment 513) of the European Parliament's 1st reading position on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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18a. Promotes a strong involvement of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the transition process as well as in the design and in the implementation of the regional environment strategies since these actors are not only well-grounded in the local

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economic fabric, but will also be affected by the policies of the Green Deal; believes it crucial to help MSMEs grasp the opportunities of the environmental transition through tailor-made support in the upskilling and reskilling process;

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18a. Calls for local circular economy plans to be developed and for public contracts awarded by local and regional authorities to be green and ambitious in terms of durability of goods and services, which will increase the industrial resilience and strategic autonomy of the European Union;

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18a. Stresses that it is crucial to create and strengthen regional economic cycles, especially those based on biogenic raw materials from the rural and forestry economy, in order to generate sustainable growth and greener jobs;

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18a. Calls for the EU’s updated Circular Economy Action Plan to also continue to tackle issues linked to excessive urban expansion in the Union and to drive local consumption;

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18b. Is of the opinion that effective regional environment strategies will be also beneficial to the tourism sector since they could help enhance the appeal of many European regions as sustainable destinations and could overall promote a new kind of responsible tourism;

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18c. Recalls that the success of the regional environment strategies also

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depends on robust research and innovation policies also at the local and regional level; encourages the collaboration among local authorities, research institutions and enterprises such as the initiatives within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and its Knowledge and Innovation Community (KICs);

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19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change at regional and local levels;

19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change at regional and local levels, with a particular focus on the outermost regions given that they are significantly affected by climate change and are exposed to natural disasters such as cyclones, volcanic eruptions and drought, as well as flooding and rising water levels;

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19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion 19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion

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Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change at regional and local levels;

Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change at regional and local levels; calls for the establishment of effective regional and interregional cooperation mechanisms in the field of natural disaster prevention, including a capacity for reaction, management and mutual assistance in the event of disasters;

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19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change at regional and local levels;

19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change at regional and local levels; stresses that the Just Transition Fund will be a key instrument in supporting the territories most affected by the transition to climate neutrality and avoiding an increase in regional disparities;

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19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts

19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts

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of climate change at regional and local levels;

of climate change at the regional and local levels of the sovereign Member States;

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