What Catherine spoke about.

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Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, I would like to talk to you about a subject that advanced to COP26 – admittedly, very slowly, much too slowly. It is the integration of the ocean into the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the integration of all ocean-based solutions. Before 2015, the ocean was not even mentioned in the negotiations. After six years of mobilising the international communi…

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Oct

2021

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The role of development policy in the response to biodiversity loss in developing countries, in the context of the achievement of the 2030 Agenda (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, to illustrate the role of development policy in addressing biodiversity loss in developing countries in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, I would like to tell you about the great project of the Great Green Wall, a project to which the European Union contributes EUR 750 million per year until 2025. This African initiative to combat d…

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Jul

2021

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Establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the conservation of Southern Ocean biodiversity (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, since I joined the European Parliament, I have been constantly making the voice of the ocean heard and making the importance of maritime issues understood. So today, with this resolution, we want to make the voice of the icy Antarctic Ocean heard and support the indispensable creation of two vast marine protected areas of 3 million squ…