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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on Development

2020/2042(INI)

15.10.2020

AMENDMENTS1 - 309Draft reportMónica Silvana González(PE650.537v01-00)

The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries(2020/2042(INI))

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Amendment 1Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

— having regard to Article 11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)

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Amendment 2György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionCitation 2


— having regard to the European Consensus on Development and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goals 1, 10, 11 and 13,

— having regard to the European Consensus on Development and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goals 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13,

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Amendment 3Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionCitation 2



— having regard to the European Consensus on Development and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goals 1, 5, 10, 11, 13 and 16,

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Amendment 4Frances Fitzgerald

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 2



— having regard to the European Consensus on Development and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goals 1, 10, 11, 13 and 17

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Amendment 5Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionCitation 3


— having regard to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement of 2015, the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) of 2013 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction of 2015,

— having regard to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement of 2015, the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) of 2013 and the recommendations by its Task Force on Displacement welcomed by the Conference of the Parties at its 24th Session (COP24), the Global Compact for Migration of 2018, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction of 2015;

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Amendment 6Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 3


— having regard to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement of 2015, the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM)

— having regard to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement of 2015, the Copenhagen Accord of 2009, the Warsaw International Mechanism for

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of 2013 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction of 2015,

Loss and Damage (WIM) of 2013 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction of 2015,

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Amendment 7Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 3 a (new)


— having regard to the FAO report “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018: Building climate resilience for food security and nutrition”;

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Amendment 8Barry Andrews, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula ZacharopoulouMotion for a resolutionCitation 3 a (new)


— having regard to the UN Global Compact on Migration of December 2018,

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Amendment 9Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionCitation 3 a (new)


– having regard to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration,

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Amendment 10Antoni Comín i Oliveres

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 3 b (new)


– having regard to UN Human Rights Council Resolution 41/21 of 12 July 2019 on Human Rights and Climate Change,

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Amendment 11Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 3 b (new)


— having regard to the 2020 scientific report “Small-scale fisheries in a warming ocean: exploring adaptation to climate change;”

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Amendment 12Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionCitation 3 c (new)


– having regard to the UN Human Rights Council resolution on the slow onset effects of Climate Change and Human Rights Protection for cross-border migrants,

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Amendment 13Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionCitation 3 d (new)


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– having regard to the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty of 17 July 2019 in relation to climate change and poverty,

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Amendment 14Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 a (new)


— having regard to the EU Adaptation Strategy of 2013, the Evaluation of the EU Adaptation Strategy of 2018 and the Blueprint for a new, more ambitious EU Strategy on the Adaptation to climate change;

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Amendment 15Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 a (new)


— having regard to the Oxfam report on “Confronting carbon inequality”, published on 21 September 2020

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Amendment 16Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 b (new)


— having regard to the European Parliament in depth analysis on Trade and Biodiversity of June 2020

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Amendment 17Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 b (new)


— having regard to the ILO Convention 169 on indigenous and tribal peoples (1989);

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Amendment 18Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 c (new)


— having regard to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) of 2007;

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Amendment 19Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 c (new)


— having regard to the EU Gender Action Plan 2016 and the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan

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Amendment 20Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 d (new)


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— having regard to the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (2019);

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Amendment 21Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 e (new)


— having regard to the IPCC Special report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (2019);

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Amendment 22Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 f (new)


— having regard to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) of 6 May 2019;

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Amendment 23Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 8 a (new)


— having regard to the special report of the IPCC “Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation”;

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Amendment 24Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionCitation 8 a (new)


— having regard to the UN Global Compact on Migration of December 2018;

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Amendment 25Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 8 b (new)


— having regard to the special Report of the IPCC “The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate”;

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Amendment 26Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 8 c (new)


— having regard to the Assembly of the United Nations resolution 71/312 “Our Ocean, our future: call for action”, especially its article 3;

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Amendment 27Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 8 d (new)


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— having regard to the report by the Secretary General of the United Nations Economic and Social Council “From global to local: supporting sustainable and resilient societies in urban and rural communities”;

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Amendment 28Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 8 e (new)


— having regard to the special report of the IPCC “Global Warming of 1.5°C”;

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Amendment 29Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital A


A. whereas the impacts of climate change include increases in the frequency and gravity of storms, floods, landslides, extreme heat waves, droughts, forest fires and other disasters, as well as slow-onset developments such as rising sea-levels, coastal erosion, salinisation, gradual changes in rainfall patterns and the decline and displacement of animal and plant populations;

A. whereas the impacts of climate change include increases in the frequency and gravity of storms, floods, landslides, extreme heat waves, droughts, forest fires and other disasters, as well as slow-onset developments such as rising sea-levels, coastal erosion, melting ice, salinisation and an increase in the toxicity of water caused by melting ice, gradual changes in rainfall patterns and the decline, disappearance and displacement of animal populations, including fishery resources, and plant populations, and conversely the proliferation of certain parasites and the zoonoses that may result from them;

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Amendment 30Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital A



A. whereas the impacts of climate change include increases in the frequency and gravity of storms and hurricanes, floods, landslides, extreme heat waves, droughts, forest fires and other disasters, as well as slow-onset developments such as rising sea-levels, coastal erosion, salinisation, gradual changes in rainfall patterns and the decline and displacement of animal and plant populations;

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Amendment 31Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital A



A. whereas impacts of climate change include increased frequency and gravity of storms, floods, landslides, extreme heat waves, droughts, forest fires and other disasters, as well as slow-onset processes such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion, salinisation, gradual changes in rainfall patterns, permafrost thawing, and decline and displacement of animal and plant populations;

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Amendment 32Frances FitzgeraldMotion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas developing countries are B. whereas developing countries are

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more exposed and whereas the poorest and already most vulnerable populations in these countries are even worse affected, because their dwellings tend to be located in areas more prone to flooding, landslides, drought, etc., because they lack the means to increase their resilience and because they tend to live from agriculture, fishing and other activities based on natural resources, the presence of which may decrease or even cease;

more exposed and whereas the poorest and already most vulnerable populations in these countries are even worse affected, because their dwellings tend to be located in areas more prone to flooding, landslides, drought, etc., because they lack the means to increase their resilience and because they tend to live from agriculture, fishing and other activities based on natural resources, the presence of which may decrease or even cease; whereas climate change impacts will increase the already high number of people worldwide in need of humanitarian assistance;

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Amendment 33Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas developing countries are more exposed and whereas the poorest and already most vulnerable populations in these countries are even worse affected, because their dwellings tend to be located in areas more prone to flooding, landslides, drought, etc., because they lack the means to increase their resilience and because they tend to live from agriculture, fishing and other activities based on natural resources, the presence of which may decrease or even cease;

B. whereas developing countries, owing to their geographical situation, particularly in the case of Sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority of the least-developed countries are located, are more exposed to the consequences of climate change and whereas the poorest and already most vulnerable populations in these countries are even worse affected, because their dwellings tend to be located in areas more prone to flooding, landslides, drought, etc.;

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Amendment 34Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas large-scale, uncontrolled urbanisation in some developing countries is also a risk factor in

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connection with climate change, particularly with regard to the building of makeshift housing without access to running water and in very poor sanitary conditions; is concerned in this regard that urbanisation on the African continent has accelerated, resulting in the need for four million additional dwellings annually in a context of strong demographic growth; stresses the need to encourage the maintenance, as far as possible, of traditional structures, such as those linked to family farming, through investment in agroecology and by promoting generational renewal among agricultural workers;

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Amendment 35Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas according to a recent study prepared by OXFAM and the Stockholm Environment Institute, the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population were responsible for the emission of more than twice as much carbon dioxide as the poorer half of the world from 1990 to 2015, while the richest 10% of the global population, were responsible for about 52% of global emissions.

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Amendment 36Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital B (new)


Bb. whereas the strong demographic growth in the least developed countries in particular is also a factor in vulnerability

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to climate change, particularly in view of the lack of economic opportunities for young people; is concerned in this regard by the situation in the Sahel, where the demographic transition has not yet started, since the synthetic fertility index is between 4.1 and 7.6 children per woman, depending on the country; stresses that it is up to the countries concerned to step up their efforts to control this high birth rate, taking into account the underlying cultural and religious causes, in particular the persistence of early marriage;

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Amendment 37Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas poverty and inequality are both a cause and an effect of vulnerability; whereas reducing poverty and inequality is therefore intrinsically linked with climate action and must more clearly guide the EU’s development policy, with support from other EU policies affecting developing countries, as stipulated by Article 208 of the TFEU;

C. whereas poverty and inequality are both a cause and an effect of vulnerability and related displacement; whereas reducing poverty and inequality is therefore intrinsically linked with climate action and must more clearly guide the EU’s development policy, with support from other EU policies affecting developing countries, as stipulated by Article 208 of the TFEU;

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Amendment 38Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas poverty and inequality are both a cause and an effect of vulnerability; whereas reducing poverty and inequality is therefore intrinsically linked with climate action and must more clearly guide the

C. whereas poverty and inequality are both a cause and an effect of vulnerability; whereas reducing poverty and inequality must more clearly guide the EU’s development policy, with support from

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EU’s development policy, with support from other EU policies affecting developing countries, as stipulated by Article 208 of the TFEU;

other EU policies affecting developing countries, as stipulated by Article 208 of the TFEU;

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Amendment 39Beata Kempaon behalf of the ECR GroupEmmanouil FragkosMotion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas poverty and inequality are both a cause and an effect of vulnerability; whereas reducing poverty and inequality is therefore intrinsically linked with climate action and must more clearly guide the EU’s development policy, with support from other EU policies affecting developing countries, as stipulated by Article 208 of the TFEU;

C. whereas poverty and inequality are both a cause and an effect of vulnerability; whereas reducing poverty and inequality must more clearly guide the EU’s development policy, with support from other EU policies affecting developing countries, as stipulated by Article 208 of the TFEU;

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Amendment 40Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)


Ca. whereas according to a recent study by the International Organization for Migration, Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small-Island Developing States (SIDS) – which are collectively home to about 1.1 billion people – are among the most vulnerable groups of countries in the world, and are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts of climate change owing to structural constraints and geographical

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disadvantages;

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Amendment 41Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital D


D. whereas vulnerability to the impacts of climate change is also both a cause and an effect of conflicts and whereas addressing this vulnerability is hugely important for conflict prevention;

D. whereas vulnerability to the impacts of climate change is also both a cause and an effect of conflicts and whereas addressing this vulnerability is hugely important for conflict prevention; stresses the importance of helping developing and least developed countries to develop the resources and means needed to cope with climate change, including water resource management and forecasting and anticipating weather events, as well as health monitoring;

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Amendment 42Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. whereas a number of specific measures can be implemented to enhance adaptation to climate change, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, in particular the diversification of farmers’ crops and activities and the transition to more drought-resistant crops, and whereas it is in particular essential to help the countries concerned develop the means to forecast and anticipate weather events and natural disasters; deplores, in particular, the fact that the health and humanitarian disaster caused by the locust invasion in the Horn of Africa and East Africa, where 42 million people were at risk of severe food insecurity according

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to the FAO in April 2020, could have been mitigated by appropriate and far less costly monitoring and prevention measures;

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Amendment 43Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. whereas there are other environmental factors not directly linked to climate change, but linked to human-made environmental changes such as land degradation or marine and coastal ecosystem degradation, land and water grabbing, as well as environmental disasters and pollution caused by wars, which also act as risk-multipliers and migration drivers, notably in relation to vulnerable populations that are highly dependent on agriculture and local natural resources;

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Amendment 44Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. whereas the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations can exacerbate migratory flows to EU Member States; whereas people who are forced to flee their countries due to the effects of climate change are currently not entitled to apply for asylum, subsidiary protection or temporary protection;

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Amendment 45Janina OchojskaMotion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. whereas climate change is more than just one of the 17 SDGs specified in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as it is a threat multiplier with the potential to worsen some of humanity’s greatest challenges, including health, poverty and hunger;

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Amendment 46Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital E


E. whereas the basic principles of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development include leaving no one behind and addressing the needs of those furthest behind first; whereas a comprehensive strategy is needed for implementing this in the EU’s climate-related policies;

E. whereas the adverse effects of climate change will often reverse development progress, in particular when they lead to disasters and crises, and related displacement becomes protracted; whereas the basic principles of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development include leaving no one behind and addressing the needs of those furthest behind first; whereas a comprehensive strategy is needed for implementing this in the EU’s climate-related policies;

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Amendment 47Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital E


E. whereas the basic principles of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

E. whereas the basic principles of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

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Development include leaving no one behind and addressing the needs of those furthest behind first; whereas a comprehensive strategy is needed for implementing this in the EU’s climate-related policies;

Development include leaving no one behind and addressing the needs of those furthest behind first, and whereas EU development policies must be guided by the sustainable development goals;

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Amendment 48Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital E a (new)


Ea. whereas the shift to a low-carbon future that includes clean technology such as solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and batteries will require a lot of minerals, the extraction of which may finance armed conflict, lead to forced labour, and generate deforestation and land grabbing;

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Amendment 49Beata Kempaon behalf of the ECR GroupEmmanouil FragkosMotion for a resolutionRecital F


F. whereas poverty and inequality should be understood in a wide sense that includes deprivation of access to vital resources of all kinds, as well as discrimination, which reduces possible life choices and adaptation capabilities; whereas women, children, elderly people, persons with disabilities and indigenous people are often subject to discrimination;

F. whereas poverty and inequality should be understood in a wide sense that includes deprivation of access to vital resources of all kinds, in particular safe, clean water, as over 40% of the global population does not have access to sufficient clean water, and developing countries are most affected by water shortages and poor water quality, as well as discrimination, which reduces possible life choices and adaptation capabilities; whereas women, children, elderly people,

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persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples are often subject to discrimination;

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Amendment 50Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital F



F. whereas poverty and inequality should be understood in a wide sense that includes deprivation of access to vital resources of all kinds, as well as discrimination, which reduces possible life choices and adaptation capabilities; whereas women, children, elderly people, persons with disabilities and indigenous people are often subject to discrimination, or in any case have specific needs which should be met;

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Amendment 51György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionRecital F



F. whereas poverty and inequality should be understood in a wide sense that includes deprivation of access to vital resources of all kinds, and access to education, as well as discrimination, which reduces possible life choices and adaptation capabilities; whereas women, children, elderly people, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and religious communities are often subject to discrimination;

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Amendment 52Antoni Comín i Oliveres

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Motion for a resolutionRecital F



F. whereas poverty and inequality should be understood in a wide sense that includes deprivation of access to vital resources of all kinds, as well as discrimination, which reduces possible life choices and adaptation capabilities; whereas women, children, elderly people, persons with disabilities, national minorities and indigenous people are often subject to discrimination;

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Amendment 53Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F a (new)


Fa. whereas 80 % of forests worldwide constitute traditional lands and territories of indigenous peoples; whereas indigenous peoples play a vital role for sustainable management of natural resources and conservation of biodiversity;

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Amendment 54Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F b (new)


Fb. whereas indigenous reservations constitute an important barrier against deforestation; whereas the tropical forests inhabited by indigenous peoples and local communities contribute to storing carbon

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across the tropical forest biome, making them valuable in any strategy to address climate change;

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Amendment 55Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F c (new)


Fc. whereas indigenous peoples remain among the poorest of the poor and are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change, as they strongly dependent on lands and natural resources and ecosystems for their basic needs and livelihoods; whereas at the same time, a growing body of research suggests that indigenous peoples have a long record of adapting to climate variability, drawing on their traditional knowledge, which enhances their resilience;

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Amendment 56Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F d (new)


Fd. whereas the Special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples indicated, in her 2017 report, to have received an increasing number of allegations concerning situations where climate change mitigation projects have negatively affected the rights of indigenous peoples, notably renewable energy projects such as biofuel production and the construction of hydroelectric dams;

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Amendment 57Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F e (new)


Fe. whereas the lack of recognition of indigenous peoples’ and communities’ customary land rights generates risks of land grabbing, thereby jeopardising their livelihoods and their ability to respond to climate change or biodiversity loss;

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Amendment 58Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F f (new)


Ff. whereas in its Special Report on Climate Change and Land (2019), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recognises the importance of securing community land for climate change;

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Amendment 59Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F g (new)


Fg. whereas the UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples has identified the extractive industries as a main source of conflict and violence on indigenous peoples’ territories;

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Amendment 60Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F h (new)


Fh. whereas the destruction of wildlife habitats, such as forests, facilitates the spread of viruses; whereas the FAO confirms that the increase in emerging infectious diseases coincides with the accelerated growth of tropical deforestation, linked in particular to the cultivation of oil palm or soybean;

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Amendment 61Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F i (new)


Fi. whereas climate change is having a serious impact on the global ocean (acidification; more intense, longer and frequent marine heatwaves, destruction of coral reefs, etc.); whereas in a business-as-usual scenario, climate change is expected to reduce fish biomass by 30 to 40% in some tropical regions by 2100; whereas countries in these zones are highly dependent on fisheries, but lack social and financial resources to adapt and prepare for the future;

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Amendment 62Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F j (new)

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Fj. whereas climate change has growing impacts on fish populations in developing countries, thus having implications in the short and medium run for the livelihood of coastal communities who lack social and financial resources to adapt and prepare for the future;

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Amendment 63Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F k (new)


Fk. whereas small-scale fisheries in developing countries are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, although they are by far the ocean’s largest employer;

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Amendment 64Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F l (new)


Fl. whereas the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate provides equally evidence of the benefits of combining scientific with local and indigenous knowledge to enforce resilience;

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Amendment 65Mónica Silvana González

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Motion for a resolutionRecital G


G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women are also strongly over-represented among people displaced for reasons related to climate change;

G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, particularly sexual and reproductive health services, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas 80% of those who are displaced as a result of climate change are women and children who are more exposed to the negative effects of climate change and face greater difficulties related thereto, including a much higher risk of dying in natural disasters; whereas the situation for people who are internally displaced due to environmental reasons is worst for people in vulnerable situations including women, who are often exposed to violations of their basic rights as victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation; whereas women are usually at a higher risk of being located in unsafe, overcrowded shelters due to their lack of assets and greater vulnerability to poverty;

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Amendment 66Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital G


G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, participation in

G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, participation in

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decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women are also strongly over-represented among people displaced for reasons related to climate change;

decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women are also strongly over-represented among people displaced for reasons related to climate change; whereas, however, men are also affected by climate change, since they are in a majority in certain sectors of activity, such as construction, where working conditions will be strongly impacted by climate change, and whereas they account for an overwhelming majority of fire-fighters, who are on the front line in the event of natural disasters, including fires;

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Amendment 67Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital G



G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, access to education and vocational training, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women and children are also strongly over-represented among people displaced for reasons related to climate change;

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Amendment 68Frances FitzgeraldMotion for a resolutionRecital G


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G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women and children are also strongly over-represented among people displaced for reasons related to climate change;

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Amendment 69Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Barry AndrewsMotion for a resolutionRecital G



G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women are also strongly over-represented among the victims of natural disasters and people displaced for reasons related to climate change;

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Amendment 70György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionRecital G


G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the

G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the

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agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women are also strongly over-represented among people displaced for reasons related to climate change;

agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women face specific difficulties among people displaced for reasons related to climate change;

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Amendment 71Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas, according to Unicef, in 2015, ‘more than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones’; whereas, as a result, climate change is likely to have a significant impact on children, who are more vulnerable to disease, including vector-borne diseases such as malaria, whose prevalence is likely to increase as a result of climate change; and whereas the resources deployed against COVID-19 in Africa have, as an inadvertent consequence, disrupted certain essential child vaccination programmes, even though Africa has been relatively spared by COVID-19;

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Amendment 72Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. stresses that women and girls are powerful agents of change in particular for climate action and calls for EU

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development programmes to promote the meaningful participation and empowerment of women and their organisations at all levels and at all stages of policy design, planning, financing, implementation monitoring and evaluation, as their inclusion is crucial to improve climate mitigation as well as resilience policy interventions and fair allocation of resources in order to tackle the obstacles that affect them disproportionately and to ensure long-term sustainable climate solutions; stresses in this regard the need to support capacity building and women’s role as educators and promoters of change and ensure adequate financing for these organisations;

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Amendment 73Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas indigenous peoples are often seen only as victims of climate change as opposed to as persons able to conserve the environment by playing a key role in the fight against climate change; whereas indigenous peoples have to resist the occupation and deforestation of land they have lived on for centuries, as well as incursions on their territory for the extraction of fossil fuels; whereas indigenous populations are often excluded from decision-making procedures on how to adapt to, and mitigate, climate change;

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Amendment 74Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Iskra Mihaylova, Catherine Chabaud, Barry AndrewsMotion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)

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Ga. whereas the COVID-19 crisis illustrates the close link between human health and the health of our ecosystems; whereas the role of women in implementing the One Health approach in environmental policies and climate action should be further recognised and promoted;

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Amendment 75Barry Andrews, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula ZacharopoulouMotion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas the UN Global Compact on Migration identifies climate change and environmental degradation as a driver of population displacement;

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Amendment 76Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital G b (new)


Gb. whereas, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), 73 million children aged 5-17 are engaged in dangerous work within the meaning of Convention No. 182 of the ILO in various sectors from agriculture to construction; whereas 22 000 children die at work every year according to the ILO; whereas working conditions will deteriorate in sectors affected by dangerous child labour as a result of the geographical location and nature of the activities concerned, which are often carried out in the open air; and whereas

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it is therefore important that the countries concerned step up their efforts to eradicate child labour, in particular the worst forms of child labour, within the meaning of the above-mentioned Convention;

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Amendment 77Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital H


H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increases vulnerabilities in developing countries both through its direct impact on public health and through its many deepening economic effects; whereas both the pandemic and climate change are eroding public finances while at the same time increasing financing needs, including for social protection and services;

H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increases vulnerabilities in developing countries both through its direct impact on public health and through its many deepening economic and social effects; whereas both the pandemic and climate change are eroding public finances while at the same time increasing financing needs, including for social protection and services; whereas the COVID-19 reflects the interdependence of health crises with climate and environmental crises and the loss of biodiversity;

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Amendment 78Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital H



H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increases vulnerabilities in developing countries both through its direct impact on public health and through its many deepening economic effects; whereas both the pandemic and climate change are eroding public finances while at the same time increasing financing needs, including for social protection and services, and

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disrupting public health services and programmes, particularly those targeting children;

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Amendment 79Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionRecital H



H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increases vulnerabilities in developing countries both through its direct impact on public health and through its many deepening economic effects such as increasing inequalities, poverty , hunger and food insecurity; whereas both the pandemic and climate change are eroding public finances while at the same time increasing financing needs, including for social protection and services;

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Amendment 80Frances FitzgeraldMotion for a resolutionRecital H



H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increases vulnerabilities in developing countries both through its direct impact on public health and through its many deepening economic and societal effects, and impact on access to resources and services; whereas both the pandemic and climate change are eroding public finances while at the same time increasing financing needs, including for social protection and services;

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Amendment 81

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György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionRecital H



H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increases vulnerabilities in developing countries both through its direct impact on public health and by aggravating already existing economic vulnerabilities ; whereas both the pandemic and climate change are eroding public finances while at the same time increasing financing needs, including for social protection and services;

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Amendment 82Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital H a (new)


Ha. whereas, however, Africa has resisted the COVID-19 pandemic well, with 1 420 664 cases recorded in 55 African countries and 34 323 deaths as at the end of September 2020, and whereas initial forecasts were therefore incorrect;

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Amendment 83Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital H b (new)


Hb. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the capacity of the African continent and national health systems to cope with the health emergency, as some equipment has even been produced on the continent, and whereas in future priority should be given

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to reliance on the national health systems of these countries in the event of a health emergency, while ensuring transparent management of any funds provided;

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Amendment 84Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital I


I. whereas the governments of developing countries must lead efforts to reduce vulnerabilities, increase resilience and strengthen support capacities, but the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries must radically scale up their actions, given that the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that are causing climate change were emitted almost exclusively by them, their emissions remain totally dominant, they possess badly needed resources for effective climate action, and they have made important commitments in this respect; whereas, for all these reasons, the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries have a moral obligation to do much more;

I. whereas the governments of developing countries must lead efforts to reduce vulnerabilities, increase resilience and their adaptability and strengthen support capacities, but the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries must modify their actions in order to make them more effective and adapted to the new needs and challenges, given that the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that are causing climate change were emitted almost exclusively by them, but are now increasingly being emitted by China and India, which are still considered to be developing countries by the World Trade Organisation and benefit from more favourable emission reduction conditions under the Paris Agreement but whose share of global emissions has risen from 36% to 71% over the last decade; whereas China in particular continues to invest in fossil fuels, including coal-fired power plants, in many developing countries as part of its ‘New Silk Road’ strategy, and whereas, therefore, the EU cannot bear on its own the burden and responsibility for global emission reductions;

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Amendment 85Jan-Christoph OetjenMotion for a resolutionRecital I

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I. whereas the governments of developing countries must lead efforts to reduce vulnerabilities, increase resilience and strengthen support capacities; whereas the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries must radically scale up their actions, in line with their commitments in this respect; whereas the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries have a moral obligation to do much more;

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Amendment 86György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionRecital I



I. whereas the governments of developing countries must lead efforts to reduce vulnerabilities, increase resilience and strengthen support capacities, but countries being primary responsible for the increase of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries must radically scale up their actions in line with their commitments, given that the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that are causing climate change were emitted almost exclusively by them, their emissions remain totally dominant, they possess badly needed resources for effective climate action, and they have made important commitments in this respect; whereas, for all these reasons, the

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EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries have a moral obligation to do much more;

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Amendment 87Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I



I. whereas the governments of developing countries must lead efforts to reduce vulnerabilities, increase resilience and strengthen support capacities, but the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries must radically scale up their actions, given that the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that are causing climate change were emitted almost exclusively by them, their emissions remain totally dominant, they possess badly needed resources for effective climate action, and they have made important commitments in this respect; whereas, for all these reasons, the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries have a moral obligation to do much more, in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities;

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Amendment 88Frances FitzgeraldMotion for a resolutionRecital I


I. whereas the governments of developing countries must lead efforts to reduce vulnerabilities, increase resilience and strengthen support capacities, but the

I. whereas the governments of developing countries must lead efforts to reduce vulnerabilities, increase resilience and strengthen support capacities, but the

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EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries must radically scale up their actions, given that the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that are causing climate change were emitted almost exclusively by them, their emissions remain totally dominant, they possess badly needed resources for effective climate action, and they have made important commitments in this respect; whereas, for all these reasons, the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries have a moral obligation to do much more;

EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries must radically scale up their actions, given that they possess badly needed resources for effective climate action, and they have made important commitments in this respect; whereas, for all these reasons, the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries have a moral obligation to support developing countries’ mitigation and adaptation efforts, with a focus on vulnerable populations;

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Amendment 89Beata Kempaon behalf of the ECR GroupEmmanouil FragkosMotion for a resolutionRecital I



I. whereas the governments of developing countries must lead efforts to reduce vulnerabilities, increase resilience and strengthen support capacities, but the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries must scale up their actions, given that the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that are causing climate change were emitted almost exclusively by them, their emissions remain totally dominant, they possess badly needed resources for effective climate action, and they have made important commitments in this respect; whereas, for all these reasons, the EU, its Member States and other developed and emerging countries have a moral obligation to do much more;

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Amendment 90Frances Fitzgerald

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Motion for a resolutionRecital I a (new)


Ia. whereas a territorial approach and concrete actions should be encouraged to ensure a tailor-made approach; whereas a partnership between all spheres of government (from the local to national and international) must be encouraged, through the involvement of the local population, civil society organisations, the private sector, and academia;

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Amendment 91Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionRecital I a (new)


Ia. whereas the European Commission plans to submit the EU’s new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement to the UNFCCC by the end of 2020 and plans to set out the legislative proposals needed to implement the new target by June 2021, both as agreed by the European Parliament and the European Council;

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Amendment 92Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital J


J. whereas developing countries’ payments on their debts drain their capacities to deal with the climate and other crises and to support their most vulnerable populations; whereas

J. whereas developing countries’ payments on their debts drain their capacities to deal with the climate and other crises and to support their most vulnerable populations; whereas

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international efforts to prevent debt distress and enable orderly debt workout must therefore be intensified;

international efforts to prevent debt distress and enable orderly debt workout must therefore be intensified, provided in particular that this effort is general and does not concern the EU alone, since China holds about one-third of the total debt of the African continent;

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Amendment 93György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionRecital J


J. whereas developing countries’ payments on their debts drain their capacities to deal with the climate and other crises and to support their most vulnerable populations; whereas international efforts to prevent debt distress and enable orderly debt workout must therefore be intensified;

J. whereas developing countries’ poor budgetary discipline and payments on their debts limit their capacities to increase the resilience of vulnerable populations against climate shocks; whereas consideration of international efforts to prevent debt distress and enable orderly debt workout must therefore be intensified;

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Amendment 94Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital K


K. whereas international financing of climate action in developing countries remains extremely insufficient and focused on emissions reduction, despite the particularly urgent need for adaptation action; whereas, however, the main mitigation efforts must take place in developed countries, where emissions are up to more than a hundred times higher per capita;

K. whereas, according to an OECD report, ‘in 2019, Official Development Assistance (ODA) from member countries of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) amounted to USD 152.8 billion, or 0.30% of their combined GNI’, and whereas ‘total ODA in 2019 rose by 1.4% in real terms compared to 2018’, but whereas international financing of climate action in developing countries is without doubt inadequate and focused on emissions reduction, despite the particularly urgent need for adaptation

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action; whereas, however, the main mitigation efforts must take place in developed countries, where emissions are up to more than a hundred times higher per capita;

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Amendment 95Beata Kempaon behalf of the ECR GroupEmmanouil FragkosMotion for a resolutionRecital K


K. whereas international financing of climate action in developing countries remains extremely insufficient and focused on emissions reduction, despite the particularly urgent need for adaptation action; whereas, however, the main mitigation efforts must take place in developed countries, where emissions are up to more than a hundred times higher per capita;

K. whereas international financing of climate action in developing countries remains insufficient and focused on emissions reduction, despite the particularly urgent need for adaptation action; whereas, however, the main mitigation efforts must take place in developed countries, where emissions are up to more than a hundred times higher per capita;

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Amendment 96György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionRecital K a (new)


Ka. whereas knowledge and technology transfer should facilitate the transition of developing countries to a green economy, by considering the economic and social impacts of the change, and by preserving competitiveness of developing economies on the global stage;

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Amendment 97

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Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital K a (new)


Ka. whereas Africa primarily needs investments in climate crisis adaptation, while the European Commission’s Communication “Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa” of 9 March 2020 focuses on climate change mitigation;

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Amendment 98Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionRecital K a (new)


Ka. whereas the European Commission targets to reach Union climate neutrality by 2050; whereas the EU in this effort is a global leading role model for reaching climate neutrality;

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Amendment 99Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital L


L. whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers to adapt their agricultural methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, and helping poor

L. whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers and fishermen to adapt their agricultural and fishing methods to changes in rainfall and

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people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re-settle;

temperature patterns, helping them to face up the irreversible deterioration of terrestrial and marine ecosystems and the ensuing consequences for their food and economic security and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re-settle; whereas these adaptation actions should encourage environmentally friendly and nature-based solutions;

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Amendment 100Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital L


L. whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers to adapt their agricultural methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re-settle;

L. whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers to adapt their agricultural methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, possibly by helping them transition to more drought-resistant crops and, where applicable, develop an activity which is complementary to the main farming activity, and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re-settle;

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Amendment 101Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionRecital L


L. whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they

L. whereas the effects of climate change occur in societies comprising groups with very unequal access to resources enabling them to adapt to, and

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depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers to adapt their agricultural methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re-settle;

mitigate, those effects; whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers to adapt their agricultural methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re-settle;

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Amendment 102Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital L


L. whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers to adapt their agricultural methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re-settle;

L. whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, increasing their access to climate-responsive social protection and services, helping subsistence farmers to adapt their agricultural methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re-settle;

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Amendment 103György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionRecital L




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depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers to adapt their agricultural methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re-settle;

depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, supporting farmers in the adaptation of their agricultural methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, and providing assistance for people in need to establish decent life condition and to have decent work to contribute to their local re-settlement;

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Amendment 104György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionRecital L a (new)


La. whereas due to the impact of climate change on agriculture the EU must promote sustainable and productive dryland agro-ecosystems through forming model farms, implementing landscape approaches, supporting both exchanges of farmers’ experiences, and farmers’ field schools, and providing training in the framework of EU development cooperation notably in the Sahel region and in other desertification affected areas;

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Amendment 105Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital L a (new)


La. whereas adverse effects of climate change are important drivers of displacement within countries and across borders interacting with and exacerbating factors such as poverty, marginalisation, weak governance, the absence of effective measures to reduce disaster risks and adapt to climate change, and in some

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situations conflict and its root causes;

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Amendment 106Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital L b (new)


Lb. whereas already today an annual average of more than 20 million people are displaced by sudden-onset weather and climate-related events, while many others are forced or decide to move in the context of sea-level rise, droughts, perma-frost thawing and other slow-onset processes related to global warming;

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Amendment 107Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital M


M. whereas, according to the World Bank, by 2050, without concrete climate and development action, over 143 million people in just three regions (Latin America, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa) could be forced to move within their own countries to escape the slow-onset impacts of climate change;

M. whereas, according to the World Bank, by 2050, without concrete climate and development action, over 143 million people in just three regions (Latin America, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa) could be forced to move within their own countries to escape the slow-onset impacts of climate change; whereas this situation will particularly affect certain economic sectors, such as pastoralism, and whereas the consequences of stresses on pastoralism are already evident in certain regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, notably the Sahel and the Horn of Africa;

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Amendment 108Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolution

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M. whereas, according to the World Bank by 2050 over 143 million people in just three regions (Latin America, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa) are likely to move within their own countries to escape the slow-onset impacts of climate change, unless effective measures are taken to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases; reduce disaster risks; adapt to climate change; strengthen the resilience as well as to reduce the vulnerability of people and communities at risk of displacement; and find durable solutions for people who are displaced;

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Amendment 109Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionRecital M



M. whereas, climate-fuelled disasters are the number one driver of internal displacement in low- and lower-middle income countries and, according to the World Bank, by 2050, without concrete climate and development action, over 143 million people in just three regions (Latin America, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa) could be forced to move within their own countries to escape the slow-onset impacts of climate change;

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Amendment 110Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital M a (new)


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Ma. whereas it is increasingly recognised that preventing, addressing, and resolving displacement and migration related to climate change is primarily a development challenge; whereas local and regional governments in some developing countries have started to integrate management of displacement risks and the finding of durable solutions for displacement-affected communities as well as disaster risk reduction and climate action plans and adaptation strategies, while cooperating with their peers in initiatives such as the Covenant of Mayors;

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Amendment 111Janina OchojskaMotion for a resolutionRecital M a (new)


Ma. whereas climate-induced displacements are expected to increase as extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, sea levels rise and many countries start to experience the limits of their adaptation and disaster risk reduction action and measures;

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Amendment 112Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital M a (new)


Ma. whereas according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 17.2 million people had to leave their homes last year, because of disasters that negatively affected their lives;

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Amendment 113Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital M b (new)


Mb. whereas the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) identifies climate change among the drivers that compel people to leave their country of origin and commits countries to enhance the availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration including for displaced persons who cannot return to and adapt in countries of origin affected by adverse effects of climate change;

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Amendment 114Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital M b (new)


Mb. whereas climate-induced displacements are expected to increase as extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, sea levels rise and many countries start to experience the limits of their adaptation and disaster risk reduction action and measures;

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Amendment 115Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital M c (new)


Mc. whereas the Global Compact on

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Refugees (GCR) acknowledges that external forced displacement may result from sudden-onset disasters and environmental degradation and recognises the need for guidance and support for measures assisting those displaced by disasters;

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Amendment 116Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital N


N. whereas the ruling by the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v New Zealand acknowledges a legal basis for refugee protection for those who face an imminent threat to their life on account of climate change;

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Amendment 117Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital N



N. Whereas the ruling by the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand gives therefore an incentive to a clarification of a common terminology at the international level as well as the European level concerning the conditions of climate-induced migration and calls for the consideration of protection solutions for vulnerable populations coming from territories that will become, in the short or long term, uninhabitable due to the impacts of climate change;

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Amendment 118Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionRecital N



N. whereas the ruling by the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v New Zealand acknowledges a legal basis for refugee protection for those who face an imminent threat to their life on account of climate change; Emphasises that EU policies, support and solutions should be regional and prioritise local adaptation efforts within the countries from which people are compelled to move due to climate-related harm;

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Amendment 119Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionRecital N



N. whereas the ruling by the UN Human Rights Committee Teitiota v New Zealand acknowledges that persons whose lives are imminently threatened by adverse effects of climate change must not be deported back to their countries of origin;

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Amendment 120Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital N a (new)


Na. whereas the strategy of the EU and its Member States in support of developing countries should be designed

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to anticipate the effects of climate change; whereas this support should be directed both to the short-term effects of climate change, such as natural disasters, and to its long-term effects such as the loss of territories due to rising sea-levels or droughts ;

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Amendment 121Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital N a (new)


Na. whereas 200 to 500 million people worldwide practise pastoralism and pastoralism is central to livelihood strategies in the drylands and mountainous regions of East Africa;

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Amendment 122Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital N b (new)


Nb. whereas climate change constitutes a major challenge for both the national and local levels and requires a territorial approach in order to give decentralised local authorities as well as local CSOs a greater role to address the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change

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Amendment 123Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolution

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Recital N b (new)


Nb. whereas agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate change, notably for small-scale family farming, which constitutes the predominant form of agriculture worldwide;

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Amendment 124Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital N c (new)


Nc. whereas the geographical situations of developing countries tend to make them suffer worse consequences of the impacts of climate change, in particular in the case of developing countries around the tropical belt which regularly suffer from extreme weather events such as El Nino or La Nina;

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Amendment 125Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital N c (new)


Nc. whereas on 20 December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a project through which it declared 2019-2028 as the United Nations Decade of Family Farming;

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Amendment 126Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasi

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on behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital N d (new)


Nd. whereas food systems are responsible for up to one-third of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, with these emissions including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N20) and therefore being a major driver of climate change;

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Amendment 127Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital N d (new)


Nd. whereas vulnerable populations are directly dependent on biological diversity for their food, health and economic security; whereas they sometimes lack the resources to effectively address climate change on their own;

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Amendment 128Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital N e (new)


Ne. whereas island territories are particularly affected by the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, increasing air and sea surface temperatures and tropical cyclones; whereas islands and isolated territories often rely on international and EU aid for

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their risk and crisis management capacity

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Amendment 129Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital N e (new)


Ne. whereas according to the FAO, over the past two decades, commercial agriculture has become the most important driver of deforestation in Low Income and Low Middle Income countries, especially in tropical areas;

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Amendment 130Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital N f (new)


Nf. whereas, according to the OECD, South-South migration, whether voluntary or forced, concerns 82 million people and accounts for 36% of international migration; whereas international and European development strategies should therefore take into account this macro-regional perspective in order to better support the resilience of vulnerable populations and the adaptation of territories affected by the impacts of climate change;

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Amendment 131Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital N f (new)

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Nf. whereas economic globalisation has often led to an agricultural model based on export crop monocultures which favours unsustainable farming practices in many developing countries and reinforces a dual agricultural model, where small-scale farming is impoverished and, consequently, even more vulnerable to climate change;

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Amendment 132Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital N g (new)


Ng. whereas the 1951 International Convention relating to the Status of Refugees does not cover the scope of protection of persons displaced on environmental grounds;

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Amendment 133Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital N g (new)


Ng. whereas the globalisation of agricultural markets is reinforcing biodiversity erosion, resulting in less capacity to innovate and adapt to climate change;

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Amendment 134Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula

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Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital N h (new)


Nh. whereas climate-induced migration is increasing and requires intensified cooperation at the international level as well as the development of sustainable and realistic solutions, adapted to the needs of the affected populations, to strengthen their resilience to climate change;

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Amendment 135Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital N h (new)


Nh. whereas there is scientific evidence that organic farming practises can achieve higher levels of CO2 sequestration, which makes them an important solution in mitigating climate change;

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Amendment 136Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital N i (new)


Ni. whereas environmental crimes, the cost of which has been estimated by the UN Environment programme and INTERPOL to be up to twice as high as the global aid budget, accelerate climate change, notably through forestry crimes;

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Amendment 137Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital N j (new)


Nj. whereas the Republic of Maldives called, in its statement of 3 December 2019, to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to recognise criminal acts that amount to ecocide;

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Amendment 138Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Barry AndrewsMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action;

1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action; stresses that the external dimension of the Green Deal should give priority to supporting partner countries in their efforts to adapt to climate change and take full account of the particular needs of the most vulnerable people or those suffering discrimination;

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Amendment 139Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane Bijoux

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action;

1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to show climate and biodiversity leadership and to make its European Green Deal an example of such action; recalls in this regard the proposal of the President of the European Commission to increase the 2030 target for emission reduction to at least 55% within the EU;

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Amendment 140Beata Kempaon behalf of the ECR GroupEmmanouil FragkosMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1



1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries;

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Amendment 141Dominique Bilde

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action;

1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries, in particular the least developed countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action, in particular China, which is increasing fossil fuel projects as part of its so-called ‘New Silk Road’ strategy;

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Amendment 142Barry Andrews, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula ZacharopoulouMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1



1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action; insists that the European Green Deal must contain a stronger third country dimension;

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Amendment 143Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1


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1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the lack of ambition of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action;

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Amendment 144Frances FitzgeraldMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1



1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; urges world leaders to take the appropriate and necessary action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action;

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Amendment 145Janina OchojskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Highlights the fact that developing countries are disproportionately affected by the adverse impacts of climate change; notes that it is our common responsibility to introduce measures to fight climate

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change through promoting the climate-proofing of investments, adaptation, decentralised access to renewable energy and climate mitigation;

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Amendment 146György Hölvényi, Tomas Tobé, Hildegard BenteleMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Notes that populations of Small Island Developing States are particularly exposed to impacts of climate change and that their challenges therefore require a special assessment, and increased building of resilience against climate-related shocks;

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Amendment 147Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Takes note of the ongoing negotiations of the European Commission’s ambitious plans to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to their 1990 values, in European Climate Law;

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Amendment 148Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Believes that it is increasingly urgent to radically change a neo-liberal

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economic model, which has produced increased inequalities and contributes to accelerating climate change.

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Amendment 149Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – introductory part


2. Calls on the Commission to prepare a comprehensive strategy for the EU’s contribution to limiting the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries through:

2. Calls on the Commission to prepare a comprehensive strategy for the EU’s development policy to offer tangible solutions to the consequences of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries and the least developed countries through:

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Amendment 150Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – introductory part


2. Calls on the Commission to prepare a comprehensive strategy for the EU’s contribution to limiting the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries through:

2. Calls on the Commission to prepare, in parallel to the Union’s existing efforts, a comprehensive strategy for the EU’s contribution to limiting the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries through:

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Amendment 151Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – introductory part


2. Calls on the Commission to prepare a comprehensive strategy for the EU’s

2. Calls on the Commission to prepare a comprehensive strategy for the EU’s

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contribution to limiting the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries through:

contribution to limiting and mitigating the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries through:

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Amendment 152Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 1


- the pursuit of rapid, radical curbing and reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, including through own emission cuts,

- the pursuit of rapid, radical curbing and reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, through an ambitious objective in all sectors of the economy, in terms of both internal and external policies of the EU, and in line with international agreements, while respecting the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” with a common objective of protecting and restoring terrestrial and marine biodiversity;

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Amendment 153Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 1



- the pursuit of curbing and reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, including through own emission cuts, on the basis of a joint effort by the international community and not by European countries alone,

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Paragraph 2 – indent 1



- the pursuit of rapid, radical curbing and reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, including through own emission cuts, of at least 65% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels;

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Amendment 155Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 1



- the pursuit of rapid, radical curbing and reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, including through own emission cuts of up to 65% by 2030,

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Amendment 156Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)


– beyond the reduction of emissions, the limitation of economic activities, such as deforestation or the destruction of traditional farming models, carried out by companies based in the EU that can adversely affect the ability of vulnerable populations to combat climate change.

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Amendment 157Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 2


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- the reduction of general vulnerability through poverty and inequality reduction, as well as addressing specific vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change resulting, for example, from the locations of dwellings and the bases of livelihoods,

- the reduction of general vulnerability through poverty and inequality reduction, putting in place resilient social protection systems, as well as addressing specific vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change resulting, for example, from the locations of dwellings and the bases of livelihoods, or specific vulnerabilities of different people, including women, children, older persons, people with disabilities, displaced people including refugees and internally displaced persons, stateless persons and migrants and communities at risk of becoming displaced,

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Amendment 158Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 2



- the prevention and reduction of general vulnerability through poverty and inequality reduction, as well as addressing specific vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change resulting, for example, from the locations of dwellings and the bases of livelihoods with particular attention to building sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems

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- the reduction of general vulnerability through poverty and inequality reduction, as well as addressing

- the reduction of general vulnerability through poverty and inequality reduction, as well as addressing

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specific vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change resulting, for example, from the locations of dwellings and the bases of livelihoods,

specific vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change resulting, for example, from the locations of dwellings, the bases of livelihoods and the dominant crop type for farmers,

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Amendment 160Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 2



- the reduction of general vulnerability through poverty and inequality reduction, as well as addressing specific vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change resulting, for example, from the locations of dwellings and the bases of livelihoods, tenure insecurity and forced displacement,

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Amendment 161Patrizia ToiaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 2



- the reduction of general vulnerability through poverty eradication and reduction of inequalities, as well as addressing specific vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change resulting, for example, from the locations of dwellings and the bases of livelihoods,

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Amendment 162Hildegard Bentele, György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 2

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- the reduction of general vulnerability through knowledge transfer regarding resilience building, early-warning, disaster prevention and management, rural and urban planning;

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Amendment 163Frances FitzgeraldMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)


- to advance clean energy strategies and to share best practice with country partners in this regard; emphasises the potential to work with the private sector in energy adaptation; further emphasises that the introduction of such energy strategies requires working with communities and local populations to ensure the delivery of such energy matches the needs of the population;

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Amendment 164Beata Kempaon behalf of the ECR GroupEmmanouil FragkosMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)


- multilateral cooperation with the countries where massive deforestation occurs in order to protect forests and improve their management and conservation;

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- increased support for developing countries’ capacities to take such action with resources mobilised by themselves and with the help of international climate financing and other assistance,

- increased support for developing countries’ capacities to take such action with resources mobilised by themselves, in particular financial support but also technical assistance, including resources for monitoring weather or health events in order to improve planning and prevention, and with the help of international climate financing and other assistance,

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- increased support for developing countries’ capacities to take such action with resources mobilised by themselves and with the help of international climate financing and other assistance,

- increased support for developing countries’ capacities to take such action with resources mobilised by themselves, with the help of international climate financing, and through provision of public technical assistance (public sector expertise) to partner countries’ national and subnational authorities;

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Amendment 167Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 3


- increased support for developing countries’ capacities to take such action with resources mobilised by themselves

- increased support for developing countries’ capacities to take such action with resources mobilised by themselves

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and with the help of international climate financing and other assistance,

and with the help of international climate financing and other assistance, such as technical assistance, as well as sharing of best practices;

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- increased support for community-based actions on disaster risk reduction and focus on early action to mitigate and reduce risk and build resilience, to enable local communities to prevent and withstand climate shocks;

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Amendment 169Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)


- increased support for community-based actions on disaster risk reduction and focus on early action to reduce risk and build resilience, in order to enable local communities to prevent and withstand climate shocks;

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Amendment 170Frances FitzgeraldMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 3 b (new)


- working with local populations and communities to promote innovative and climate-smart agriculture,

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particularly local initiatives with positive effects on sustainable agriculture and land management;

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- affirming and seeking widespread, binding recognition that migration is becoming ever more necessary as part of the response to the impacts of climate change, and proposing international arrangements for managing climate migration,

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Amendment 172Janina OchojskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4



- affirming and seeking widespread, binding recognition that migration is becoming ever more necessary as part of the response to the impacts of climate change, and proposing international arrangements for managing climate migration by recognising environmentally induced migration as a legal base for granting asylum and by providing migration pathways or humanitarian corridors for those facing climate change and sudden-onset disasters;

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Amendment 173Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolution

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- affirming and seeking widespread, international recognition that displacements and internal and external migrations are becoming ever more inevitable as part of the response to the impacts of climate change; proposing international arrangements for managing and anticipating climate-induced displacement and migration through an enhanced regionalised coordination with sending and receiving countries and territories;

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- affirming and seeking wide and obligating recognition that human mobility is becoming ever more necessary as part of the response to impacts of climate change and proposing international arrangements for managing climate-induced migration, displacement and planned relocation, and increasing the protection of persons displaced within their countries in the context of climate change,

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Amendment 175Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4


- affirming and seeking widespread, - affirming and seeking widespread,

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binding recognition that migration is becoming ever more necessary as part of the response to the impacts of climate change, and proposing international arrangements for managing climate migration,

binding recognition that migration is becoming ever more necessary as part of the response to the impacts of climate change, and proposing international arrangements for managing climate-induced migration, including through the establishment and promotion of safe, legal migration channels;

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Amendment 176Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4



- recognising that migration is becoming ever more necessary as part of the response to the impacts of climate change, and proposing international arrangements for managing climate-induced migration, while prioritising adaptation within the countries of origin;

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Amendment 177György Hölvényi, Tomas Tobé, Hildegard BenteleMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4



- recognising that climate change can be one of the root causes of migration and that it is becoming ever more necessary to increase local resilience to the impacts of climate change;

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Amendment 178Christian SagartzMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4

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- die Bestätigung dessen, dass die Migration als Teil der Reaktionen auf die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels immer notwendiger wird, und die Bemühung um die weit verbreitete, verbindliche Anerkennung dieses Umstands sowie das Vorschlagen internationaler Vereinbarungen für die Steuerung der Klimamigration,

- die Bestätigung dessen, dass die Migration als Teil der Reaktionen auf die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels immer notwendiger werden könnte, und die Bemühung um die weit verbreitete, verbindliche Anerkennung dieses Umstands sowie das Vorschlagen internationaler Vereinbarungen für die Steuerung der Klimamigration,

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Amendment 179Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4



- affirming and seeking widespread, binding recognition that migration is becoming ever more necessary as part of the response to the impacts of climate change, and proposing international recognition of a status as climate refugee,

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Amendment 180Rasa JuknevičienėMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4



- affirming and seeking widespread understanding that climate change may become one of the main causes of mass migration in near future, and proposing international arrangements for managing climate-induced migration,

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Amendment 181Beata Kempaon behalf of the ECR GroupEmmanouil FragkosMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4



- recognition that migration is becoming part of the response to climate change, especially in developing and least developed countries, calls for international cooperation and agreements for managing climate-induced migration;

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Amendment 182Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)


- increased support for developing countries’ capacities to manage climate-induced displacement risks including identification of communities at particular risk of being forced to flee their homes due to sudden- or slow-onset disasters; early warning systems; disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and resilience-building measures; and, as a measure of last resort, planned relocation;

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Amendment 183Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)


- foreseeing the establishment of a

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regulatory framework to ensure that future investment and trade include mandatory human rights impact assessment and mandatory due diligence requirements;

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Amendment 184Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 4 b (new)


- implementing a “nexus” approach that bridges emergency response and mid/long-term objectives to address the impact of climate change through a concerted, multi-facetted approach to reduce people’s vulnerabilities and identify and implement sustainable solutions;

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- increasing capacities to rapidly respond to needs for humanitarian aid, as global heating will inevitably keep increasing such needs;

- increase financial support to developing countries’ disaster preparedness and capacities to rapidly respond to growing and new humanitarian needs, since climate change impacts and current and future crises will inevitably keep increasing such needs and will pose challenges to humanitarian aid in terms of capacity, scale and geographical coverage of response

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Amendment 186Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula

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Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5



- increasing capacities to rapidly respond to needs for humanitarian aid, as global heating will inevitably keep increasing such needs, especially through the rapid response component of the NDICI;

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- consolidating capacities to rapidly respond to needs for humanitarian aid;

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Amendment 188Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5



- increasing capacities to rapidly respond to needs for development aid and humanitarian aid to countries who are affected by natural disasters and global heating;

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Amendment 189Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Barry AndrewsMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)

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- promoting the systematic inclusion of a gender dimension in partner countries’ climate action and environmental policies in order, on the one hand, to address the numerous discriminations suffered by women and girls in connection with the consequences of climate change and, on the other hand, to promote their role and participation in decisions on combating climate change and environmental degradation;

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Amendment 190Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)


– transfer training facilities to developing countries in order to establish robust natural disaster warning and prevention systems, emergency response protocols, food storage facilities, durable infrastructure or public communication networks, among other mitigation measures,

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Amendment 191Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)


- supporting developing countries in defending common goods like water and forest from exploitation and privatisation, in expanding or putting in place public and universal social protection systems necessary to tackle inequalities and poverty and ensuring a nexus with

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humanitarian assistance,

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Amendment 192Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)


- increased financial support to developing countries to support more effective implementation of the SDGs in order to anticipate and limit the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change;

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Amendment 193Janina OchojskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)


- implementing a “nexus” approach that bridges emergency response and mid/long-term objectives to address the impact of climate change, natural disasters and mobility;

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Amendment 194Barry Andrews, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula ZacharopoulouMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)


- affirming support for the principles of climate justice and the pursuit of a human rights based approach to the EU’s climate and development policies,

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- Reinforcing the role of education in resilience building and low-carbon approaches;

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Amendment 196Catherine Chabaud, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Barry Andrews, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)


- a global strategy based on disaster prevention and adaptation, pre and post extreme weather events, to increase the resilience of vulnerable territories, such as islands

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Amendment 197Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)


– recognise the decision-making power of vulnerable populations in relation to the adoption of adaptation and mitigation measures,

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Paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Recalls its support for the establishment of a dedicated and automatic EU public finance mechanism helping to deliver the Union’s fair share of the pledged USD 100 billion per year from 2020 in new and additional climate finance from developed to developing countries; urges all EU Member States to rapidly scale up climate finance, prioritising grants-based finance, in particular for LDCs and SIDS, and to further increase financial support during the 2020-2025 period; believes new sources of finances should be mobilised, such as taxation on kerosene and maritime fuel, a financial transaction tax, or a tax on fossil fuel extraction;

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2a. Introducing a circular economy and an effective waste management system to prevent plastic rubbish and hazardous waste export to developing countries and environmental degradation outside the EU;

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Amendment 200Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3


3. Calls for a specific budget line under the Neighbourhood, Development

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and International Cooperation Instrument for actions to limit and manage the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries;

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Amendment 201Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3


3. Calls for a specific budget line under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument for actions to limit and manage the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries;

3. Recalls its positions to devote 45% of the budget under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument to climate and environmental protection objectives and to increase the allocation to the thematic programmes, with the aim to scale up actions to limit and manage the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries; in particular, stresses that the NDICI should support initiatives which build resilience and adaptation, disaster risk reduction and preparedness, while prioritising nature-based solutions, and improves coherence between climate and migration programmes; calls for the inclusion of earmarked funding to support civil society organisations and local actors to strengthen their resilience and climate change adaptation mechanisms;

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Amendment 202Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3




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and International Cooperation Instrument for actions to limit and manage the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries;

and International Cooperation Instrument for actions to limit and manage the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries and contribute to the prevention and management of climate-induced displacement;

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3. Calls for a specific budget line under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument for actions to limit and manage the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries;

3. Calls for earmarking within the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument for specific actions to limit and manage the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries;

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Amendment 204Frances FitzgeraldMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States in their relation and dialogues with third countries to support Governments and other stakeholders at national and sub-national levels to adopt finance laws, policies, standards and budgets that support adaptation measures to strengthen the resilience of systems (e.g. health system, education system, social protection etc.), communities and people

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on behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Highlights the role of the EIB to help developing countries to tackle the global climate crisis; recalls that the EIB must prioritise sustainable investments, which entails excluding the financing of high-carbon activities in the transport, energy and heavy industry sectors, as well as significantly increasing financial grants to developing countries;

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Amendment 206Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Acknowledges that the humanitarian-development nexus approach offers a unique opportunity to develop prevention measures, enhance response capacity, support early recovery, build self-reliance and reduce risks at community level, to leave no one behind;

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3a. Calls for directing at least 25% of humanitarian funding to local organisations, with a particular focus on women-led and women’s rights organisations;

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Amendment 208Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3 b (new)


3b. Recalls that the consequences of climate change, including droughts, floods, plummeting biodiversity and the loss of human lives, are deeply undermining low-income and fragile African countries’ development prospects; calls for European support for African countries’ and local authorities’ implementation of the Paris Agreement to be stepped up, through adequate funding for mitigation, adaptation and compensation for loss and damage, with promotion of inclusive stakeholder participation in the elaboration and implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and National Agricultural Investment Plans; calls, more broadly, on the EU to develop a strong new EU Strategy on Adaptation which commits to making adaptation to climate change a priority in EU external relations;

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4. Considers that the strategy must include reducing poverty and inequality in general as a means to reduce risks and harm caused by climate change;

4. Considers that the strategy must include reducing poverty and inequality and strengthening good governance in general as a means to reduce risks and harm caused by climate change;

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4. Considers that the strategy must include reducing poverty and inequality and strengthening human rights in general as a means to reduce risks and harm caused by climate change;

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4. Considers that the strategy must include economic development, reducing poverty and inequality in general as a means to reduce risks and harm caused by climate change;

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Amendment 212Patrizia ToiaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Considers that the strategy must include efforts to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality in general as a means to reduce risks and harm caused by climate change;

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Amendment 213Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Barry Andrews

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 4 a (new)


4a. Stresses that the agricultural sector is one of the hardest hit by the consequences of climate change in partner countries; recalls that women in rural areas are particularly exposed to the consequences of climate change on agricultural production and food security; calls on the EU and its Member States to enhance their cooperation with partner countries in order to include a stronger gender dimension in agricultural and rural development policies;

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Amendment 214Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4 a (new)


4a. Underlines that the consequences of the combination of a health pandemic and a global recession will seriously undermine the capability of developing countries to achieve the SDGs, notably by least developed countries (LDCs); emphasises that short-term crisis responses aimed at protecting jobs and boosting economic recovery need to be coupled with longer-term strategic goals of mitigating climate change and shoring up climate change adaptation and resilience;

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4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States in their relation and dialogues with third countries to support Governments and other stakeholders at national and sub-national levels to adopt finance laws, policies, standards and budgets that support adaptation measures to strengthen the resilience of systems (e.g. health system, education system, social protection etc.), communities and people

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4a. Calls on the Commission to address the health consequences of climate change, work to mitigate health risks related to disasters, improve access to basic healthcare services and enhance cooperation between health authorities and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen capacities for disaster risk management and the building of resilient health systems;

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4b. Is alarmed that the current crisis has exacerbated the already before the COVID-19 pandemic unprecedented pressure on public finances in the Global South posed by record debt levels,

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diverting even more financial resources from action to face the climate emergency; takes the view, against this background that the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), suspending public external debt for a group of 77 developing countries – including most of the ACP countries – until the end of 2020, falls short of the effort needed to respond to the magnitude of the crisis; urges the EU and its Member States to develop, in addition to their previous pledges on a debt moratorium, a new debt relief initiative regarding the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, including for loss and damage;

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Amendment 218Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Barry AndrewsMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4 b (new)


4b. Recalls that women and girls are more likely to die in a natural disaster or to be displaced, in particular owing to a lack of access to information and the fact that they carry the main responsibility for taking care of the family; stresses that women and girls are also particularly vulnerable to early school leaving, sexual violence and exploitation during and after such crises; calls on the EU to strengthen this gender dimension in its humanitarian action and to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services;

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Amendment 219Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4 c (new)

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4c. Stresses that additional debt relief efforts will only be effective if they translate into additional fiscal space to finance policies that are centred on human rights and enable a transition to climate-resilient and sustainable economies; accordingly, stresses the need to link debt relief measures with additional mobilisation of ODA; recalls donors’ commitment to spend 0.7% of their GNI as ODA; notes that in 2019, DAC members did, however, collectively spend only 0.3%, with only five members meeting or exceeding the spending target (United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Norway); urges donors to rapidly scale up ODA to levels committed to but never delivered; more broadly, calls for the creation of a multilateral debt workout mechanism, under UN auspices, to address both the impact of the crisis and the financing requirements of the Agenda 2030;

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5. Reaffirms its commitment to poverty reduction as the fundamental objective of the EU’s development policy and to the implementation of policy coherence for development; intends to strengthen its own contribution to this implementation, with a view, in particular, to helping to build an adequate EU response to the evolving climate crisis;

5. Reaffirms its commitment to poverty reduction and aid to the least developed countries as the fundamental objectives of the EU’s development policy and to the implementation of policy coherence for development; intends to strengthen its own contribution to this implementation, with a view, in particular, to helping to build an adequate EU response to the evolving climate crisis; notes that in 2019 the European Union remained the world’s largest donor, with EUR 75.2 billion in official development assistance together with that of the

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Member States, which is 55.2% of global aid;

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Amendment 221Patrizia ToiaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 5



5. Reaffirms its commitment to the reduction and, in the long term, eradication of poverty as the fundamental objective of the EU’s development policy and to the implementation of policy coherence for development, especially in industrial, commercial, agricultural, investment and migration policies; intends to strengthen its own contribution to this implementation, with a view, in particular, to helping to build an adequate EU response to the evolving climate crisis;

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Amendment 222Carlos ZorrinhoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 5



5. Reaffirms its commitment to poverty reduction and eradication as the fundamental objective of the EU’s development policy and to the implementation of policy coherence for development, especially in industrial, commercial, agricultural, investment and migration policies; intends to strengthen its own contribution to this implementation, with a view, in particular, to helping to build an adequate EU response to the evolving climate crisis;

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Amendment 223Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 5



5. Reaffirms its commitment to poverty reduction as the fundamental objective of the EU’s development policy and to the implementation of policy coherence for development, especially so far as concerns industrial, commercial, agricultural and migratory policies; intends to strengthen its own contribution to this implementation, with a view, in particular, to helping to build an adequate EU response to the evolving climate crisis;

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Amendment 224Barry Andrews, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula ZacharopoulouMotion for a resolutionParagraph 5 a (new)


5a. Calls for the EU to lead international discussions on providing support for the loss and damage caused by climate change in developing countries; including through the use of innovative climate finance methods;

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6. Reiterates its call for a commitment by the EU and its Member States to significantly increase the adaptation finance they provide and points once more

6. Recalls that adaptation to climate change is a particularly pressing issue for developing countries, which face significant challenges to fund their

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to the need for progress on the issue of loss and damage, for which additional resources should be raised;

adaptation activities; reiterates, on this ground, its call for a commitment by the EU and its Member States to significantly increase the adaptation finance to meet their fair share; believes that climate finance should strictly respond to the principle of country ownership to ensure that funded activities respond to the needs and priorities of developing countries, and are additional to existing aid and finance commitments; stresses, in particular, the need to ensure access to finance for regional and local authorities to ensure it reaches the most vulnerable, including women and particularly indigenous women; points once more to the need for progress on the issue of loss and damage, for which additional resources should be raised;

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Amendment 226Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6


6. Reiterates its call for a commitment by the EU and its Member States to significantly increase the adaptation finance they provide and points once more to the need for progress on the issue of loss and damage, for which additional resources should be raised;


Considers it necessary to increase the capacity of developing countries to invest in human development and climate adaptation, recovering domestic resources through debt cancellation and through the fight against tax evasion and tax fraud by multinational companies; calls on the EU Commission and member states to promote debt cancelation and the fight against international and European companies’ tax evasion in developing countries.

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Amendment 227Janina OchojskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6



6. Reiterates its call for a commitment by the EU and its Member States to significantly increase the adaptation finance they provide and points once more to the need for progress on the issue of loss and damage, for which additional resources should be raised; calls for the engagement of development partners to ensure that funds, as well as public and private investments, are based on a needs-based approach defined in a partnership with vulnerable communities; calls for the involvement and engagement of vulnerable groups in the design and implementation of programmes;

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6. Calls on the European Commission to advance opportunities to leverage alternative funding, from both the public and private sector, and promote blending of funds from different donors to tackle the colossal challenge of climate change; reiterates its call for a commitment by the EU and its Member States to increase the adaptation finance they provide and points once more to the need for progress on the issue of loss and damage;

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6. Reiterates its call for a commitment by the EU and its Member States to significantly scale up their support for adaptation finance and disaster risk management, and points once more to the need for progress on strengthening preparedness and resilience and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, especially in countries that are particularly vulnerable;

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6. Reiterates its call for a commitment by the EU and its Member States to take greater account of the need for climate change adaptation measures in development aid;

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Amendment 231Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6


6. Reiterates its call for a commitment by the EU and its Member States to significantly increase the adaptation finance they provide and points once more

6. Reiterates its call for a commitment by the EU and its Member States to set official development aid at 0.7% of GNI by 2020 to significantly increase the

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to the need for progress on the issue of loss and damage, for which additional resources should be raised;

adaptation finance they provide and points once more to the need for progress on the issue of loss and damage, for which additional resources should be raised;

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6a. Expresses its deep concern about the possible negative effects of EU free trade agreements and trade liberalisation on biodiversity, deforestation and land grabbing in developing countries, which often affects indigenous peoples.

Calls on the Commission to carefully review its commercial policy, especially in relation to Economic Partnership Agreements, EPAs, to ensure that this policy is not in contradiction with the principles of policy coherence for development, the Paris Agreement and the Green Deal.

Asks the Commission and the Council not to conclude new free trade agreements that could contribute to increased world deforestation and biodiversity loss.

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6a. Urges the European Commission and the Member States to consider specifically the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to climate change, and to consider in their responses the need to promote adaptation

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and mitigation, particularly as regards energy sources and through clean energy strategies;

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6a. Reaffirms its commitments to the Sendai Framework and stresses the need for a new EU Action Plan after 2021 to be aligned with the Agenda 2030, to strengthen investments on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation at a local level where it is most needed;

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Amendment 235György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Calls for the addressing of structural economic vulnerabilities of developing countries exacerbating the vulnerabilities to climate change, with inclusion of local small and medium size enterprises;

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Amendment 236Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 b (new)


6b. Reiterates its call for increased investment in community-level Disaster Risk Reduction before disasters strike

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instead of only as part of ‘building back better’ in order to enable local community members to prevent and withstand climate shocks and reduce the pressure to leave their homes;

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7. Calls for climate-related EU gender funding to be scaled up and for urgent gender-based climate action focused on women to be established in the design and implementation of preparedness, mitigation and adaptation programmes;

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7. Calls for climate-related EU gender funding to be scaled up and for urgent gender-based climate action focused on women to be established in the design and implementation of preparedness, mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in order to support women’s leadership and decision-making in all aspects of climate change; recognises that gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment are a catalyst for sustainable development and a prerequisite for the management of climate challenges; calls for the EU and its Member States to include gender analysis and budgeting in development

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cooperation policies and all instruments in order to advance gender-just climate action and support climate change adaptation and resilience in developing countries

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7. Calls for the concept of vulnerability to climate change to be fully taken into account in EU development policy and calls for the implementation of preparedness, mitigation and adaptation programmes;

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7. Calls for climate-related EU gender funding to be scaled up and for urgent gender-based climate action focused on women to be established in the design, and implementation and monitoring/evaluation of preparedness, mitigation and adaptation programmes;

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Amendment 241György HölvényiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 7


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7. Calls for climate-related EU funding to be scaled up and action focused on vulnerable groups such as children, women, elderly and disabled people to be established in the design and implementation of preparedness, mitigation and adaptation programmes;

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7. Calls for climate-related EU gender funding to be scaled up and for urgent gender-based climate action focused on women and girls to be established in the design and implementation of preparedness, mitigation and adaptation programmes;

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Amendment 243Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 7 a (new)


7a. Calls on the EU and its Members States to support an ambitious level of finance for the new UNFCCC 2025 climate finance goal, by demanding to establish clear criteria for international climate finance in order to improve the Rio markers methodology, notably to ensure that there is no double counting or overestimation of EU climate finance, with sub-goals for adaptation, loss and damage, and grant-based finance from the European Commission and the European Development Fund;

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7a. Underlines the crucial role of water diplomacy, since, as a result of climate change, water is at risk of becoming an increasingly scarce resource;

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8. Expresses its support to young people and recognises their valuable contribution in raising global awareness of climate change and the need to empower younger generations; underlines the importance of intercultural dialogue with migrants and refugees in order to raise awareness of climate change and also to combat all racist and discriminatory practices against migrants;

8. Expresses its support to young people and recognises their valuable contribution in raising global awareness of climate change and the need to empower younger generations;

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Amendment 246György Hölvényi, Tomas TobéMotion for a resolutionParagraph 8


8. Expresses its support to young people and recognises their valuable contribution in raising global awareness of climate change and the need to empower younger generations; underlines the

8. Expresses its support to young people and recognises their valuable contribution in raising global awareness of climate change and the need to empower younger generations; underlines the

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importance of intercultural dialogue with migrants and refugees in order to raise awareness of climate change and also to combat all racist and discriminatory practices against migrants;

importance of intercultural dialogue with people from developing countries in order to raise awareness of climate change and also to combat all racist and discriminatory practices against ethnic and religious minorities and against vulnerable groups, including women and girls in conflict zones, elderly and disabled people, and other marginalised groups;

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8. Expresses its support to young people and recognises their valuable contribution in raising global awareness of climate change and the need to empower younger generations; underlines the importance of intercultural dialogue with migrants and refugees in order to raise awareness of climate change and also to combat all racist and discriminatory practices against migrants;

8. Expresses its support to young people and recognises their valuable contribution in raising global awareness of climate change and the need to empower younger generations; underlines the importance of intercultural dialogue with migrants and refugees in order to raise awareness of climate change and also to combat all racist and discriminatory practices against migrants, taking into consideration, however, that the main causes of migration are economic, social and political;

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Amendment 248Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasi, Saskia Bricmonton behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 8 a (new)


8a. Recalls that climate change acts as a risk multiplier for conflict, drought, famine and migration; stresses the importance of addressing environmental

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drivers of migration and of implementing the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) with the aim to protect people displaced by the consequences of climate change; welcomes the landmark decision of the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand, recognising that people fleeing climate-related and natural disasters have a valid claim for international protection under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; urges the Commission and the Member States to take stock of this ruling and take all the necessary measures to ensure full protection of environmentally displaced persons under the EU law and to provide appropriate asylum for climate refugees, while creating channels for safe and regular migration; proposes, in particular, that a climate pass is issued to persons coming from a country, territory or island which will be inhabitable due to climate change as a way to offer protection from vulnerability and statelessness, and that change in the environment due to climate change be added as one of the eligibility criteria for humanitarian protection; calls on the Commission and Member States to put forward such solutions in international fora, in parallel to other EU initiatives; recalls that ODA must keep its purposes of eradicating poverty, reducing inequality, meeting humanitarian needs and respecting human rights, and must never be conditional on migration control;

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Amendment 249Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 8 a (new)


8a. Recalls that the private sector has a key role to play in reducing the impact

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of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries; calls on all European companies operating in countries particularly affected by climate change to establish protocols designed to mitigate the impact of their activities on vulnerable populations and to comply with the highest environmental standards laid down in EU legislation; calls on the Member States to take action against companies that do not refrain from engaging in activities that aggravate the climate vulnerability of populations in developing countries; welcomes the fact that the Commission is preparing a proposal for the establishment of a harmonised legal framework on corporate due diligence, and calls on the Commission to ensure its proposal unequivocally includes maintenance of the highest environmental standards as one of the key elements to ensure that business activities do not have a negative impact on human rights in developing countries;

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8a. Calls for increased Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) where climate protection policy and environmental dimensions are given the same importance as economic, social and governance dimensions of sustainable development across all stages of policy-making; insists on a coherent approach to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in both internal and external policies;

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Amendment 251Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionParagraph 8 a (new)


8a. Stresses the need to raise awareness among young people in developing countries, and in particular the least developed countries, of the importance of their contribution to the development of their countries, especially by staying there and taking over from ageing generations of workers, including in the agricultural sector;

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9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional agreements;

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the specific needs and vulnerabilities of people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change, to enhance their protection, as well as strengthen efforts to achieve solutions ending their displacement, and in this regard,

- encourages Member States to incorporate, among others, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into

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domestic law, and to develop regional instruments to protect internally displaced persons, drawing inspiration from the African Union Kampala Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa; and

- calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase support to developing countries to achieve durable solutions for internally displaced persons, including pastoralists and other rural populations whose traditional livelihoods have been destroyed by the adverse impacts of climate change, and to find new livelihoods which are better adapted to a changing climate;

- proposes to the Commission and the Member States that a climate passport be issued to persons coming from a country, or part of it, that will become uninhabitable due to climate change as a way to offer them protection from vulnerability and statelessness;

- proposes to the Commission and the Member States that a climate change-induced livelihood destruction be explicitly recognised as an eligibility criterion for humanitarian protection;

- invites the Commission and the Member States to put forward such proposals in international fora, in parallel to other EU initiatives;

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Amendment 253Miguel Urbán CrespoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9


9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection

9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in implementing mitigation strategies, and

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and support measures for people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional agreements;

the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change; ensuring that displaced people are able to claim their human rights before, during and after displacement; encourages the Union to analyse and adapt its approaches to the countries and communities most affected by climate change, considering the Commission Communication on Lives in Dignity: From aid dependency to self-reliance(COM(2016) 234 final) and examples of regulation at the regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional agreements;

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Amendment 254György Hölvényi, Tomas Tobé, Hildegard BenteleMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9


9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional

9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the addressing of root causes of forced displacement, including climate change, and securing of right of people to stay in their homeland by assisting them in creating decent living and work conditions as well as providing them with essential social services such as education and healthcare;

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9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional agreements; stresses that it is essential, above all, to contribute to creating the necessary conditions for the return of internally displaced persons within their countries and regions of origin, rather than encouraging them to emigrate;

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Amendment 256Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9


9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are

9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are

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compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional agreements;

compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at the regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement in EU Member States and third states through bilateral and regional agreements; emphasises herein, that the EU’s policies and support should directly prioritise regional and local adaptation efforts within the countries of origin where people are compelled to move due to climate-related harm;

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9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change, including slow-onset effects of climate change; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at the regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional agreements;

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Amendment 258

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Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9



9. Calls for a common and coordinated international response led by the EU aimed at making progress in the implementation of recognition, protection and support measures for people who are compelled to move within and between countries in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change, including its slow onset effects; encourages the Union to analyse and adopt new approaches, considering examples of regulation at regional level such as the Kampala Convention, and to promote the incorporation of, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement into the domestic laws of EU Member States and of third states through bilateral and regional agreements;

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Amendment 259Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a (new)


9a. Calls on the Commission to consider proposing an amendment to Article 15 of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection in order to recognise the possibility of granting subsidiary protection to persons who, while not qualifying for refugee status, would suffer serious harm if they were forced to return to countries where the impacts of climate change have seriously called the habitability of their homes into

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question, especially in cases of extreme droughts or floods; calls on the Commission to consider proposing an amendment to Article 2 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof, so as to include potential future situations of mass influxes of persons displaced for climate-related reasons as an explicit ground for the Council to issue a decision granting such persons temporary-protection status;

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9a. Underlines the ruling of the UN Human Rights Committee of 20 January 2020 in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand, which states that countries may not deport individuals facing climate-induced conditions that violate the right to life; calls on the Member States to consider the risk of violations of the right to life due to climate change as part of their return decisions, notably triggering non-refoulement obligations;

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Amendment 261Mónica Silvana GonzálezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 b (new)


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9b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop and adopt, as part of the reform of the Union’s Migration and Asylum Policy, appropriate measures such as mobility schemes, skilling and reskilling, and preferential access for third-country workers coming from countries particularly affected by adverse impacts of climate change, including those working in the fossil fuel industry, extractive sectors and agriculture, as part of the European Green Deal, to enable them to contribute to the low-carbon transition across the global supply chain; the use of humanitarian visa and temporary protection for persons displaced by sudden-onset disasters; and long-term admission of persons coming from a country that is becoming or has become inhabitable due to climate change;

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Amendment 262Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Iskra Mihaylova, Catherine Chabaud, Barry Andrews, Jan-Christoph OetjenMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a (new)


9a. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality, in order to give ministers and secretaries of state responsible for gender equality a dedicated forum for discussion, and to facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including environment and development policy;

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9a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to work in close cooperation with grass-roots organisations and local communities to promote policies that enhance climate mitigation and adaptation strategies, thereby strengthening the resilience of affected people and communities in line with international frameworks;

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Amendment 264György Hölvényi, Tomas TobéMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a (new)


9a. Calls on the Commission to establish effective and sustainable return and readmission policies in the EU’s multilateral agreements, notably in the new ACP-EU partnership agreement;

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Amendment 265Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasi, Saskia Bricmonton behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a (new)


9a. Calls on the EU to encourage the IPCC to draft a special report on the issue of climate-induced displacement;

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9b. Recalls that according to the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC, indigenous, local, and traditional forms of knowledge are a major resource for adapting to climate change, which therefore turns indigenous peoples into crucial agents of change for combating climate change effectively, this being particularly prevalent in the case of mitigation efforts directed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, fostering conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (such as REDD+), as well as the adaptation of agricultural practices to climate change; regrets that, in spite of its great potential, indigenous knowledge has not been effectively used, while the explicit recognition of indigenous or tribal peoples, and of their rights, remains absent from the legal, policy and institutional frameworks of many countries, and its implementation remains a major issue;

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Amendment 267Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 c (new)


9c. Recalls the EU’s commitment to follow a Rights-Based Approach (RBA) to development; urges, in line with this commitment, partner countries to adopt measures to effectively involve indigenous peoples in climate change adaptation and mitigation measures and to provide, to this effect, technical and financial assistance that directly reaches indigenous peoples to support self-

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government, territorial control and management; recalls, more broadly, that a rights-based approach should be operationalised and strictly applied and respected in all ODA funded projects, particularly regarding the rights of pastoralists and indigenous peoples, which implies providing i.e. effective complaint and redress mechanisms in case climate actions violate their rights;

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Amendment 268Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 d (new)


9d. Highlights that the IPCC report on “Climate Change and Land” calls for securing indigenous and community land rights to fight climate change; stresses that frameworks such as the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) can help to provide legal certainty; urges, accordingly, the EU to make the effective implementation of these guidelines a pre-condition of investment in the remit of the European External Investment Plan; stresses that compliance with VGGT requires the existence of effective independent monitoring and enforcement, including affordable and culturally accessible grievance mechanisms through which indigenous peoples can address allegations of European corporate violation of their rights;

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Paragraph 9 e (new)


9e. Recalls that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calls upon its states parties to respect the knowledge and rights of indigenous peoples as safeguards in implementing the REDD+ programme; calls on all states, particularly the EU and its Member States, to include indigenous peoples and rural communities in the decision-making process with regard to strategies for tackling climate change, which should also cover irreparable damage resulting from climate change forcing them to migrate and resulting in a double discrimination as environmentally displaced persons and indigenous peoples;

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Amendment 270Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 f (new)


9f. Recommends that EU Member States which have not yet done so ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 169 on Indigenous and tribal peoples; urges, in particular, the EU and its partner countries to recognise and protect indigenous peoples’ rights to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and in ILO Convention 169 and to comply with the principle of Free, Prior and Informed consent, i.e. by enabling collective registration of land use and by putting in place policies aimed at ensuring more equitable access to land;

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Amendment 271Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 g (new)


9g. Regrets the serious shortcomings of the UN “Protect, Respect, Remedy” framework and the Guiding Principles on business and human rights with regard to both indigenous peoples’ rights and land rights; calls once again on the EU to engage constructively in the work of the UN Human Rights Council on an international legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises, which should include specific standards for the protection of indigenous peoples;

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Amendment 272Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 h (new)


9h. Stresses the need to foster sustainable pastoralism in order to achieve the SDGs; encourages the EU and its Member States to support the African Governance Architecture (AGA), and in particular the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights, in order to implement the African Union Policy Framework on Pastoralism in Africa and, more broadly, to recognise pastoralists’ and indigenous peoples’ rights related to communal ownership of ancestral land, their right to freely dispose of their

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natural resources and their rights to culture and religion;

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Amendment 273Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 i (new)


9i. Recalls that according to the IPCC Climate Change and Land report, the largest potential for reducing emissions from the land sector is from curbing deforestation and forest degradation; stresses that voluntary measures and certification schemes have largely failed to achieve significant results at a global level; calls on the private sector to be pro-active in the fight against deforestation and human rights violations embodied in their supply chains and investments, to fulfil without delay their zero deforestation commitments, and to ensure full transparency on the compliance with their commitments;

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Amendment 274Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 j (new)


9j. Recalls that the EU, as both a major importer and exporter of agricultural commodities and food products, is an important driver of land use change abroad; recalls that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; notes with deep concern that EU consumption

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represents around 10% of the global share of deforestation, through its high import dependency on agricultural commodities such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber and rubber;

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Amendment 275Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 k (new)


9k. Reiterates its calls to adopt without delay a legislative act requiring companies to conduct mandatory due diligence throughout their entire supply chains to ensure that forest risk commodities placed on the Union market are sustainable, deforestation-free, and comply with human rights obligations, including the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities; stresses that such legislation should follow a cross-commodity approach, apply to all economic actors, including financial actors, both upstream and downstream the supply chain, and be accompanied by a robust enforcement mechanism, including effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties for non-compliance;

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Amendment 276Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 l (new)


9l. Calls for the Union to strengthen its standards in terms of mandatory disclosure of information by undertakings related to the production or processing of

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forest risk commodities in the remit of the revision of Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and calls for the establishment of an alert mechanism for corporate imports from areas presenting a risk of deforestation;

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Amendment 277Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 m (new)


9m. Recalls that the increasing EU demand of wood for materials, energy and bioeconomy exceeds the limits of EU supply, which therefore increases the risks of import-embodied deforestation, land grabbing, forced displacement and violation of indigenous peoples’ rights; reiterates that EU bioenergy policy should respond to strict environmental and social criteria, in compliance with ILO Convention No 169 and the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests and the Committee on Food Security´s Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems;

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Amendment 278Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 n (new)


9n. Calls on the EU to integrate forest diplomacy into its climate policy, with the aim to encourage countries which process and/or import significant quantities of tropical timber to adopt effective

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legislation banning the importation of illegally harvested timber and requiring operators to conduct due diligence (similar to the EU Timber Regulation);

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Amendment 279Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 o (new)


9o. Reiterates that the EU trade policy should be consistent with, and contribute to, its international environmental commitments; welcomes, in particular, the Commission’s commitment to make compliance with the Paris Agreement an “essential clause” of the EU trade agreements; calls, accordingly, on the Commission to:

i. ensure that the impact of trade on the state of forests, natural ecosystems and human rights is systematically evaluated in the framework of sustainability impact assessments;

ii. include ambitious forest-specific provisions and sustainability benchmarks for agricultural commodities in all Union trade and investment agreements, including provisions to guarantee Free, Prior and Informed consent of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and the recognition of land tenure rights of forest-dependent communities and of indigenous people;

iii. make these provisions binding and enforceable through an effective monitoring and sanctions mechanism.

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on behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 p (new)


9p. Stresses that several scientific studies show the interlinkages between biodiversity loss and the rise of pandemics, notably zoonotic diseases linked to climate change, deforestation, and damage to the livelihoods of forest dwellers´;

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Amendment 281Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 q (new)


9q. Recalls that the transition to a green and digital economy has huge implications for the mining sector, which continues to grow in response to rising demand for minerals and metals and a proliferation in their use; reminds that there are growing concerns that mining will spread into sensitive forest landscapes, contributing to deforestation and forest degradation, thereby jeopardising the objective of protecting and restoring forests as a key leverage for mitigating global climate change; urges, against this background, the EU and its Member States to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy; calls, in addition, on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to foster responsible and sustainable mining practices, notably through the provision of financial, technical and capacity-building support to developing countries and by enabling stakeholders, including local and indigenous communities and women, to play an active role in minerals,

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metals and mining development throughout the life cycles;

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Amendment 282Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 r (new)


9r. Calls for the EU to develop a region-wide framework for extractive industries which sanctions companies violating human rights and provides legal redress to indigenous peoples whose rights have been violated; stresses the need to ban mineral exploration and exploitation in all protected areas including national parks and World Heritage Sites;

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Amendment 283Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 s (new)


9s. Highlights that the digital economy, accounts for an increasing share of global energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (digital CO2 emissions are estimated to represent2-5% of the total emissions) and uses rare metals with low recyclability and limited accessible deposits, while increasing e-waste generation worldwide, poses challenges for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, notably regarding health and the environment; reasserts the need to shift patterns of production and consumption to combat climate change;

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Amendment 284Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 t (new)


9t. Stresses the need for green global trade rules to face the climate change crisis; recalls that the objective of sustainable development should become the overriding principle guiding the work of the WTO, whose rules and operations should be designed accordingly, using the Agenda 2030 and Paris Agreement commitments as a minimum benchmark; calls, to this effect, among others for the revision of WTO fossil fuel subsidies, renewable energy subsidies as well as industrial subsidy rules, which should include waivers or peace clauses on climate-relevant products;

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Amendment 285Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 u (new)


9u. Calls on the EU to take steps to re-launch discussions within the WTO on Process and Production Methods to enable products to be differentiated in terms of their carbon footprint, energy footprint or technological standards; takes the view such initiative should be accompanied by measures facilitating technology transfer both for climate adaptation and mitigation to accommodate the needs of developing countries;

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Amendment 286Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 v (new)


9v. Recalls that WTO-TRIPS flexibilities could contribute significantly to the transfer of climate-friendly technologies; calls on the EU to take the lead in identifying barriers to the dissemination of technologies in developing countries to address climate change, and to strive to promote the adoption of a Declaration on “IPR and Climate Change” comparable to the Doha Declaration of 2001 on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, to foster the legal transfer of climate-friendly technologies in developing countries;

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Amendment 287Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 w (new)


9w. Underlines that the ongoing rise of CO2 emissions related to transport and international trade undermines the effectiveness of the EU climate change strategy; takes the view that the climate costs of free trade agreements make for a strong case for shifting the path of export-led development strategy towards endogenous development based on local consumption and production in developing countries;

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Amendment 288Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 x (new)


9x. Calls on the EU and its Member States not to systematically oppose local content clauses in the climate policies of their partners, as they may be useful in promoting the production and consumption of locally produced goods; recalls that trade rules should encourage the sustainable use of resources, and that export taxes on natural resources should accordingly not be prohibited in Economic Partnership Agreements as a general rule, given that they are WTO-compatible and can serve the objective of environmental protection (e.g. export of woods) and, more broadly, the sustainable use of resources;

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Amendment 289Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 y (new)


9y. Expresses its support for the mechanism of Carbon border tax adjustments as an important tool to guarantee fair competition for companies taking action to reduce their climate impact;

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Amendment 290Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 z (new)

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9z. Stresses that the environmental costs of international transport linked to trade should be fully reflected in its price; calls, to this effect, for the review of the Energy Taxation Directive to put an end to the unjust and environmentally damaging tax exemption currently applied to aviation and maritime fuels, and to deliver effective and fair carbon pricing for all sectors not covered by the EU ETS;

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Amendment 291Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a a (new)


9aa. Recalls the EU’s commitments towards PCD and the “do no harm” principle; believes that TSD chapters in trade agreements should be one of the drivers of the external dimension of the European Green Deal; warns, against this background, that the Energy Charter Treaty is a major impediment to the achievements of climate goals; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the presently ongoing reform of the Energy Charter Treaty will eliminate its potentially adverse effects on the European Green Deal;

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Amendment 292Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a b (new)


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9ab. Notes that while the FTA’s preliminary chapter on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) of the EU-Mercosur agreement makes reference to the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement, the chapter does not include legal enforcement mechanisms or the possibility of sanctions; stresses that the EU-Mercosur agreement should include binding and enforceable provisions to address climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss and the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities;

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Amendment 293Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a c (new)


9ac. Stresses the need to develop mitigation and adaptation agricultural practises tailored to the needs of developing countries; reminds that most of the efforts in Low Income (LI) and Low Middle Income (LMI) countries shall target adaptation strategies;

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Amendment 294Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a d (new)


9ad. Recalls that agroecology’s unique capacity to reconcile the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability has been recognised by

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landmark reports by the IPCC and IPBES, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, the World Bank and FAO-led global agricultural assessment (IAASTD); takes the view that agroecology and family farming must be placed at the heart of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies in both EU and ACP countries;

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Amendment 295Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a e (new)


9ae. Recalls that climate-friendly agriculture entails reducing dependence on fossil fuel energy, including the use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers; highlights that a recent Greenpeace investigation finds that more than 81,600 tonnes of agricultural chemicals banned in Europe, due to health and environmental concerns, were shipped to developing countries in 2018; urges the EU, against this background, to:

i. be consistent with its commitment under the European Green Deal, notably the “Farm to Fork” strategy whereby it aims to gradually ban hazardous pesticides from agriculture and promote alternative practises;

ii. respect the “do no harm” principle and to take action to prohibit imports and exports of banned pesticides;

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Amendment 296Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a f (new)

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9af. Urges the EU to be a frontrunner in implementing the Paris Agreement; stresses, to this end, the need to create a level playing field for sustainable agriculture at the global level, which entails abolishing distorting subsidies (e.g. synthetic fertilisers), and to internalise external costs of agricultural production; notes that the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has negative social, environmental and climate impacts on the agricultural systems of developing countries, thus threatening food security and climate resilience; calls for an ambitious reform of the CAP that takes into account the impacts of direct payments on farmers’ competitivity in developing countries;

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Amendment 297Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a g (new)


9ag. Underlines that the disruptions triggered by COVID-19 have shone a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of the global food system, highlighting the big potential of short supply chains and of local initiatives that increase local food self-sufficiency to reduce vulnerability to disruptions on international markets and to mitigate climate change; stresses that short supply chains are a key component of agroecological systems; emphasises, therefore, the importance of rural transformation and strengthening local and regional value chains in order to create sustainable jobs, while mitigating climate change;

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Amendment 298Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a h (new)


9ah. Underlines that agriculture adaptation strategies should include the reform of global agricultural trade rules, giving greater policy space for assuring national food sovereignty, while reflecting adequately the needs of smallholder farmers and rural communities; urges, in this regard, the Commission to develop a strategy to gradually shift away from trade-oriented agricultural policies toward local and regional markets;

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Amendment 299Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a i (new)


9ai. Recalls that the UN Economic Commission for Africa has reported that close to 40% of children under 5 years of age in Africa are undernourished; notes with concern that the accumulation of debt, notably in Africa, has reinforced the trend of replacing a diversity of food crops with a limited number of cash crops for export (in order to obtain the foreign currencies needed to repay public debts), thereby supporting a production model that is not conductive to agroecology and a healthy diverse diet;

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Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a j (new)


9aj. Notes with concern that most agricultural development funding in sub-Saharan Africa still supports Green Revolution approaches, with the use of public finances to unlock private investment opportunities (e.g. PPPs, blended finance models) mostly targeting export commodity production and agropoles, and is increasingly conductive to food system industrialisation, while smallholders, and particularly women, struggle to access credit, and financial support for agroecological alternatives remains negligible; insists that EU funding for agriculture should be in line with the transformative nature of Agenda 2030, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity, and should prioritise, accordingly, investments in agroecology, agroforestry and crop diversification;

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Amendment 301Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a k (new)


9ak. Recalls that sustainable management of marine ecosystems is crucial for climate mitigation strategies, which entails tackling inter alia overfishing, land-based pollution reaching the seas and oceans, marine pollution, and eutrophication; underlines that the business model of aquaculture, which now accounts for roughly half of all seafood consumed at a global scale,

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involves similar risks as industrial farming in terms of the ecosystem degradation and the outbreak of diseases; stresses that the catch of fish for production of animal feed contributes to overfishing in developing countries, most notably in West Africa;

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Amendment 302Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a l (new)


9al. Stresses that the excessive fishing capacity within the framework of international fish trade has strong implications for the climate resilience of coastal communities and marine ecosystems in developing countries; calls on the European Commission to push for the integration of climate adaptation and mitigation goals in Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements and in the governance of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations’ to which the EU is contracting party; calls for the EU to push for ambitious measures and financial resources to tackle the global issue of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and the trade of illegal seafood products;

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Amendment 303Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a m (new)


9am. Recalls the critical role of small-scale fisheries in food security and

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nutrition, especially for those living in poverty; recalls that fish stock sustainability is a global matter; urges the EU and partner countries to adopt science-based, Maximum Sustainable Yield-based targets for the management of all stocks; to enforce effective monitoring, control and surveillance; to ensure that their supply chains are fully traceable and free from illegal fishing; and to prioritise an ecosystem-based approach to ocean governance;

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Amendment 304Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a n (new)


9an. Emphasises that the IPCC Special report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate gives evidence of the benefits of combining scientific with local and indigenous knowledge to implement resilience; calls on the EU and partner countries to rely on indigenous know-how in their climate mitigation strategies and to actively promote participatory management, which has proved to be effective in increasing the resilience of coastal communities;

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Amendment 305Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a o (new)


9ao. Stresses that the resilience of coastal communities depending on fisheries relies on sustainable

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management of fish stocks and improved livelihoods;

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Amendment 306Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a p (new)


9ap. Urges the EU to develop a human rights-based approach towards ocean governance aiming to support local economic development, and to secure food sovereignty and dignity for small-scale fishers and fishing communities; urges the EU, to this end, to provide financial and technical support, notably for SIDS and LDCs, in the development of the entire value chain in small-scale fisheries, including funding schemes for training, organisational capacity-building and infrastructure;

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Amendment 307Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a q (new)


9aq. Highlights the importance of women in the seafood industry, including pre- and post-harvest activities; calls for the EU to promote and protect women in fisheries activities and fish-related industries, notably by ensuring greater participation of women in decision-making;

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Amendment 308Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a r (new)


9ar. Urges the EU and its Member States to make the fight against environmental crime an overriding strategic political priority in international judicial cooperation and institutions and COPs, notably by promoting compliance with MEAs through the adoption of criminal sanctions and the exchange of best practises, and by promoting the enlargement of the scope of the International Criminal Court to cover criminal acts amounting to ecocide;

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Amendment 309Caroline Roose, Michèle Rivasion behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a s (new)


9as. Calls for the EU and its Member States to examine the case for granting nature legal personality, thereby strengthening the legal protection of the environment;

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