European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)) DG MOVE Statistical Pocketbook 2019 “EU transport in figures” (source: Eurostat) As referred to in Article 58(2)(a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation. Underlines the urgent need for ambitious action to tackle climate change and environmental challenges, to limit global warming to 1.5  C, and to avoid massive loss of biodiversity; therefore welcomes the Commission’s communication on ‘The European Green Deal’; shares the Commission’s commitment to transforming the EU into a healthier, sustainable, fair, just and prosperous society with net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs); calls for the necessary transition to a climate-neutral society by 2050 at the latest and for this to be made into a European success story; 2. The Endocrine Society praised the European Parliament resolution in response to the European Union’s “Green Deal”— a plan to invest more than €1 trillion in environmental initiatives, including important provisions to protect people from exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). appropriations / Non-diff. , the Commission should, by 30 June 2021, assess how the Union legislation implementing that target would need to be amended in order to achieve emission reductions of 50 to 55 % compared to 1990. n support of the ‘Clean Planet for All’ Communication, the Commission services carried out an in-depth analysis, . The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue. Green MEPs welcome European Parliament vote on Green Deal. In light of the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition, to a sustainable, affordable and secure energy system, relying on a well-functioning internal energy market is essential. resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change. Highlights that the current market imbalance between low supply and high demand of sustainable financial products must be addressed; reiterates the role of sustainable finance and considers it essential that the major international financial institutions swiftly adopt and develop sustainable finance in order to ensure full transparency of the degree of sustainability of the EU financial system and bring about a successful decarbonisation of the global economy; insists on the need to build on the successes of the sustainable finance strategy and underlines the need to rapidly implement the EU’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, including a green label for financial products, the green bond standard and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the prudential framework for banks, and welcomes the establishment of the International Platform on Sustainable Finance; 87. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in. –The proposal/initiative provides for the co-financing estimated below: –☑ The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue. The Green Deal aims to achieve EU’s climate neutrality by … Underlines that as the world’s largest single market, the EU can set standards that apply across global value chains, and believes that the EU should strengthen its political outreach on the basis of ‘Green Deal diplomacy’ as well as ‘climate diplomacy’; believes that the EU should stimulate the debate in other countries in order to raise their climate ambitions, and should step up its ambition in setting new standards for sustainable growth and use its economic weight to shape international standards that are at a minimum in line with EU environmental and climate ambitions; stresses that the EU has a role to play in ensuring a just and orderly transition in all parts of the world, especially in regions that are heavily dependent on fossil fuel; 108. MEPs welcome the European Green Deal and support an ambitious sustainable investment plan to … –  having regard to the European Council conclusions of 12 December 2019. Reiterates the need to address the dramatic consequences climate change has on the long-term economic development of developing countries, in particular least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS); believes that states that emit large quantities of CO2, such as the Member States of the EU, have a moral duty to help developing countries to adapt to climate change; considers that the EU’s cooperation with developing countries should integrate climate strategies as an essential part, in a tailor-made and needs-based approach, should ensure the involvement of local and regional stakeholders, including governments, the private sector and civil society, and should align with partner countries’ national plans and climate strategies; 116. the coordination/communication dimension. –  having regard to the Commission communication of 28 November 2018 entitled ‘A Clean Planet for all – A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy’ (COM(2018)0773) and to the in-depth analysis in support of that communication. Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, provides a strong scientific basis for tackling climate change and illustrates the need to step up cl, imate action. Proposes that all actions under the Green Deal should have a science-based approach and be based on holistic impact assessments; 10. Recalls that forests are indispensable to our planet and biodiversity; welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation and asks it to step up its actions; calls on the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the EU market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation and instead encouraging imports that do not create deforestation abroad; 72. The new EU Adaptation Strategy will aim directly at helping achieve this goal, establishing the framework for achieving c, limate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law), Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee, Having regard to the opinion of the Commit, The Commission has, in its Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’, , set out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union, into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. Member States should adopt comprehensive national adaptation strategies and plans. The amendment calling for the European Green Deal to be placed at the core of the EU’s recovery is part of the resolution on “EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences”; and the amendment was adopted on Thursday night by 527 votes in favour, 152 against and 13 abstentions. An informal alliance has been launched in the European Parliament on the back of calls from 12 EU environment ministers who have signed an appeal for a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The European Environment Agency should assist the Commission, as appropriate. –  having regard to the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), to be held in Kunming, China, in October 2020, when Parties need to decide on the post-2020 global framework to halt biodiversity loss. llowing the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the ‘Paris Agreement’). According to the Special Eurobarometer 490, Climate Change, April 2019, 92% of respondents – and more than eight in ten in each Member State - agree that greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced to a minimum while offsetting the remaining emissions, in o. rder to make the EU economy climate-neutral by 2050. 78. The European Commission is expected to update the EU Industrial Strategy by the end of April 2021. Highlights that trade can be an important tool to promote sustainable development and to help fight climate change; believes that the European Green Deal should ensure that all international trade and investment agreements include strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters, including on the climate and the environment, that fully respect international commitments, in particular the Paris Agreement, and are compliant with WTO rules; welcomes the Commission’s intention to make the Paris Agreement an essential element of all future trade and investment agreements and to ensure that all chemicals, materials, food and other products placed on the European market fully comply with relevant EU regulations and standards; 111. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech at the European parliament Tuesday, Jan.14, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Climate Change is a trans-boundary challenge and cannot be solved by national or local action alone. Recognises the role of the blue economy in tackling climate change; underlines that the blue economy, including renewable energy, tourism and industry, must be truly sustainable as the use of marine resources directly or indirectly depends on the long-term quality and resilience of the oceans; believes that oceans should be put high on the agenda of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to give the Green Deal a ‘blue’ dimension and to fully include the ocean dimension as a key element of the Green Deal, fully recognising the ecosystem services oceans provide by developing an ‘Oceans and Aquaculture Action Plan’, including concrete actions bringing together an integrated strategic vision towards maritime policy issues such as transport, innovation and knowledge, biodiversity, the blue economy, emissions, waste and governance; 75. Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 should therefore be amended in order to include the climate-neutrality objective in, Climate change is by definition a trans-boundary challenge and a coordinated action at Union level is needed to effectively supplement and reinforce national policies. Welcomes the planned proposal to revise the Energy Taxation Directive with respect to environmental issues in order to apply the polluter pays principle, while taking into account national fiscal policies and avoiding any widening of inequalities; 20. Supports policy measures for sustainable products, including an expansion of the scope of ecodesign with legislation making products more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable, and a strong ecodesign and eco-labelling work programme from 2020 onwards that also includes smartphones and other new IT equipment; calls for legislative proposals on the right to repair, the elimination of planned obsolescence, and common chargers for mobile IT equipment; endorses the Commission’s plans for legislative proposals to ensure a safe, circular and sustainable battery value chain for all batteries, and expects this proposal to include at the very least measures on ecodesign, targets for reuse and recycling, and sustainable, as well as socially responsible, sourcing; underlines the need to create a strong and sustainable battery and storage cluster in Europe; stresses the need to promote local consumption and production based on the principles of refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and repair, to stop planned obsolescence business strategies where products are designed to have a short life span and need to be replaced, and to adapt consumption to the limits of the planet; believes that the right to repair and continued support for IT services are imperative to achieve sustainable consumption; calls for these rights to be enshrined in EU law; 39. Underlines the fact that in order to meet the EU’s climate and sustainability goals, all sectors must increase their use of renewable energy and phase out fossil fuels; calls for a revision of the trans-European energy (TEN-E) guidelines before the adoption of the next list of projects of common interest (PCI) in order to align the legislative framework with the priority of smart grid deployment and to prevent the lock-in of carbon-intensive investments; underlines the need to pursue a strategic approach towards EU energy clusters with the aim of utilising the most effective investments in renewable sources of energy; welcomes, therefore, the announcement on an offshore wind strategy; considers that the EU’s policies should specifically enhance innovation and the deployment of sustainable energy storage and green hydrogen; stresses the need to ensure that the use of energy sources such as natural gas is only of a transitional nature, considering the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest; 25. Parliament supports European Green Deal. Members of European Parliament will vote on the resolution on Wednesday. = Non-differentiated appropriations. –  having regard to the EU’s Environment Action Programme to 2020 and its vision for 2050. MEPs are expected to underline that the necessary financial resources must be allocated to an ambitious European Green Deal but that it must be socially balanced. appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below: The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained below: External staff (in Full Time Equivalent unit: FTE) - AC, AL, END, INT and JED, Financed from the envelope of the programme. Underlines that in order for the Union to reach the goals of the Green Deal, substantial public and private investments will need to be mobilised, and sees this as a precondition for the success of the Green Deal; believes that the EU must provide long-term investor certainty and regulatory predictability as well as an adequate financial framework, resources, and market and fiscal incentives for a successful green transition for positive and sustainable social, industrial and economic change; reiterates that the Green Deal should put Europe on the path of long-term sustainable growth, prosperity and wellbeing, ensuring that our environmental, economic and social policies are developed to ensure a just transition; 8. Article 3(1) is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. Welcomes the upcoming strategy for sustainable and smart mobility and agrees with the Commission that all modes of transport (road, rail, aviation and waterborne transport) will have to contribute to the decarbonisation of the transport sector in line with the objective of reaching a climate-neutral economy, while recognising that this will be both a challenge and an opportunity; supports the application of the polluter pays principle; calls for a long-term holistic strategy for a just transition which also takes into account the contribution of the transport sector to the EU economy and the need to ensure a high level of affordable and accessible transport connectivity, as well as social aspects and the protection of workers’ rights; 44. Calls for the transformative agenda of the European Green Deal to be reflected in a greener European Semester; underlines that the European Semester as it currently functions should not be watered down; believes that the UN SDGs should be integrated, in order to make the process a driver of change towards a sustainable wellbeing for all in Europe; supports, therefore, a further integration of social and environmental indicators and targets into the semester whereby Member States are required to present national plans to attain them; calls further on the Commission to provide assessments of the consistency of Member States’ budgets with the EU’s updated climate objectives; Mobilising research and fostering innovation. –  having regard to the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC to be held in November 2020 and the fact that all Parties to the UNFCCC need to increase their nationally determined contributions in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy-wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse, gases domestically within the Union by 2050.    The proposal/initiative will entail reprogramming of the relevant heading in the multiannual financial framework. It tasks the Commission to assess and make proposals for increasing the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 to ensure its consistency with the climate neutrality objective for 2050. Member States shall develop and implement adaptation strategies and plans that include comprehensive risk management frameworks, based on robust climate and vulnerability baselines and progress assessments. The legislation implementing this target consists, inter alia, of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European, , which establishes a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union, Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council, , which introduced national targets for reduction of greenhous, e gas emissions by 2030, and Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from …[OP: date of en, The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(1) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. In spite of mitigation efforts, climate change is already creating and will continue to create significant stress in Europe and strengthening the efforts to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability is crucial, building on Union legislation which already addresses specific climate adaptation objectives. 83. On Wednesday 15 January, MEPs will vote on a resolution outlining the European Parliament’s views on the European Green Deal, winding up the debate that was held in December. In line with the Commission’s commitment to the principles on Better Law-Makin, g, coherence of the Union instruments as regards greenhouse gas emissions reductions should be sought. The resolution signed by the four biggest political groups, stresses that the Green Deal must be an overarching strategy for the EU and all actions should take the environmental challenges into account, aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 °C. The atmosphere is warming and the climate is changing with each passing year. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to review the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive and the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Regulation with a view to accelerating the deployment of zero- and low-emission vehicles and vessels; welcomes the focus on increasing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles; calls nevertheless for a more comprehensive urban mobility plan to reduce congestion and improve liveability in towns and cities, for instance through support for zero-emissions public transport and cycling and walking infrastructure, especially in urban areas; 48. It also aims to protect, conserve and enh. Various proposals for a Green New Deal have been made internationally. Expected generated Union added value (ex-post). -objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider taking the necessary measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties. Highlights the need for support for a just transition and welcomes the Commission’s commitments in this regard; believes that a well-designed Just Transition Mechanism, including a Just Transition Fund, will be an important tool to facilitate the transition and reach ambitious climate targets while addressing social impacts; stresses that robust financing of this instrument, including additional budgetary resources, will be a key element for the successful implementation of the European Green Deal; believes that the just transition is about more than just a fund, but is a whole-policy approach underpinned by investment which must ensure that no one is left behind, and highlights the role of the social policies of the Member States in this context; believes that the Mechanism should not simply be a net transfer to national governments or companies, nor should it be used to pay for corporate liabilities, but that it should concretely help workers of all sectors and communities in the EU most affected by decarbonisation, such as coal mining and carbon-intensive regions, to make the transition to the clean economy of the future, while not having a discouraging effect on proactive projects and initiatives; believes that the fund should inter alia promote upskilling and reskilling in order to prepare and adapt workers to new employment perspectives, requirements and competences and support the creation of high-quality and sustainable jobs; strongly emphasises that just transition funding must be conditional on progress on concrete and binding decarbonisation plans in line with the Paris Agreement, especially the phase-out of coal and the transformation of carbon-intensive economic regions; deems it important to ensure an appropriate monitoring framework in order to follow up on how funds are used in the Member States; stresses, however, that funds alone cannot ensure the transition and that a comprehensive EU strategy based on a genuine dialogue and partnership with the people and communities concerned, including trade unions, is needed; 88. calls on the Commission to ensure the Green Deal is based on a multi-level governance framework; welcomes the European Parliament's resolutions on the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid and on the climate emergency with the call for immediate and ambitious Therefore, Member States and the Union should enhance their adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, as provided for in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement, as well as maximise the co-. Underlines the essential role of the precautionary principle in guiding EU actions in all policy spheres, together with the ‘do no harm’ principle, with the utmost regard for the principle of policy coherence; believes that the precautionary principle should underpin all actions taken in the context of the European Green Deal in order to help safeguard health and the environment; insists that the EU must apply the polluter pays principle when presenting proposals for fair and coordinated measures for tackling climate and environmental challenges; 102. Adaptation is a key component of the long-term glob, al response to climate change. It resets the Commission’s commitment to tackling climate and environmental-related challenges that is this generation’s defining task. The Green New Deal is the name of House Resolution 109, which calls the federal government to take broad action against climate change. The resolution was adopted with 482 votes for, 136 against and 95 abstentions. The Commission should therefore engage with all parts of society to enable and empower them to take action towards a climate-neutral and climate-resilient society, including through launching a European Climate Pact. By 30 September 2023, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall assess, together with the assessment foreseen under Article 29(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999: by all Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1); the collective progress made by all Member States on adaptation as referred to in Arti. benefits with other environmental policies and legislation. –  having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640). shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. ce with Article 7 of the Paris Agreement. This demand for additional HR (4 FTE by 2022 – administrators) is limited to the drafting, the interinstitutional approval and further monitoring by the DG of the climate law ‘stricto sensu’. Underlines that it is crucial to ensure a well-functioning, fully integrated, consumer-centred and competitive energy market in Europe; underlines the importance of cross-border interconnections for a fully integrated energy market; welcomes the announcement that the Commission will propose measures on smart integration by mid-2020, and underlines that further integration of the EU energy market will play an important part in enhancing security of energy supply and achieving a net-zero GHG economy; highlights that an adequately funded Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators is needed to strengthen and increase regional cooperation between the Member States; 26.