UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

   Paragraph 131 a (new)

   Tabled by Valérie Deloge, Alexandre Varaut, Jorge Buxadé Villalba +59 · Members

   Added: 131a. Recalls that at COP28, countries launched the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050, recognising the key role of nuclear energy in reaching net zero; stresses that nuclear energy has an important role to play in enhancing EU energy sovereignty, especially in this geopolitical context;

2. Amendment 3 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

   Recital F a (new)

   Tabled by Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jana Nagyová +8 · PfE

   Added: Fa. whereas the purely ideological policies adopted by the EU in the context of the European Green Deal are leading the EU into a worrying process of de-industrialisation and increasing its dependence on third countries;

3. Amendment 4 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

   Recital G

   Tabled by Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jana Nagyová +8 · PfE

   … the EU and its Member States submitted their updated NDC committing to Added: highly ambitious targets to reduce their net GHG emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990, Removed: thereby continuing to be one of the global leaders in climate action; Added: despite contributing less than 7 % to global emissions, while the largest emitters, such as China, have not yet demonstrated enough ambition or concrete commitments;

4. Amendment 5 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

   Paragraph 48 a (new)

   Tabled by Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jana Nagyová +8 · PfE

   Added: 48a. Stresses the need to revise the European Green Deal to ensure that EU climate and environmental policies are based on pragmatism and wider scientific opinions, with a view to enhancing the competitiveness of EU businesses, while protecting the environment; calls on the Commission to properly evaluate not only the environmental, but also the social and economic impact of all EU climate and environmental policies;

5. Amendment 6 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

   Paragraph 83 a (new)

   Tabled by Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jana Nagyová +7 · PfE

   Added: 83a. Calls on the Commission to urgently review the regulation on CO2 emissions performance for cars and vans with the objective of lifting the 2035 ban on petrol and diesel cars and adopting a technologically neutral approach that considers not only e-fuels but also biofuels and technology such as plug-in hybrid motors;

6. Amendment 9 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

   Recital A

   Tabled by Anja Arndt, Milan Uhrík, Marc Jongen +2 · ESN

   … environmental emergency and has committed to urgently fight and contain this threat; Added: whereas the various legislative and other measures that have been adopted threaten the EU’s attractiveness as a business location, are a challenge to the continued socio-economic well-being of citizens, have drastically increased the cost of living, and have created an urgent need to revive economic growth and competitiveness;

7. Amendment 10 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

   Paragraph 1

   Tabled by Anja Arndt, Milan Uhrík, Marc Jongen +2 · ESN

   1. Removed: Welcomes the outcome of the first GST at COP28, which recognises that pathways limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot and to 2°C requires a peaking of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot requires deep, rapid and sustained reductions in global GHG emissions of 43 % by 2030 and 60 % by 2035 relative to the 2019 level, reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050; Added: Stresses that the largely ideologically motivated ‘climate policy’ as it stands should be ended; calls, therefore, for the EU’s current ‘climate policy’, in particular the European Climate Law and its ‘Fit for 55’ package, to be either revised or completely withdrawn in line with Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union, placing an emphasis on evidence-based and effective environmental protection in addition to balanced economic growth;

8. Amendment 11 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

   Paragraph 1 a (new)

   Tabled by Anja Arndt, Milan Uhrík, Marc Jongen +1 · ESN

   Added: 1a. Recalls the European Parliament’s declaration of a climate and environmental emergency and notes the legislation enacted since; regrets this legislation’s negative impact on Europeans’ socio-economic well-being; calls for a more balanced approach between socio-economic welfare, competitiveness, economic growth and climate action; calls, therefore, for the declaration of a climate and environmental emergency to be revoked;

9. Amendment 12 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

   Paragraph 41

   Tabled by Anja Arndt, Milan Uhrík, Marc Jongen +1 · ESN

   41. Recalls the importance of Removed: the full involvement of all Parties in the UNFCCC decision-making processes; calls on the COP29 presidency and future presidencies to better enable the participation of developing countries and delegates from the least developed countries and to allocate additional resources to this; encourages Parties to include young people in their delegations to ensure that future generations have an active role in shaping decisions concerning their future; Added: conducting COP conferences in an efficient and environmentally friendly manner; underlines that there is an urgent need to limit the number of participants to a few hundred people who are designated by the Parties and duly and democratically legitimised; calls for the increased use of virtual platforms at Removed: COPs to enhance global inclusiveness and participation of delegates and civil society representatives; Added: COPs;

10. Amendment 13 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

    Paragraph 41 a (new)

    Tabled by Anja Arndt, Milan Uhrík, Marc Jongen +1 · ESN

    Added: 41a. Welcomes the fact that the President of the Commission will not attend COP29 in Baku and will instead focus on her institutional duties during the transition phase; notes that reducing the number of participants has beneficial effects on public budgets and the environment;

11. Amendment 14 · Motion for a resolution B10-0156/2024 (ENVI Committee)Rejected

    Paragraph 56 a (new)

    Tabled by Anja Arndt, Milan Uhrík, Marc Jongen +2 · ESN

    Added: 56a. Deplores the fearmongering in the context of climate-related issues with the use of terms such as ‘climate catastrophe’, ‘climate apocalypse’ or ‘burning planet’;