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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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AMENDMENTS1 - 340Draft motion for a resolutionLídia Pereira, Marek Paweł Balt, Fredrick Federley, Simona Baldassarre, Pär Holmgren, Alexandr Vondra, Petros Kokkalis(PE646.971v01-00)

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Amendment 1Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 3

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– having regard to the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change of April 2013 and its accompanying Staff Working Paper,

– having regard to the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change of April 2013 and its accompanying Staff Working Documents,

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Amendment 2Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 4 a (new)


– having regard to the proposal for a regulation establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law, COM(2020)0080),

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Amendment 3Sara CerdasDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 22 a (new)


– having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law) (COM(2020)0080),

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Amendment 4César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Javi López, Cristina Maestre Martín De

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AlmagroDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 6 a (new)


– having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives’ (COM(2020)0380),

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Amendment 5César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Javi López, Cristina Maestre Martín De AlmagroDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 6 b (new)


– having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’ (COM(2020)0381),

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Amendment 6César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Javi López, Cristina Maestre Martín De AlmagroDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 7 a (new)


– having regard to the Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services published by the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IBPES) on 31 May 2019,

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Amendment 7Simona Baldassarre

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– having regard to the European Climate Declaration of 23 September 2019, signed by 500 climatologists and scientists in climate-related fields,

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– having regard to European Court of Auditors special report 33/2018 entitled ‘Combating desertification in the EU: a growing threat in need of more action’,

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– having regard to the EU’s 7th Environment Action Programme to 2020 and its vision for 2050,

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Amendment 10María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Fredrick Federley, Susana Solís Pérez, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 15 a (new)

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– having regard to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of 31 May 2019,

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Amendment 11Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 16 a (new)


– having regard to the scientific opinion on ‘Adaptation to climate change-related health effects’ of the European Commission’s independent Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, published on 29 June 2020,

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Amendment 12Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 16 b (new)


– having regard to the EEA report of 8 September 2020 on health and environment, including climate change: entitled “Healthy environment, healthy lives: how the environment influences health and well-being in Europe”,

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Amendment 13César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Javi López, Cristina Maestre Martín De AlmagroDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 17 a (new)

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– having regard to Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy,

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Amendment 14Hermann TertschDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 17 a (new)


– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2020/741 on minimum requirements for water reuse,

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– having regard to the Cancun Adaptation Framework,

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Amendment 16Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 17 b (new)


– having regard to the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Impacts (WIM),

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– having regard to Directive 2007/60/EC on the assessment and management of flood risks,

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Amendment 18César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Javi López, Cristina Maestre Martín De AlmagroDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 17 c (new)


– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2020/741 on minimum requirements for water reuse,

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Amendment 19Sara CerdasDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 22 b (new)


– having regard to Directive 2007/60/EC on the assessment and management of flood risks,

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Amendment 20Alexandr VondraDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 18


– having regard to its resolution of 8 deleted

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September 2015 on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water,

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Amendment 21Hermann TertschDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 18 a (new)


– having regard to Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy,

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Amendment 22Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 19 a (new)


– having regard to the European Court of Auditors special report No 25/2018 entitled “Floods Directive: progress in assessing risks, while planning and implementation need to improve”,

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Amendment 23Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 19 b (new)


– having regard to the European Commission’s “Projections of Economic impacts of climate change in Sectors of the EU based on bottom-up Analysis” (PESETA) reports, in particular the 2018

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and 2020 PESETA III and IV reports,

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Amendment 24Alexandr VondraDraft motion for a resolutionRecital A


A. whereas climate change is continuing globally and in Europe and there is further evidence that future climate change will increase climate-related extremes in many EU regions;

A. whereas extreme temperatures, increases in overall precipitation, and drought conditions are becoming more common, and it is therefore essential to augment the capacity to prepare for, and respond to, these events through local level policy;

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Amendment 25Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís PérezDraft motion for a resolutionRecital A



A. whereas the observed changes in climate already have wide-ranging impacts on ecosystems, economic sectors and human health; whereas climate change is continuing globally and in Europe and there is further evidence that future climate change will effect Europe and have a negative impact on EU regions;

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Amendment 26Tudor CiuhodaruDraft motion for a resolutionRecital A


A. whereas climate change is A. whereas the effects of climate

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continuing globally and in Europe and there is further evidence that future climate change will increase climate-related extremes in many EU regions;

change are continuing to be registered globally and in Europe and there is further evidence that future climate change will increase climate-related extremes in many EU regions;

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Amendment 27Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionRecital A



A. whereas climate change is continuing globally and in Europe and there is further evidence that climate change is already, and will continue to increase climate-related extremes in many EU regions;

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Amendment 28Lídia Pereira, Ljudmila Novak, Roberta Metsola, Christophe Hansen, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille WeissDraft motion for a resolutionRecital A



A. whereas climate change is continuing globally and in Europe and there is further evidence that future climate change will increase climate-related extreme events in many EU regions;

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Amendment 29Sara CerdasDraft motion for a resolutionRecital A


A. whereas climate change is continuing globally and in Europe and

A. whereas climate change is continuing globally and in Europe and

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there is further evidence that future climate change will increase climate-related extremes in many EU regions;

there is further evidence that future climate change will increase climate-related extremes in many EU regions, accompanied by invasions of infectious disease carriers such as Aedes albopictus (tiger mosquitoes), ticks and Phlebotominae (sand flies) that could lead to the re-emergence of infectious diseases eliminated from Europe;

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Amendment 30Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick FederleyDraft motion for a resolutionRecital A



A. whereas climate change is continuing globally and in Europe and there is further evidence that future climate change will increase climate-related extremes in many EU regions as well as in third countries;

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Amendment 31Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís PérezDraft motion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas the observed changes in climate already have wide-ranging impacts on ecosystems, economic sectors and human health;

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Amendment 32Simona BaldassarreDraft motion for a resolutionRecital B

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B. whereas the Earth’s climate has been changing since time began, and humankind, like all other living things on Earth today, has always managed to adapt; whereas this is confirmed by the fact that all indicators of resilience, mortality, vulnerability and economic loss due to climatic events have significantly improved, especially for poorer countries;

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Amendment 33Catherine Griset, Aurelia Beigneux, Joëlle MélinDraft motion for a resolutionRecital B



B. whereas the observed extreme weather events already have wide-ranging impacts on ecosystems, economic sectors and human health;

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Amendment 34Lídia Pereira, Roberta Metsola, Ljudmila Novak, Inese Vaidere, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa PietikäinenDraft motion for a resolutionRecital B



B. whereas the observed changes in climate already have wide-ranging impacts on ecosystems (and in biodiversity in particular), social and economic sectors (promoting inequality) and human health;

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Amendment 35Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital B

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B. whereas the observed changes in climate already have wide-ranging impacts on ecosystems, economic sectors and human health; whereas adaptation to climate change is not only in the EU’s economic interest but also constitutes an imperative for the public’s human well-being;

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Amendment 36Alexandr VondraDraft motion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas different regions and sectors in the EU are affected differently by climate change;

C. whereas 7% of the EU’s population live in flood-prone areas, and approximately 9% live in areas where there are over 120 days a year without precipitation;

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Amendment 37Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionRecital C



C. whereas all regions and sectors in the EU are affected by climate change but to different degrees;

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Amendment 38Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís PérezDraft motion for a resolutionRecital C

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C. whereas Member States, regions and sectors in the EU are, and are projected to be affected differently by climate change;

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Amendment 39Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick FederleyDraft motion for a resolutionRecital C



C. whereas climate change already has negatives impacts, such as natural disasters and extreme weather disturbances, including cyclones, storms, flooding, droughts, erosion, rising water, heat waves and fires; whereas different regions, populations and sectors in the EU are affected differently by climate change;

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Amendment 40Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital C



C. whereas different regions and sectors in the EU are affected differently by climate change; whereas coastal and island regions are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change;

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Amendment 41Tudor CiuhodaruDraft motion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)

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Ca. whereas soil health is a key factor in mitigating the effects of desertification, as soil is the largest carbon reservoir and the backbone of all ecosystems and crops, having significant water retention capacity and playing an important role in improving societal resilience to environmental change;

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Amendment 42Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)


Ca. whereas adaptive capacity significantly differs among EU regions and the adaptive capacity of EU’s insular and outermost regions is limited; whereas adaptation strategies should also encourage a change to sustainable development in vulnerable areas, such as islands, building on environmentally friendly and nature-based solutions;

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Amendment 43Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)


Ca. whereas coral reefs and mangroves, essential natural carbon sinks, are at risk because of climate change ;

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Amendment 44Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils

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Torvalds, Susana Solís PérezDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D


D. whereas the water sector, agriculture, forestry and biodiversity are strongly linked, and also related to changing land-use patterns and population change; whereas climate change impacts in other parts of the world may affect the EU through trade, international financial flows, migration and security;

D. whereas climate change mitigation and adaptation are strongly interlinked and contain potential trade-offs; whereas this link is visible in the water sector, agriculture, forestry and biodiversity, and also in relation to changing land-use patterns and population change, therefore this link needs to be included in future policies, plans and measures;

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Amendment 45Hermann TertschDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D



D. whereas European agriculture, livestock farming and forestry are strongly linked to biodiversity and the management of water resources, and also related to changes in the use of natural resources and the future of rural areas; whereas climate change impacts in other parts of the world may affect the EU through trade, international financial flows, migration and security;

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Amendment 46Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick FederleyDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D


D. whereas the water sector, agriculture, forestry and biodiversity are strongly linked, and also related to changing land-use patterns and population

D. whereas the water sector, agriculture and fisheries, forestry and terrestrial and marine biodiversity are strongly linked, and also related to

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change; whereas climate change impacts in other parts of the world may affect the EU through trade, international financial flows, migration and security;

changing land-use patterns and population change; whereas climate change impacts in other parts of the world may affect the EU through trade, international financial flows, migration and security;

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Amendment 47Catherine Griset, Aurelia Beigneux, Joëlle MélinDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D



D. whereas the water sector, agriculture, forestry and biodiversity are strongly linked, and also related to changing land-use patterns and population change; whereas climate change impacts in other parts of the world may affect the EU through trade, international financial flows, migration and security, and whereas these impacts will have to be addressed in order to protect Europe against the threats they pose;

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Amendment 48Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D



D. whereas the water sector, agriculture, forestry and biodiversity are strongly linked, and also related to changing land-use patterns and population change; whereas climate change impacts in other parts of the world may affect the EU through trade, international financial flows, public health, migration and security;

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Amendment 49César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Javi López, Cristina Maestre Martín De AlmagroDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. Whereas climate change is the third largest direct cause of biodiversity loss; whereas nature-based solutions focusing on preserving ecosystems and expanding carbon sinks account for 37% of climate change mitigation until 2030, and whereas their role is also crucial for climate adaptation, reducing the impact of the negative effects of extreme weather events; whereas natural carbon sinks account for 60 % of annual anthropogenic emissions reductions;

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Amendment 50Pernille WeissDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. whereas the overall energy consumption in the water sector in EU is significant and needs to be more efficient in order to contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement and the climate goals of the EU towards 2030 and carbon neutrality in 2050;

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Amendment 51Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. whereas the necessary climate change adaptation investments are not yet

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assessed and incorporated into the MFF climate figures;

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Amendment 52Pernille WeissDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D b (new)


Db. whereas the Water Framework Directive does not include specific provisions to address the impacts of climate change; whereas in its communication on the European Green Deal the Commission nevertheless acknowledges that natural functions of ground and surface water must be restored;

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Amendment 53Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D b (new)


Db. whereas the climate tracking methodology of the European Commission does not distinguish between climate mitigation and adaptation expenditure;

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Amendment 54Pernille WeissDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D c (new)


Dc. whereas buildings are responsible for approximately 40 % of energy consumption and 36 % of CO2 emissions

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in the EU and, therefore, their deep, including staged deep, renovation is crucial to achieve the EU’s 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions objective;

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Amendment 55Simona BaldassarreDraft motion for a resolutionRecital E


E. whereas the projected damage costs from climate change are expected to be high, even when implementing the Paris Agreement;

E. whereas many of the commonly held beliefs about global warming, from it being solely caused by human activity to the exclusively negative role of CO2, are being increasingly called into question, demonstrating that neither climatology nor any other scientific discipline can be considered ‘established’ beyond doubt;

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Amendment 56Alexandr VondraDraft motion for a resolutionRecital E



E. whereas the projected adaptation and mitigation costs from climate action are expected to be high, and the EU must therefore prioritise those Member States, regions and local authorities facing the greatest economic and social impacts resulting from the low-carbon transition, especially with regard to potential job losses and the transformation of the production processes of industrial facilities with a high greenhouse gas intensity;

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Amendment 57María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Fredrick Federley, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionRecital E



E. whereas the European Environment Agency (EEA) has estimated that weather and climate-related extremes have accounted for EUR 426 billion in monetary losses over the period 1980-2017 in EU-28 Member States, and projected damage costs from climate change are expected to be high, even when implementing the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 58Sara CerdasDraft motion for a resolutionRecital E



E. whereas the projected damage costs from climate change are expected to be high, even when implementing the Paris Agreement; whereas these costs should accordingly be factored into the cost-benefit analysis of the measures to be implemented;

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Amendment 59Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital E a (new)


Ea. whereas climate resilient investments can limit the adverse effects of climate change and thus reduce the cost of adaptation; whereas public

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resources will not be sufficient to finance climate change adaptation projects;

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Amendment 60Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís PérezDraft motion for a resolutionRecital E a (new)


Ea. whereas the impacts of climate change outside of the EU are likely to have economic, social and political repercussions on the EU in numerous ways including through trade, international financial flows, migration and security;

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Amendment 61Tudor CiuhodaruDraft motion for a resolutionRecital E a (new)


Ea. whereas the EU must ensure the continued effectiveness of the Paris Agreement, which is a key element in combating climate change;

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Amendment 62Catherine Griset, Aurelia Beigneux, Joëlle MélinDraft motion for a resolutionRecital F


F. whereas climate change and its impacts can be substantially reduced by an ambitious global mitigation policy compatible with the mitigation goal of the Paris Agreement; whereas current

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emission reduction commitments will not achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, but would result in global warming beyond 3°C above pre-industrial levels;

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Amendment 63Alexandr VondraDraft motion for a resolutionRecital F


F. whereas climate change and its impacts can be substantially reduced by an ambitious global mitigation policy compatible with the mitigation goal of the Paris Agreement; whereas current emission reduction commitments will not achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, but would result in global warming beyond 3°C above pre-industrial levels;

F. whereas current global emission reduction commitments will not achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, but would result in global warming beyond 3°C above pre-industrial levels;

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Amendment 64Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionRecital F a (new)


Fa. whereas, according to latest research, limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 to 2°C represents an economically optimal climate policy1a, as opposed to earlier views according to which such limitation was either unattainable or far from the economic optimum;

__________________1a M. C. Hänsel, M. A. Drupp, D. J. A. Johansson, F. Nesje, Ch. Azar, M. C. Freeman, B. Groom and T. Sterner, 2020: Climate economics support for the UN climate targets.

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Amendment 65Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital F a (new)


Fa. whereas collective international efforts, inter alia, on sustainable development, biodiversity and disaster risk reduction should be better integrated in the new strategy;

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Amendment 66Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionRecital F b (new)


Fb. whereas placing greater weight on the well-being of future generations leads to more stringent climate policies, while the economics of a temperature increase of 3°C are optimal only if the well-being of future generations is considered much less important (by 77%) than our own1a;

__________________1a The respective model of the Nobel Prize winner Prof Nordhaus used the data implying that well-being of someone 100 years from now would be valued 77% less than the well-being of someone living today; this was corrected and recalibrated, thus significantly lowering the economically optimal temperature increase.

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Amendment 67Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionRecital F c (new)

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Fc. whereas, according to the WWF Living Planet Report 2020, a number of species are physiologically not capable of tolerating temperatures of predicted warming under the ambition level of current climate policies; whereas up to one-fifth of wild species are at risk of extinction during this century due to climate change alone;

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Amendment 68Alexandr VondraDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G


G. whereas adaptation to climate change is necessary to anticipate the adverse effects of climate change and to prevent or reduce short- and long-term risks from climate change;

G. whereas a robust EU Adaptation Strategy is necessary to prepare vulnerable regions and sectors, and to prevent or reduce short- and long-term risks;

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Amendment 69Catherine Griset, Aurelia Beigneux, Joëlle MélinDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G



G. whereas measures to combat damage to or even the destruction of ecosystems are necessary to anticipate the adverse effects on our societies and to prevent or reduce short- and long-term risks from this phenomenon;

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Amendment 70Esther de Lange

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G. whereas adaptation to climate change is necessary to anticipate and cope with current and future adverse effects of climate change and to prevent or reduce short- and long-term risks from climate change;

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Amendment 71Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G



G. whereas adaptation to climate change is necessary to absorb the adverse effects of climate change and to prevent or reduce short- and long-term risks from climate change;

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Amendment 72Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G



G. whereas adaptation to climate change is necessary to anticipate the adverse effects of climate change and to prevent or reduce short- and long-term risks from climate change, such as rising temperatures, rising sea level, extreme weather disturbances, biodiversity loss and displacement of populations;

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Amendment 73Sara Cerdas

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G. whereas adaptation to climate change is necessary to anticipate the adverse effects of climate change and to prevent or reduce short-, medium- and long-term risks from climate change;

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Amendment 74Pär HolmgrenDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas mechanisms for funding adaptation measures to address loss and damage or climate-induced displacement will be more effective if they incorporate women’s full participation in design processes, decision-making and implementation, including the participation of grassroots women; whereas taking women’s knowledge, including local and indigenous knowledge, into account can lead to advances in disaster management, boost biodiversity, improve water management, enhance food security, prevent desertification, protect forests, ensure a swift transition to renewable energy technologies and support public health;

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Amendment 75Dolors MontserratDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas health hazards related to climate change will affect people,

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particularly some vulnerable groups (elderly people, children, outdoor workers and homeless people); whereas these hazards are, among others, increasing morbidity and mortality due to extreme weather events (heat-waves, storms, floods, wildfires)and emerging infectious diseases (whose spread, timing and intensity are affected by changes in temperature, humidity and rainfall); whereas changes in ecosystems might also affect the risk of infectious diseases;

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Amendment 76Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas the Mediterranean area will suffer more from the effects of heat-related human mortality, water scarcity, desertification, habitat loss and forest fires; whereas energy demand for cooling will be significantly higher in this area;

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Amendment 77Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas restoration of ecosystems, e.g. forests, grasslands, peatlands and wetlands, leads to positive change in the carbon balance of the respective land use system and is both a mitigation and adaptation measure;

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Amendment 78Eleonora Evi, Piernicola Pedicini, Daniela Rondinelli, Petros Kokkalis, Pär HolmgrenDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas investing in prevention of environmental disasters can effectively improve adaptation to climate change and reduce the frequency and intensity of climate-related extreme weather events;

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Amendment 79Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G b (new)


Gb. whereas it is important to prevent the multiple and often interacting threats to ecosystems and wildlife from emerging, including habitat loss and degradation, illegal trade of animals and occurrence of invasive species;

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Amendment 80Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G b (new)


Gb. whereas, according to the 2019 IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, the conservation of high-carbon ecosystems has an immediate positive impact with respect to climate change, whereas the positive impact of restoration and other measures in land use systems is not immediate;

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Amendment 81Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G c (new)


Gc. whereas the objective of a good ecological status of water bodies is of crucial importance for adaptation, with the ecological status of water bodies being under increasing pressure in the changing climate;

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Amendment 82Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G c (new)


Gc. whereas according to the World Health Organization (WHO), projected climate change would cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths a year by 2030;

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Amendment 83Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G d (new)


Gd. whereas, in case of a medium emissions scenario, the number of asylum seekers due to climate-related events would rise by 28% by the end of the century which means 98 000 persons per year more than usual;

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Amendment 84Petros Kokkalis

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Ge. whereas women, girls, and marginalised genders are disproportionality impacted by the impacts of climate change and are the most marginalised in the decision making process;

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Amendment 85Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Catherine Chabaud, Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Emphasises that adaptation is needed for all countries to minimise negative effects and make full use of the opportunities for climate-resilient growth and sustainable development; in that context, stresses its unwavering commitment to the global goal for adaptation as defined in the Paris Agreement;

1. Emphasises that adaptation is necessary for the Union as a whole and for all countries and regions to minimise negative and irreversible climate change impacts and make full use of the opportunities for climate-resilient growth; stresses that all people living in Europe should be granted the fundamental right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment and that this right must be delivered through ambitious policies;

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Amendment 86Pär HolmgrenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Emphasises that adaptation is needed for all countries to minimise negative effects and make full use of the opportunities for climate-resilient growth and sustainable development; in that context, stresses its unwavering

1. Emphasises that adaptation is needed for all countries to minimise the adverse impacts of climate change, while implementing at the same time ambitious mitigation measures to pursue efforts to contain global warming below 1.5°C

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commitment to the global goal for adaptation as defined in the Paris Agreement;

compared to pre-industrial levels, and make full use of the socio-economic opportunities linked to the transition towards a climate-neutral economy and sustainable development; in that context, stresses its unwavering commitment to the global goal for adaptation as defined in the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 87Catherine Griset, Aurelia Beigneux, Joëlle MélinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1



1. Emphasises that adaptation is needed for all countries to minimise negative effects and make full use of the opportunities for climate-resilient growth and sustainable development;

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Amendment 88Hermann TertschDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1



1. Emphasises that adaptation is needed for all countries to minimise negative effects and make full use of the opportunities for climate-resilient growth and sustainable development; in that context, stresses the need for global-scale agreements to achieve coordinated progress as regards adaptation policies;

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Amendment 89Tudor CiuhodaruDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1



1. Emphasises that ongoing adaptation of the proposed measures and necessary steps is needed for all countries to minimise negative effects and make full use of the opportunities for climate-resilient growth and sustainable development; in that context, stresses its unwavering commitment to the global goal for adaptation as defined in the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 90Alexandr VondraDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1



1. Emphasises that adaptation is needed at all levels of administration for all countries to minimise negative effects and make full use of the opportunities for climate-resilient growth and sustainable development; in that context, stresses its unwavering commitment to the global goal for adaptation as defined in the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 91Lídia Pereira, Roberta Metsola, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Inese Vaidere, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille Weiss, Peter LieseDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Recommends that public entities provide information and data in open-

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data format for the possible use of that knowledge by innovation ecosystems for the development of new products and services that help Europeans adapt to the constraints caused by climate change, fostering the resilience of cities and rural territories; calls for these data to be made available in a free, anonymised, reusable, granular, reliable, permanent, accessible and easily editable format;

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Amendment 92Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Catherine ChabaudDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Recalls the importance of averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage associated with climate change, as laid down in Article 8 of the Paris Agreement; recognises the need to further develop measures to address loss and damage;

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Amendment 93Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Considers that adaptation is a key component of the long-term global response to climate change; 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-benefits with other environmental policies and legislation; also considers that

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Member States should adopt comprehensive national adaptation strategies and plans and put them into their national law and that the Commission should help in the monitoring of progress on adaptation by developing indicators;

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Amendment 94Esther de LangeDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Recognises that EU cities and regions are already faced with wide-ranging, adverse effects of climate change, such as extreme rain falls, floods and droughts and that these phenomena represent environmental, economic and safety risks for local communities and businesses; considers that the upcoming strategy should reflect this urgency and propose appropriate measures in this regard;

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Amendment 95Martin Hojsík, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Fredrick Federley, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Suggests that the reactive nature of the European Union Solidarity Fund be complemented by proactively planned adaptation to climate change, which will reduce the vulnerability of the EU territory and its inhabitants by increasing adaptive capacity and reducing its sensitivity;

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Amendment 96Simona BaldassarreDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting economic growth, ensuring water and food security, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

2. Calls for a renewed focus on climate adaptation; notes that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to inject a degree of realism and rationality into European Green Deal policies; points out that the Green Deal will be a success only if it improves economic growth and the well-being of the entire population in all Member States;

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2. Calls for the subject of adaptation to be addressed in the same way as economic recovery and growth, ensuring water and food security, turning to low-carbon energy sources and the consequences of global population growth, one the one hand, and of extreme weather phenomena, on the other, on international migration; notes that the Commission will present a new strategy;

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2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy, considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation, and insists therefore that this should be done without further delay; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical ecological transformation of its economic model, ensuring water and food security, turning to renewable energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice, and developing solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation that also benefit biodiversity, air, water and soil quality as well as human health and wellbeing;

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2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting

2. Calls for a renewed and amplified focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe through the creation and upholding of systems with high adaptive and responsive capacity in a rapidly

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economic growth, ensuring water and food security, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

changing climate through boosting economic development, safe guarding the quality of life and health, ensuring water and food security, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

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2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should contribute to building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue economic growth, ensuring water and food security, and facilitating an increase of all low-carbon and carbon-free energy sources;

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Amendment 101Lídia Pereira, Roberta Metsola, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Inese Vaidere, Christophe Hansen, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille Weiss, Peter LieseDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient

2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership in building global climate resilience through increased financing as well as the promotion of its science, services and

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Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting economic growth, ensuring water and food security, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

technologies and practices for adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting economic growth, ensuring water and food security, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

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Amendment 102Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2



2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting economic growth, through nature-based solutions which are generally less expensive and more sustainable and can contribute to creating new job, ensuring water and food security, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

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Amendment 103Sara CerdasDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Calls for a renewed focus on 2. Calls for a renewed focus on

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adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting economic growth, ensuring water and food security, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting sustainable and green economic growth, ensuring water and food security, respecting and protecting biodiversity, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

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Amendment 104Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2



2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal and the EU commitments under the Paris Agreement, with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting economic growth, ensuring water and food security, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

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Amendment 105Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2

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2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting economic growth, ensuring water and food security, protecting public health, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate and social justice;

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Amendment 106Radan KanevDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2



2. Calls for a renewed focus on adaptation; welcomes therefore that the Commission will present a new Strategy and considers it as an opportunity to show the EU global leadership on adaptation; considers that the new Strategy should be an integral part of the European Green Deal with the aim of building a resilient Europe with a high adaptive capacity enabling it to pursue a radical transformation in terms of boosting economic growth, ensuring water and food security, turning to clean energy sources and ensuring climate, social justice and human health;

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Amendment 107Pernille Weiss

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Draft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 a (new)


2a. Calls on the Commission to identify, recognise and make use of decarbonising ‘first movers’ as key role models towards climate neutrality in 2050; urges the Commission to take into account the initiatives already conducted by ‘first movers’ and related to decarbonisation and energy-efficiency when adopting new legislative proposals related to the ‘European Green Deal’;

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2a. Believes that the adverse effects of climate change can potentially exceed the adaptive capacities of Member States; is, therefore, of the opinion that, the Member States and the Union should work together to avert, minimise and address loss and damage, as provided for in Article 8 of the Paris Agreement, including through the Warsaw International Mechanism;

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Amendment 109César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Javi López, Cristina Maestre Martín De AlmagroDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 a (new)


2a. Underlines the need for Member States to improve cross border cooperation and coordination on climate

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adaptation, specifically focussing on international river basins;

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2a. Welcomes the recognition of adaptation as a key component of climate policy and its enhanced governance regime in the European Climate Law;

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Amendment 111César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro, Javi LópezDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 b (new)


2b. Recalls that climate change has an impact not only on water quantity, but also on water quality, as a lower flow in water bodies means less dilution of harmful substances which are a threat for biodiversity, human health and drinking water supply; in this respect calls for a strong link between the upcoming Zero Pollution Action Plan on water, air and soil and the new EU Climate Adaptation Strategy;

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3. Welcomes the Commission’s evaluation of the current EU strategy on adaptation to climate change of November 2018 and takes note of its conclusion that the wide-ranging objectives of the strategy have not been completely fulfilled, but progress has been made towards all of its individual actions;

3. Welcomes the Commission’s evaluation of the current EU strategy on adaptation to climate change of November 2018 and takes note of its conclusion that the wide-ranging objectives of the strategy have not been completely fulfilled, but progress has been made towards all of its individual actions; in this regard believes that the goals set in the new strategy need to be more ambitious in order for Europe to be prepared for the projected adverse effects from climate change;

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3. Welcomes the Commission’s evaluation of the current EU strategy on adaptation to climate change of November 2018 and takes note of its conclusion that the wide-ranging objectives of the strategy have not been completely fulfilled, but progress has been made towards all of its individual actions;

3. Notes the Commission’s evaluation of the current EU strategy on adaptation to climate change of November 2018 and takes note of its conclusion that the wide-ranging objectives of the strategy have not been completely fulfilled, but progress has been made towards all of its individual actions;

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Amendment 114Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Catherine ChabaudDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4


4. Notes that more could be done to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and calls for effective climate proofing of public infrastructure and other investments;

4. Recognises that adaptation measures should be taken in critical infrastructure, especially in vulnerable sectors such as transport and energy, both through investments in new resilient

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infrastructure and the protection of existing infrastructure; calls for effective climate proofing of all relevant actions and projects;

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Amendment 115Lídia Pereira, Roberta Metsola, Ljudmila Novak, Christophe Hansen, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille Weiss, Peter LieseDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Calls for the integration of adaptation to climate change in new and existing infrastructure in all sectors and calls for effective climate proofing of all infrastructure and other investments; calls for a reform of engineering standards and practice across the EU to integrate physical climate risks;

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Amendment 116Pascal CanfinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Calls for the integration of adaptation to climate change in new and existing infrastructure in all sectors and calls for effective climate proofing of all public infrastructure and other investments; calls for a reform of engineering standards and practice across the EU to integrate physical climate risks; calls on Commission to ask beneficiaries of its financial instruments in high emitting sectors, including projects supported by the European Investment Bank, to carry out a climate adaptation stress test in order to know whether or not they are eligible to the Union's financial instrument; urges the Commission to

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include in the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change a guidance for those beneficiaries on how to align their investment projects with climate adaptation requirements, using appropriately the criteria established by the Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088;

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4. Notes that more must be done to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and spatial planning, and calls for effective climate proofing of public infrastructure and other investments; urges the Commission to adopt mandatory climate proofing requirements for all EU-funded infrastructure projects and investments;

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Amendment 118César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Javi López, Cristina Maestre Martín De AlmagroDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Notes that more should be done to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and spatial planning and calls for effective climate proofing of public infrastructure, spatial planning, buildings and other investments;

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Amendment 119Esther de LangeDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Notes that more should be done to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and spatial planning and calls for effective climate proofing of public infrastructure, spatial planning, buildings and other investments;

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Amendment 120María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Susana Solís PérezDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Notes that more could be done to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and calls for effective climate proofing of public infrastructure and other investments, in particular through an ex-ante examination to assess the capacity of projects to cope with medium-to-long term climate impacts in different global temperature rise scenarios to ensure EU funds are being spent efficiently in long-lasting, climate-compatible projects;

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Amendment 121Sirpa PietikäinenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Notes that more could be done to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and calls for effective climate proofing of public infrastructure and other investments, including adherence to the

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Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and the “do no significant harm” principle;

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Amendment 122Christophe HansenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Notes that more could be done to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and calls for effective climate proofing of public infrastructure and other investments in line with the EU Taxonomy regulation;

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4. Notes that more could be done at European, local, regional and cross-border level to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and calls for effective climate proofing of public infrastructure and other investments;

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4. Notes that more could be done to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and calls for effective climate proofing of

4. Notes that more could be done to integrate adaptation in infrastructure and spatial planning and calls for effective

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public infrastructure and other investments; climate proofing of public infrastructure and other investments;

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Amendment 125Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4 a (new)


4a. Emphasises that green infrastructures contribute to adaptation to climate change through the protection of natural capital, conservation of natural habitats and species, good ecological status and water management and food security;

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5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the urgency of implementing adaptation measures; calls for strengthened governance of the new Strategy, a more frequent review process and clear goals and indicators to measure progress in its implementation;

5. Calls for a new Strategy that combines clear goals with a frequent review process and simple indicators to measure progress in implementing the climate adaptation process;

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5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the urgency of implementing adaptation measures; calls

5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the importance of implementing adaptation measures; calls

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for strengthened governance of the new Strategy, a more frequent review process and clear goals and indicators to measure progress in its implementation;

for clear and realistic goals and indicators to be regularly set and updated to measure the progress made;

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5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the urgency of implementing adaptation measures; calls for strengthened governance of the new Strategy including clear goals and indicators; recognises the need to keep measures and plans continuously up to date in an unprecedented changing world; therefore, calls on the Commission to regularly review and update the new Strategy in coherence with the relevant provisions of the European Climate Law;

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5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the urgency of implementing adaptation measures; calls for strengthened governance of the new Strategy, through legally binding, quantifiable targets for each Member State, a concrete review process and monitoring of their implementation;

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Amendment 130Lídia Pereira, Roberta Metsola, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Christophe Hansen, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille Weiss, Peter LieseDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 5



5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the urgency of implementing adaptation measures; calls for strengthened governance of the new Strategy, the identification of priority areas and investments needs, a more frequent review process, with clear goals, and a proper assessment and indicators informed by the latest science to measure progress in its implementation;

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5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the urgency of implementing adaptation measures; calls for strengthened governance of the new Strategy, a more frequent review process and clear and binding goals and targets based on the most recently available scientific evidence, and indicators to measure progress in its implementation;

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Amendment 132María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Susana Solís PérezDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 5


5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the urgency of

5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the urgency of

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implementing adaptation measures; calls for strengthened governance of the new Strategy, a more frequent review process and clear goals and indicators to measure progress in its implementation;

implementing adaptation measures; calls for strengthened governance of the new Strategy, a more frequent review process and clear goals and indicators to measure progress in its implementation and, an assessment of the extent to which EU investments contribute to reducing overall climate vulnerability of the Union;

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5. Regrets that the 2013 Strategy fails to properly address the urgency of implementing adaptation measures; calls for strengthened governance of the new Strategy, the identification of priority areas and investments needs, a more frequent review process and clear goals and indicators to measure progress in its implementation;

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6. Notes also that progress has been lower than expected on the number of local adaptation strategies with differences between Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure that, despite these differences, all EU regions are prepared to tackle the impacts of climate change through adaptation; recognises in this context the value of the Covenant of Mayors which has increased cooperation on adaptation at local level;

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6. Notes also that progress has been lower than expected on the number of local and regional adaptation strategies with differences between Member States; encourages Member States to incentivise and assist regions in implementing adaptation plans and actions; calls on the Commission to ensure that, all EU regions are prepared to tackle the impacts of climate change through adaptation; recognises in this context the value of the Covenant of Mayors which has increased cooperation on adaptation at local level;

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6. Notes also that progress has been lower than expected on the number of local adaptation strategies with differences between Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure that, despite these differences, all EU regions are prepared to tackle the impacts of climate change through adaptation; recognises in this context the value of initiatives by European regions which have increased cooperation on adaptation, consultancy and the exchange of good practices;

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6. Notes also that progress has been lower than expected on the number of local adaptation strategies with differences between Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure that, despite these differences, all EU regions are prepared to tackle the impacts of climate change through adaptation; considers it essential, therefore, that the new strategy takes into full account national and regional differences rather than endeavouring to impose top-down decisions; recognises in this context the value of the Covenant of Mayors which has increased cooperation on adaptation at local level;

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Amendment 138Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick FederleyDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6



6. Notes also that progress has been lower than expected on the number of local adaptation strategies with differences between Member States; underlines that adaptation strategies should take due account of the territorial specificities and local knowledge; calls on the Commission to ensure that, despite these differences, all EU regions are prepared to tackle the impacts of climate change through adaptation; recognises in this context the value of the Covenant of Mayors which has increased cooperation on adaptation at local level;

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6. Notes also that progress has been lower than expected on the number of local adaptation strategies with differences between Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure that, despite these differences, all EU regions are prepared to tackle the impacts of climate change through adaptation; recognises in this context the value of the Covenant of Mayors which has increased cooperation on adaptation at local level and of the permanent national multi-level climate and energy dialogues, as envisaged in the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action; calls for an enhanced role for adaptation in the European Climate Pact;

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Amendment 140Tudor CiuhodaruDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Calls on the Commission to step up support for the development and exchange of good practices and new knowledge regarding the health risks posed by climate change, improve cross-sectoral cooperation for the purposes of risk assessment and surveillance and increase health sector awareness and capacity at local level and elsewhere;

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6a. Stresses that the negative impact of climate change on the available quantity and quality of water is a threat to health and biodiversity; in order to ensure an adequate supply of drinking water, calls for enhanced coordination of the future zero-pollution action plan for water, air and soil and the new European Adaptation Strategy;

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Amendment 142Pascal CanfinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Highlights the importance of managing physical climate risks and calls for the integration of mandatory climate risk assessments in the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change, including on national adaptation plans;

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Amendment 143Lídia Pereira, Roberta Metsola, Ljudmila Novak, Christophe Hansen, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille Weiss, Peter LieseDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Highlights the importance of managing physical climate risks and calls for the integration of mandatory climate risk assessments in the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change, including on national adaptation plans;

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Amendment 144Pernille WeissDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in sharing and facilitating knowledge and 'best practices' of the different climate adaption efforts at regional and local level in the EU;

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Amendment 145Hildegard BenteleDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Calls, in that connection, for public procurement to serve as an example of the use of climate-friendly materials and services;

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7. Highlights the importance to further promote climate adaptation in regions and cities in the new Strategy, such as through promoting legislative frameworks requiring adequate adaptation strategies also at these levels;

7. Highlights the importance to further promote climate adaptation in regions and cities in the new Strategy;

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Amendment 147Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Martin Hojsík

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7. Highlights the importance to further promote climate adaptation in regions and cities in the new Strategy, such as through promoting legislative frameworks requiring adequate adaptation strategies also at these levels; stresses that special attention should be paid to the most vulnerable areas such as coastal areas, islands, and outermost regions, which are particularly impacted by climate change, through natural disasters and extreme weather disturbances, including cyclones, storms, droughts, erosion, heat waves and fires, as well as rising sea level, rising sea surface temperature, flooding of coastal areas, and increasing ocean acidity;

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7. Highlights the importance to further promote climate adaptation in regions and cities in the new Strategy, such as through promoting legislative frameworks requiring adequate adaptation strategies also at these levels, after proper consultation with the relevant stakeholders including civil society, youth organisations, trade unions and local businesses, and accompanied by financial incentives to deliver on their implementation;

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7. Highlights the importance to further promote climate adaptation in regions and cities in the new Strategy, such as through promoting legislative frameworks requiring adequate adaptation strategies and monitoring also at these levels;

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7a. Emphasises that adaptation strategies should also encourage a change of model in vulnerable areas, such as islands, based on environmentally friendly and nature-based solutions, and should enhance self-sufficiency to ensure better living conditions, including sustainable and local agriculture and fishery practices, sustainable management of water, renewable energies, etc., in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, in order to foster their resilience and the protection of their ecosystems;

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Amendment 151María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 7 a (new)


7a. Highlights the need for Member States, regions and cities to build their adaptive capacity to reduce vulnerabilities and the social impacts of climate change, calls for the Commission and EU agencies to provide the necessary capacity

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building, training and a framework for the proper exchange of information and best practices across local, sub-national and national authorities;

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Amendment 152Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Catherine Chabaud, Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 7 a (new)


7a. Notes the further need for mapping of impacts from climate change, for example in occurrence of natural hazards; welcomes, therefore, the already launched Climate-ADAPT project of the European climate change and health Observatory and encourages the Commission to further develop and expand this to cover further sectors;

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Amendment 153Pär HolmgrenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 7 a (new)


7a. Stresses the need to improve cross-border cooperation and coordination on climate adaptation, as well as in rapid response to climate disasters, and to further mainstream adaptation in river basin management within the Union;

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8. Recalls, in light of the close link between climate change mitigation and adaptation, the importance of mitigation as the impacts of climate change and efforts needed for adaptation vary depending on the increase in global temperature;

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8. Highlights the important synergies and potential trade-offs between climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses the fact that the evaluation of the current Adaptation Strategy establishes the need for further emphasis on the link between adaptation and mitigation in policies and plans;

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Amendment 157Lídia Pereira, Ljudmila Novak, Roberta Metsola, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille WeissDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 8



8. Recalls, in light of the close link between climate change mitigation and adaptation, the importance of mitigation as the impacts of climate change and efforts needed for adaptation vary depending on the increase in global temperature; stresses that while there must be a common effort to ensure an effective action on mitigation due to its global transboundary nature, particular attention has also to be given to the impacts of climate change and the cost of adaptation for each region, particularly those regions that are facing the double challenge of contributing to the global mitigation effort whilst bearing increasing costs due to climate related impacts;

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8. Recalls, in light of the close link between climate change mitigation and adaptation, the importance of mitigation as the impacts of climate change and efforts needed for adaptation vary depending on the increase in global temperature; notes that synergistic approaches to these issues are essential both due to the urgency of the climate and environmental crises and the need to protect human health and strengthen the resilience of ecological and social systems, making sure that no one is left behind;

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Amendment 159Esther de LangeDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 8 a (new)


8a. Underlines the need for Member States to improve cross border cooperation and coordination on climate adaptation, specifically focusing on international river basins; notes that measures to retain and abstract water from water bodies upstream impact water bodies downstream – also across borders - which might hamper economic development of downstream areas and limit the availability of drinking water resources;

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Amendment 160Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Catherine ChabaudDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 8 a (new)


8a. Recognises that impacts from climate change are transboundary, affecting for instance trade, migration and security; therefore urges the Commission to ensure that the new Strategy is holistic and covers the whole range of climate impacts;

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Amendment 161Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Notes that, according to the report of EEA on Health and Climate Change, and the Lancet Countdown, impacts on health are only now beginning to be considered;

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8a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise actions with adaptation and mitigation synergies or co-benefits in plans and in policy-making;

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Amendment 163Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 8 b (new)


8b. Regrets that there was a strong lack of a gender perspective in the Commission’s 2013 adaptation strategy and insists on a gender perspective that fully considers vulnerability of women, girls and marginalised genders, and also upholds gender equity in participation;

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8c. Stresses that the EU must be ready for climate induced displacement and recognises the need for adequate measures to be taken to protect the human rights of populations under threat by the effects of climate change;

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Amendment 165Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 9


9. Recalls that climate change and its impacts affect humans but also biodiversity and marine and terrestrial ecosystems and that according to the IPBES landmark report, climate change is one of the direct drivers of biodiversity loss;

9. Recalls that climate change and its impacts affect humans, that climate change is one of the direct and biggest drivers of biodiversity loss and that the sustainable use of nature will be vital for mitigating dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system and adapting to it1a ;

__________________1a IPBES 2019: Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

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Amendment 166María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Susana Solís Pérez, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 9



9. Recalls that climate change and its impacts affect humans but also biodiversity and marine and terrestrial ecosystems and that according to the IPBES landmark report, climate change is one of the direct drivers of biodiversity loss; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure greater coherence

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between the implementation of adaptation measures and biodiversity conservation measures stemming from the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy”;

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9. Recalls that climate change and its impacts affect humans but also biodiversity and marine and terrestrial ecosystems and that according to the IPBES landmark report, climate change is currently the third most important direct driver of biodiversity loss worldwide, and mounting in importance;

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9. Recalls that climate change and its impacts affect humans but also biodiversity and marine and terrestrial ecosystems and that according to the IPBES landmark report, climate change and human destruction of ecosystems are among the direct drivers of biodiversity loss;

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9. Recalls that climate change and its impacts affect human health and well-being, but also biodiversity and marine and terrestrial ecosystems and that according to the IPBES landmark report, climate change is one of the direct drivers of biodiversity loss;

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10. Stresses the importance of using sustainable nature-based adaptation solutions and conservation and restoration of ecosystems that can simultaneously contribute to climate mitigation, protection of biodiversity and combatting pollution; calls on the new Strategy to include ambitious plans on stepping up the use of these solutions;

10. Stresses the importance of using sustainable nature-based adaptation solutions and conservation and restoration of ecosystems in order to protect biodiversity and combat pollution; calls on the new Strategy to include ambitious plans on stepping up the use of these solutions;

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Amendment 171María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Fredrick Federley, Susana Solís Pérez, Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 10



10. Stresses the importance of using sustainable nature-based adaptation solutions and conservation and restoration of ecosystems that can simultaneously contribute to climate mitigation, protection of biodiversity and combatting pollution; calls on the new Strategy to include ambitious plans on stepping up the use of these solutions, and to make good use of

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the LIFE Programme to act as a catalyst for innovation in adaptation, becoming a space to experiment, develop and pilot solutions to build solutions for the Union’s resilience to climate risk;

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10. Stresses the importance of using sustainable nature-based adaptation solutions and conservation and restoration of ecosystems that can simultaneously contribute to climate mitigation, protection of biodiversity and combatting pollution; calls on the new Strategy to include ambitious plans on stepping up the use of these solutions; believes that the “do no harm” principle should be explicit in the upcoming adaption strategy, particularly to prevent negative impacts on biodiversity and maladaptation;

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10. Stresses the importance of using sustainable nature-based adaptation solutions and conservation and restoration of ecosystems that can simultaneously contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation, protection of biodiversity and combatting pollution; calls on the new Strategy to include ambitious plans on stepping up the use of these solutions including by ensuring adequate funding from the Multiannual Financial

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Framework, InvestEU and the Recovery and Resilience Facility;

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10. Stresses the importance of using sustainable nature-based adaptation solutions and conservation and restoration of ecosystems that can simultaneously contribute to climate mitigation, protection of biodiversity and combatting pollution; calls on the new Strategy to include ambitious plans and new funding opportunities on stepping up the use of these solutions;

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10. Stresses the importance of using sustainable nature-based adaptation solutions and conservation and restoration of ecosystems that can simultaneously contribute to climate mitigation, protection of biodiversity and combatting different types of pollution; calls on the new Strategy to include ambitious action plans on stepping up the use of these solutions;

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10. Stresses the importance of using sustainable nature-based adaptation solutions and conservation and restoration of marine and terrestrial ecosystems that can simultaneously contribute to climate mitigation, protection of biodiversity and combatting pollution; calls on the new Strategy to include ambitious plans on stepping up the use of these solutions;

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10a. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for the efficient management of climate challenges; stresses that women are not only victims, but also powerful agents of change who, on the basis of full participation, can formulate and execute efficient climate strategies and/or solutions in relation to adaptation to climate change and can build climate resilience as a product of their diverse areas of experience and practical knowledge across sectors; recognises also the possibilities for integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation and women's economic empowerment goals;

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10a. Encourages the development of a truly coherent and resilient Trans-European Nature Network, consisting of ecological corridors to prevent genetic isolation, allow for species migration, and maintain and enhance healthy ecosystems while permitting the development of traditional, yet climate-proofed infrastructures;

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Amendment 179Pär HolmgrenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 b (new)


10b. Recognises that the adverse impacts of climate change will particularly affect the poor and disadvantaged groups of society, as they tend to have more limited adaptive capacities and are more dependent on climate sensitive resources; stresses that climate change adaptation efforts need to address the nexus between climate change and the wide-ranging socioeconomic sources of vulnerability, including poverty and gender inequality;

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Amendment 180Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 b (new)


10b. Underlines the need to upscale nature-based solutions and proposes to look into portfolios of available financial products and to improve the terms of financing to remedy the current sub-

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optimal investment situation;

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Amendment 181Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 c (new)


10c. Notes that identification of forest areas which have remained closest to the natural state and which should, therefore, be given particular protection was one of the priorities of the 2nd Environmental Action Programme of the EU from 1977; further notes that while no action was taken as yet, the EU made this a priority also in the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; calls for urgently putting in place actions in this regard;

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Amendment 182Pär HolmgrenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 c (new)


10c. Calls for reinforced social protection systems to protect the most vulnerable regions and people against the adverse impacts of climate change, as well as for identifying vulnerable groups in the design of fair adaptation policies at all relevant governance levels;

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11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for increased planting of trees in cities and for an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events;

11. Highlights the potential of forests and green infrastructure in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services; calls for an integrated answer to forest fires, including, for instance, adequate training and for involved fire fighters in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events; highlights that all potential adaptation techniques for reforestation and agriculture should rely on the latest scientific knowledge;

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11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for increased planting of trees in cities, for initiatives by forest owners for sustainable forest management to be supported and facilitated and for an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events, exacerbated by the gradual abandonment of farming in the EU;

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11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for increased planting of trees in cities and for an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events; highlights that such measures should be pursued in full respect of ecological principles;

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Amendment 186Hildegard BenteleDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 11



11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for increased planting of trees in cities, for existing areas of forest to be expanded and the planting of inner-city forests to be encouraged and for an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events;

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11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for reduction of urban green areas to be avoided as far as possible, for increased planting of trees in cities and for an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events;

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11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality, cloud formation, water purification and groundwater recharge; calls for increased planting of trees in cities and for an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events;

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11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the

11. Highlights the need to assess and further enchase the potential of forests and

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provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for increased planting of trees in cities and for an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events;

trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for increased planting of trees in cities and for an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events;

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Amendment 190Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Christine Schneider, Jens Gieseke, Hildegard Bentele, Marlene Mortler, Alexander BernhuberDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 11



11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for increased planting of trees in cities and for an integrated answer to sustainable forest management in order to protect Europe’s forests against extreme climate events;

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11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for increased planting of trees in cities and for an integrated answer to forest fires in

11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality and the well-being of local people; calls for increased planting of trees in cities and for

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order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events;

an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme weather events;

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11. Highlights the potential of forests and trees in climate adaptation and in the provision of ecosystem services as, for instance, climate-resilient trees in urban areas can even out extreme temperatures in addition to other benefits such as improving air quality; calls for increased planting of trees in cities and for an integrated answer to forest fires in order to protect Europe’s forests against the destruction by extreme climate events;

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Amendment 193Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 11 a (new)


11a. Highlights the role of intact forest ecosystems1a to overcome environmental stressors, among them changes to climate, thanks to inherent properties enabling them to maximise their adaptive capacity, which include evolutionary lineages that are uniquely adapted to survive major seasonal temperature changes and landscape-level disturbances over time;

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Amendment 194Marek Paweł BaltDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 11 a (new)


11a. Underlines that several technologies enable tree replanting; understands that, in some instances, construction works conducted in cities may entail the destruction of green areas, and supports, in this context, the replanting of trees, giving them a new life, in new, well-designed places;

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11a. Calls on the Commission to align the future EU climate adaptation strategy with the objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, especially with the strict protection of all primary forests and with the conservation and restoration objectives;

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11a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to classify green

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infrastructure among the critical infrastructure for the purpose of programming, funding and investments;

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Amendment 197César Luena, Nicolás González Casares, Javi López, Cristina Maestre Martín De AlmagroDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 11 b (new)


11b. Stresses that thirteen Member States have declared that they are at risk of desertification in accordance with the International Convention against Desertification, to which the EU is also a signatory; regrets the lack of a specific European policy and action in this regard; calls, therefore, on the European Commission to present a European strategy to combat desertification under the adaptation strategy and for the EU to declare itself a party at risk of desertification under the Convention;

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11b. Notes that under increased heat and other stress conditions elements of green infrastructure also suffer, and in order for them to create not only physical but also physiological cooling effect, we need to provide them with favourable conditions, soil and moisture to live in urban areas; highlights therefore the role of proper green urban planning which considers the needs of elements of green infrastructure and not merely planting of

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12. Recognises the role of oceans in adapting to climate change and stresses the need to promote healthy and resilient seas and oceans;

12. Recognises the role of oceans in adapting to climate change, recalls that the IPCC special report entitled "The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate", specifies that climate mechanisms depend on the health of the ocean and marine ecosystems currently affected by global warming, pollution, overexploitation of marine biodiversity, acidification, deoxygenation and coastal erosion; the IPCC also recalls that the ocean is part of the solution to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and underlines the necessity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution on ecosystems, as well as to enhance natural carbon sinks; therefore, stresses the need to promote healthy and resilient seas and oceans;

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12. Recognises the role of oceans in adapting to climate change and stresses the need to promote healthy and resilient seas and oceans; alerts that the rising sea levels may lead to the intrusion of saline water into coastal aquifers used for abstraction of drinking water as well as intrusion of saline water in sewers, with a consequent impact on the effectiveness of the

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biological treatment in wastewater plants and the impact on the efficiency of the sewage pumping stations located on low-lying coastal areas;

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12. Recognises the role of oceans in adapting to climate change and stresses the need to ensure healthy and resilient seas and oceans as the degradation of coastal and marine ecosystems threatens the physical, economic and food security of local communities, and resources for global businesses, weakening their ability to provide critical ecosystem services such as food, carbon storage, oxygen generation, as well as to support nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation;

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12. Recognises the role of oceans in adapting to climate change and stresses the need to promote healthy and resilient seas and oceans; calls on the Commission to ensure the full implementation of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, while improving upstream water quality;

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12. Recognises the role of oceans in adapting to climate change and stresses the need to promote healthy and resilient seas and oceans; believes that islands and coastal areas should be eligible for priority adaptation measures, given that coastal and port cities are indispensable parts of the supply chains of inland areas;

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12. recognises the role of oceans in climate change mitigation and stresses that the health and resilience of the seas and oceans must be promoted;

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12a. Alerts that certain coastal zones may come under great pressure due to the rising sea levels, intrusion of saline water, and extreme weather, which may cause consequences such as crop failure, contamination of water bodies, damages on infrastructure, and forced

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displacement;

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13. Supports initiatives, including the development of urban strategies, to use the potential of roofs and other infrastructure, such as urban gardens, green roofs, cool pavements or other measures that can contribute to cooling, retention of water and production of food, while reducing air pollution, improving quality of life in cities and protecting biodiversity, including pollinators; believes that infrastructure such as roads, train tracks, power systems and others need to be made climate-proof;

13. Supports initiatives, including the development of urban strategies, to use the potential of roofs and other infrastructure, such as urban gardens, green roofs, cool pavements or other measures that can contribute to cooling, retention of water and production of food, while reducing air pollution, improving quality of life in cities and protecting biodiversity, including pollinators; believes that infrastructure such as roads, train tracks, power systems and others need to be sustainable;

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Amendment 207Sirpa PietikäinenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 13



13. Supports initiatives, including the development of urban strategies, to use the potential green urban infrastructure, such as parks, gardens, green roofs and walls, cool pavements and other measures that can contribute to climate change mitigation, cooling high urban temperatures, retention of water and production of food, while reducing air and noise pollution, improving quality of life in cities and protecting biodiversity, including pollinators; believes that infrastructure such as roads, train tracks, power systems and others need to be made climate-proof;

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13. Supports initiatives, including the development of urban and spatial planning strategies, to use the potential of roofs and other infrastructure, such as urban gardens, green roofs, cool pavements or other measures that can contribute to cooling, retention and reuse of rain water and production of food, while reducing air pollution, improving quality of life in cities and protecting biodiversity, including pollinators; believes that infrastructure such as roads, train tracks, power systems and others need to be made biodiversity and climate-proof;

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13. Supports initiatives, including the development of urban strategies, to use the potential of roofs and other infrastructure, such as urban gardens, green roofs, cool pavements, penetrable concrete or other measures that can contribute to cooling, retention of water and production of food, while reducing air pollution, improving quality of life in cities and protecting biodiversity, including pollinators; believes that infrastructure such as roads, parking lots, train tracks, power systems, drainage systems and others need to be made climate-proof;

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13. Supports initiatives, including the development of urban strategies, to use the potential of roofs and other infrastructure, such as urban gardens, green roofs, cool pavements or other measures that can contribute to cooling, retention of water and production of food, while reducing air pollution, improving quality of life in cities, reducing risk to human health and protecting biodiversity, including pollinators; believes that infrastructure such as roads, train tracks, power systems and others need to be made climate-proof;

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13. Supports initiatives, including the development of urban strategies and better spatial planning, to use the potential of roofs and other infrastructure, such as urban gardens, green roofs, cool pavements or other measures that can contribute to cooling, retention of water and production of food, while reducing air pollution, improving quality of life in cities and protecting biodiversity, including pollinators; believes that infrastructure such as roads, train tracks, power systems and others need to be made climate-proof;

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Amendment 212Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Christine Schneider, Jens Gieseke, Hildegard BenteleDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 13



13. Supports initiatives, including the development of urban strategies, to use the potential of roofs and other infrastructure, such as urban gardens, green roofs, air filter appliances, cool pavements or other measures that can contribute to cooling, retention of water and production of food, while reducing air pollution, improving quality of life in cities and protecting biodiversity, including pollinators; believes that infrastructure such as roads, train tracks, power systems and others need to be made climate-proof;

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13. Supports initiatives, including the development of urban strategies, to use the potential of roofs and other green infrastructure, such as urban gardens, green roofs, cool pavements or other measures that can contribute to cooling, retention of water and production of food, while reducing air pollution, improving quality of life in cities and protecting biodiversity, including pollinators; believes that infrastructure such as roads, train tracks, power systems and others need to be made climate-proof;

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13a. Encourage the development of green infrastructures in coastal cities, which are generally located near wetlands, to preserve biodiversity and coastal ecosystems as well as to strengthen the sustainable development of the economy, tourism and coastal landscapes, which also help to improve resilience to climate change in these vulnerable areas, particularly affected by sea level rise;

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13a. Acknowledges that assessments by public authorities of the impact of spatial plans and urban development on the water system could provide planning authorities with the necessary advice on ways to build without causing problems for the water system; calls on Member States to embed these assessments in their approach;

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14. Calls for better water management, including the creation of sustainable drainage and natural water retention

14. Recalls that climate change impacts both water quantity but also quality, as lower flow in water bodies

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measures to help moderate flooding and droughts;

means less dilution of harmful substances which are a threat for biodiversity, human health and drinking water supply; calls therefore for better water management, including the creation of sustainable drainage and natural water retention measures to help moderate flooding and droughts, and for stronger links between the new Strategy and the upcoming Zero Pollution Action Plan;

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14. Calls for better water management, including the creation of sustainable drainage and natural water retention measures to help moderate flooding and droughts;

14. Calls for better water management in urban and rural areas, including the creation of sustainable drainage and natural water retention measures to help moderate flooding and droughts and to ensure the availability of water resources for the production of drinking water; emphasises that adaptation measures in water management should match measures to enhance sustainable and circular farming, foster the energy transition and conserve and restore ecosystems and biodiversity;

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14. Calls for better water management, including the creation of sustainable drainage and natural water retention measures to help moderate flooding and droughts and to ensure the availability of

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water resources for the production of drinking water; emphasises that adaptation measures in water management should coincide with measures to enhance circular farming, foster the energy transition and restore biodiversity;

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14. Calls for better water management, including the creation of sustainable drainage and natural water retention measures to help moderate flooding and droughts; calls for more effective rainwater collection and reuse in different areas;

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Amendment 220Lídia Pereira, Ljudmila Novak, Roberta Metsola, Christophe Hansen, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille WeissDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 14



14. Calls for better water management, including the creation of sustainable drainage through improved land planning, which safeguards and recovers natural flowing systems as well as natural water retention measures to help moderate flooding and droughts;

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Amendment 221Michal Wiezik

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14. Calls for better water management, including the creation of sustainable drainage and natural water retention measures to help moderate flooding and droughts and facilitate groundwater recharge;

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Amendment 222Sara CerdasDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 14 a (new)


14a. Calls on the Member States to draw up flood hazard and flood risk maps in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 2007/60/EC on the assessment and management of flood risks, thereby reducing the impact thereof;

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14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further promote water reuse in order to prevent allocation conflicts between different uses of water, while providing sufficient availability of water resources for the production of drinking water, essential to realise the human right to water;

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14a. Notes the high energy consumption in the water sector; calls on the Commission to consider energy-efficient measures and the possibility to use treated waste water as an “on-site” source of renewable energy;

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14a. Calls for coherent policy measures across areas to contribute to reach at least good ecological status of water bodies in the EU, and stresses the crucial importance of ensuring WFD compliant ecological flow and significant improvement of freshwater ecosystem connectivity;

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14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further promote water reuse in order to prevent allocation conflicts between different uses of water, while providing sufficient availability of water resources for the production of drinking water, essential for fulfilling the

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human right to water;

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Amendment 227Pernille WeissDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 14 b (new)


14b. Notes that the current Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive has not been revised since its adoption in 1991; calls on the Commission to revise the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive in order to make sure that the directive contributes positively to the Union's climate and environmental goals;

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15. Emphasises the need to mainstream climate adaptation into all relevant EU policies, such as agriculture, maritime and fisheries policy;

15. Emphasises the need to mainstream climate adaptation into all EU policies, such as agriculture, maritime and fisheries policy

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and the need that other EU Green Deal initiatives, such as the Zero Pollution ambition, are coherent with climate adaptation and mitigation measures;

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15. Emphasises the need to mainstream climate adaptation into all relevant EU policies, such as agriculture, transport, environment, trade, energy, maritime and fisheries policy, cohesion policy and local development, and social policies;

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15. Emphasises the need to mainstream climate adaptation into all relevant EU policies, such as forestry, water management, buildings, infrastructure, agriculture, maritime and fisheries policy;

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Amendment 232Lídia Pereira, Roberta Metsola, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Inese Vaidere, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille Weiss, Peter LieseDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 15


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policies, such as agriculture, maritime and fisheries policy;

policies towards a more sustainable future, such as agriculture, transport, maritime and fisheries policy;

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15. Emphasises the need to mainstream climate adaptation into all relevant EU policies, such as agriculture, maritime, fisheries, air and water policy;

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15. Emphasises the need to mainstream climate adaptation into all relevant EU policies, such as biodiversity, agriculture, maritime and fisheries policy;

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15. Emphasises the need to mainstream climate adaptation into all relevant EU policies, such as agriculture, forestry, maritime and fisheries policy;

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15a. Calls on the Commission to adopt an ambitious approach to the upcoming renovation wave and secure proper initiatives securing staged and deep renovations with a strong cost-effective focus; welcomes, in this context, the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's ambition to set up a "European Bauhaus" putting together engineers, architects and other personnel from the building sector as stressed during the State of the Union speech on 16 September 2020 in the European Parliament;

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15a. Calls on the Commission to thoroughly assess the climate and environmental impact of all relevant legislative and budgetary proposals and ensure that they are fully tailored to the goal of limiting global warming to below 1.5 °C;

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15b. Stresses that the next MFF and the Recovery Fund should not lead to an increased pressure on ecosystems, to their reduced connectivity and to their overexploitation as only sustainable use of nature will allow us to adapt to and mitigate dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system1a; calls for win-win solutions for regions’ economies, climate and environment;

__________________1a IPBES 2019: Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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Amendment 239Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 15 c (new)


15c. Regrets that the EU policies allowed for climate and environmentally-harmful subsidies in the 2014-2020 which contributed to reduced resilience of EU ecosystems; urges for applicable rules across all policy areas to prevent such use of public resources;

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Amendment 240Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 15 d (new)


15d. Stresses that the need for mitigation and adaptation shall not lag behind an ambitious trade policy of the EU and on the contrary the latter should consider the vital role of mitigation and

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adaptation measures for viability of EU trade, in particular in quality agricultural commodities; recalls, for example, that climate change could lead to decrease by half the production of olive oil in Spain, that is currently the world leader in olive oil production;

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Amendment 241Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 15 e (new)


15e. Calls for the revision of relevant provisions of the Climate and Energy package which do not reflect the up-to-date scientific knowledge in relation to ecosystems and different carbon pools and their true value for mitigation and adaptation to climate change;

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16. Calls for the new Strategy to be coherent with global action and agreements such as the Paris Agreement, SDGs and the Convention on Biological Diversity; requests the Commission to identify actions that promote and facilitate adaptation outside of the EU in the new Strategy;

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16. Calls for the new Strategy to be coherent with global action and agreements such as the Paris Agreement, SDGs and the Convention on Biological Diversity; requests the Commission to identify actions that promote and facilitate adaptation outside of the EU in the new Strategy, in particular in least developed countries and small island states which are most severely impacted by climate change and sea-level rise;

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16. Calls for the new Strategy to be coherent with global action and agreements such as the Paris Agreement, SDGs and the Convention on Biological Diversity; requests the Commission to identify actions that promote and facilitate adaptation outside of the EU in the new Strategy and to step up its technical assistance, as well as sharing of best practices with developing countries as part of its external action;

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adaptation solutions with third countries, especially in the parts of the world most vulnerable to and affected by climate change; emphasises also the need for effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries, diffusion of technologies for climate adaptation, and responsibilities throughout supply-chains;

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Amendment 246Catherine Griset, Aurelia Beigneux, Joëlle MélinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 a (new)


16a. Stresses the need to take account of the ecocidal effects of population growth;

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17. Calls for the Commission to adequately address desertification and land degradation and to develop a methodology and indicators to assess their extent; calls for sufficient funding for combating desertification and land degradation;

17. Calls for the Commission to adequately address desertification and land degradation and to support the development of a common procedural framework based on harmonised, specific and credible definitions for meeting SDGs regarding desertification and land degradation and indicators to assess their extent; calls for sufficient funding for combating desertification and land degradation;

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17. Calls for the Commission to adequately address desertification and land degradation and to develop a European action plan to combat desertification and land degradation with clear objectives and regular assessments; calls for sufficient funding for combating desertification and land degradation;

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17. Calls for the Commission to adequately and swiftly address desertification and land degradation and to develop a methodology and indicators to assess their extent;

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17. Calls for the Commission to adequately address desertification and land degradation and to develop a methodology and indicators to assess their extent; recalls the findings of the European Court of Auditors’ special report on Combating desertification in the EU, in particular the need to enhance the EU legal framework for soil, to step up actions towards

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delivering the commitment made by Member States to achieve land degradation neutrality in the EU by 2030 at the latest, and to better address the underlying causes of desertification, in particular intensive and unsustainable agricultural practices; calls for sufficient funding for combating desertification and land degradation;

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Amendment 251Martin Hojsík, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Fredrick Federley, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 17



17. Calls for the Commission to adequately address desertification, land degradation and soil sealing to develop a methodology and indicators to assess their extent; calls for sufficient funding for combating desertification and land degradation;

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Amendment 252Dolors MontserratDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 17 a (new)


17a. Calls on the Commission to take into account in its Strategy the need to ensure that the EU has a climate-resilient health system, capable of anticipating and responding to the consequences of climate change in the health of people, particularly the most vulnerable; calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully engage the health community in the design of the instruments for adaptation to climate change and to take into account the need for more research regarding the health risks associated to

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17a. Emphasises the need to mainstream climate adaptation into EU health policy, in order to take into account the effects of climate change on human health in several dimensions, including direct damages from heat stress and diseases related to heat, secondary effects due to disrupted ecosystems bringing risks such as diseases from ticks and mosquitoes, changed pollen seasons and allergies, as well as tertiary risks such as disruption of social, political, and economic systems, producing dislocation and violence;

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17a. Highlights the risk of maladaptation to climate change and the associated costs; calls therefore on the Commission to develop indicators to measure if the Union is meeting the targets on adaptation, based on projected impacts;

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17a. Stresses the need to enhance the preparedness and adaptive capacity of geographical areas with high exposure to climate change such as the insular and outermost regions of the EU;

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Amendment 256Pär HolmgrenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 17 b (new)


17b. Emphasises the need to mainstream climate adaptation into EU migration policy, in order to build preparedness to assist and ensure full protection to humans in need suffering from climate-induced displacement and forced migration; calls on the Union and the Member States to support the establishment of a UN climate change displacement coordination facility solely devoted to finding and coordinating solutions to climate-induced displacement, and to work towards ensuring legal protection for environmentally displaced persons under EU law;

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Amendment 257Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Catherine ChabaudDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 17 b (new)


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adverse impacts will vary between Member States but more importantly between regions, affecting their respective needs for adaptation measures; calls therefore on the Commission to draw up guidance for Member States and regions to help them target their adaptation measures most effectively;

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Amendment 258Fredrick Federley, Billy Kelleher, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Catherine ChabaudDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 17 c (new)


17c. Highlights that the selection of adaptation measures should be ensured on the basis of a multi-criteria analysis through efficiency, effectiveness, financial cost, coherence with mitigation, urban perspective, etc.; calls on the Commission to develop a definition of climate proofing as a way to ensure that all measures are effective and fit for purpose;

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18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25 % of expenditure and 30 % as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to

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be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should also fund climate adaptation measures;

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18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25 % of expenditure and 30 % as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should also fund climate adaptation measures;

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relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should also fund climate adaptation measures;

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18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25% of expenditure and 30% as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should also fund climate adaptation measures;

18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; welcomes, in this regard, the outcome of the Special European Council meeting of 17-21 July 2020 to establish an overall climate target of 30% that will apply to the total amount of expenditure from the next MFF 2021-2027 and Next Generation EU, which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation;

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18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25% of expenditure and 30% as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a

18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls its demand to increase the climate-related spending target in the next MFF 2021-2027 to at least 40% of expenditure, which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should also fund climate adaptation

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climate bank should also fund climate adaptation measures;

measures; stresses the need to make the financing of adaptation to climate change gender-responsive;

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18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; welcomes the Council`s commitment to allocate 30% of the MFF 2021-2027 to climate-related spending; regrets however cuts to the long-term budget, grant components and flagship programmes that can also help to implement climate adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should also fund climate adaptation measures;

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Amendment 265Martin Hojsík, Fredrick Federley, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 18


18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25% of expenditure and 30% as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a

18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate-related spending target of 30 % and biodiversity-related spending target of 10 % in the next MFF 2021-2027, which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should

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climate bank should also fund climate adaptation measures;

also fund climate adaptation measures;1a

__________________1a European Parliament resolution of 23 July 2020 on the conclusions of the extraordinary European Council meeting of 17-21 July 2020 (2020/2732(RSP))

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Amendment 266Lídia Pereira, Roberta Metsola, Ljudmila Novak, Inese Vaidere, Christophe Hansen, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pernille Weiss, Peter LieseDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 18



18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25% of expenditure and 30% as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding and in the spirit of leaving no one behind, particular support should be given to the regions that tackle increasing costs of climate change, whilst at the same time are effectively committed to the global climate mitigation efforts; calls on the EIB as the EU climate bank, to properly deliver the EU financing for adaptation to climate change and to commit to an enhanced ambition on adaptation in its Climate Bank Roadmap;

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18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25% of expenditure and 30% as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; recalls, in addition, Parliament's position calling in both the next MFF and Next Generation EU for a legally-binding climate-related spending target of 30% and for a biodiversity-related spending target of 10%; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; calls on the EIB as a climate bank to commit to an enhanced ambition on adaptation in its Climate Bank Roadmap;

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18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25% of expenditure and 30% as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should also fund climate adaptation measures, and calls for increased incentives for SMEs, which can play a key role in developing innovative

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sustainable solutions in adaptation;

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18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25% of expenditure and 30% as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should increase the share of funding dedicated to climate adaptation measures;

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18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for climate mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 25% of expenditure and 30% as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should also fund climate

18. Calls for increased funding at all governance levels and for mobilising public and private investments in adaptation; recalls Parliament’s position calling for mainstreaming in the next MFF 2021-2027 of at least 10% for biodiversity and 25% of expenditure for climate and 30% as soon as possible, and at the latest by 2027 which should contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation; calls for climate resilience to be considered as a key criterion in all relevant EU funding; considers that EIB as a climate bank should

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adaptation measures; also fund climate adaptation measures;

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18a. Stresses that conservative estimates of economic damage in case of a 3 °C temperature increase reach 6,7% of global GDP and some micro-econometric studies make estimates at the level of 10% of global GDP; urges that new recovery resources be used to set a transformative change based on an ambitious mitigation and adaptation policy that leaves nobody behind;

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Amendment 273Lídia Pereira, Roberta Metsola, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Christophe Hansen, Dolors Montserrat, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Peter LieseDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 18 a (new)


18a. Calls for adequate funding to combat desertification and soil degradation, problems that already affect most countries in the Union and emerge as two of the most visible consequences of climate change;

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18b. Calls for adequate financial support for implementation of the protection and restoration targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy;

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19. Regrets that the EU’s tracking methodology for climate funding does not differentiate between mitigation and adaptation;

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19. Regrets that the EU’s tracking methodology for climate funding does not differentiate between mitigation and adaptation;

19. Regrets that the EU’s tracking methodology for climate funding does not differentiate between mitigation and adaptation, and that climate earmarking has been difficult to track, being used more as an accounting tool than an actual support for policy planning; calls for the climate earmarking system to be policy-specific and include monitoring criteria that allows for comparisons across EU funds, differentiating between climate mitigation and adaptation across all EU budget instruments;

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19a. Highlights that adaptation and mitigation in the land use sector is crucial; notes in this context that the Common Agricultural Policy is the single biggest contributor from the EU budget to the climate objective, providing nearly 50% of this expenditure1a; is concerned that ECA, in its Special Report entitled “Biodiversity on farmland: CAP contribution has not halted the decline” found the estimated CAP contribution towards climate change objectives unrealistic and concluded that overestimating the CAP contribution could lead to lower financial contributions for other policy areas, thus reducing the overall contribution of EU spending to climate change mitigation and adaptation; calls for the Commission to objectively assess contribution of the CAP to both climate change mitigation and adaptation as part of coherent, complementary and ambitious actions at

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EU level;

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Amendment 278Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 19 a (new)


19a. Encourages the better use of the EU Solidarity Fund as a “build back better” funding mechanism that also incentivises adaptation and forward-looking planning;

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20. Acknowledges that adaptation has a cost; insists, however, on the importance of making these investments as in addition to saving lives and protecting the environment, preventive actions can be more cost-effective; emphasises the principle of prevention and calls on the Commission to develop approaches to ensure that costs arising from a failure to take adaptation measures are not passed on to the general public;

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20. Insists on the importance of making these investments as in addition to saving lives and protecting the environment, preventive actions can be more cost-effective; emphasises the principle of prevention and calls on the Commission to develop approaches to ensure that costs arising from a failure to take adaptation measures are not passed on to the general public; notes that the cost of inaction even when excluding people, company loss or ecosystem loss is expected to be very high; calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure that public investments are climate proof and at the same time incentivise green, sustainable private investments to catalyse systemic changes;

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20. Acknowledges that adaptation has a cost; recalls, however, that the cost of inaction is far greater, and that adaptation measures are taken to save lives and protect the environment which our lives depend upon; insists, however, on the importance of making these investments as in addition to saving lives and protecting the environment, preventive actions can be more cost-effective; emphasises the principle of prevention and calls on the Commission to develop approaches to ensure that costs arising from a failure to take adaptation measures are not passed on to the general public and to enforce the “polluter pays” principle giving adaptation responsibilities to the polluter;

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Amendment 282Eleonora Evi, Piernicola Pedicini, Daniela Rondinelli, Petros Kokkalis, Pär HolmgrenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 20 a (new)


20a. Calls on the Commission to develop a European Environmental Service as a way to invest in prevention of environmental disasters and at the same time create more jobs; this service would enable young Europeans to work on activities related to reforestation, prevention of flood, restoration of degraded eco-systems, combat desertification and soil degradation, as well as requalification of river bank sand repopulation of fish and fauna;

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20a. Highlights the large amount of innovation that underpins projects and measures for climate change adaptive measures, such as technology development, digital services etc. and stresses the need for the EU to support the development and deployment of these initiatives;

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20a. Welcomes the proposal of the Commission to extend the scope of the EU Solidarity Fund to cover public health emergencies such as pandemics;

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20b. Calls on the Member States to develop social protection programmes, contingent credit lines, and sovereign and sub-sovereign climate risk insurance that should target to cover mainly vulnerable and marginalized people and SMEs;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the effects of climate change, including on health, and the benefits of adaptation, among decision makers but also through educational activities at all stages of life;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness of the benefits of climate adaptation among policymakers and academics;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the effects of extreme weather events, such as floods, heat waves and droughts, including on health, and the benefits of adaptation, among decision makers but also through educational activities at all stages of life;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the effects of climate change, including on health, and the benefits of adaptation, among decision makers but also through educational activities at all stages and sectors of life; regrets in that context the budget cuts to important programmes such as EU4health and Erasmus;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the effects of climate change, including on health, and the benefits of adaptation, among decision makers but also through educational activities at all stages of life; stresses the need for exchange of best practice and knowledge sharing between Member States and regions;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the effects of climate change, including on health, and the benefits of adaptation, among decision makers but also through proper and ongoing information and educational activities at all stages of life;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the effects of climate change, including on health, and the benefits of adaptation, among decision makers but also through educational

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activities at all stages of life; educational activities at all stages of life of the EU citizens;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness through truthful information on the effects of climate change, including on health, and the benefits of adaptation, among decision makers but also through educational activities at all stages of life;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the effects of climate change, including on health and on the environment, and the benefits of adaptation, among decision makers but also through educational activities at all stages of life;

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21. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the effects of climate

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change, including on health, and the benefits of adaptation, among decision makers but also through educational activities at all stages of life;

change, including on health, and the need for adaptation and its benefits, among decision makers but also through educational activities at all stages of life;

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21a. Stresses the importance of studying the impact of climate change on human health and calls for investment in research and monitoring in this area; calls for data collected to be channelled into the European Health Data Space;

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22. Calls for bridging current knowledge gaps to ensure informed decision-making, by further developing tools such as Climate-ADAPT and EIT Climate-KIC;

22. Notes the development and value of tools such as Climate-ADAPT and EIT Climate-KIC;

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22. Calls for bridging current knowledge gaps to ensure informed decision-making, by further developing

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tools such as Climate-ADAPT and EIT Climate-KIC;

calls on the Commission to further identify and fill knowledge gaps also in relation to critical sectors to ensure informed decision-making, by further developing tools such as Climate-ADAPT and EIT Climate-KIC; in this regard, calls on the Commission to create an adaptation analysis and modelling forum to improve the use of climate change impact and adaptation models for policy-making;

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22. Calls for bridging current knowledge gaps to ensure informed decision-making, by further developing tools such as Climate-ADAPT and EIT Climate-KIC;

22. Stresses the importance of better knowledge sharing between Member States, which remains insufficient, and improved coordination on issues such as flood defences, building codes, and construction in potential high-risk zones; calls for bridging current knowledge gaps to ensure informed decision-making, by further developing tools such as Climate-ADAPT and EIT Climate-KIC;

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23. Stresses the importance of supporting research on climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, green technologies and other solutions that can help in the fight against climate change and extreme weather phenomena;

23. Stresses the importance of supporting research, nature-based solutions, green technologies and other solutions that can help in the fight against extreme weather phenomena;

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23. Stresses the importance of supporting research on climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, green technologies and other solutions that can help in the fight against climate change and extreme weather phenomena; regrets in that context the massive cuts to budgets in the field of research and innovation such as Horizon Europe as these cuts will diminish the EU`s competitiveness in cutting-edge technologies and solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation;

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23. Stresses the importance of supporting research on climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, green technologies and other solutions that can help in the fight against climate change and extreme weather phenomena, and also further explore the link between changing climate and human health;

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23. Stresses the importance of supporting research on climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, green technologies and other solutions that can help in the fight against climate change and extreme weather phenomena, making use of the Horizon Europe and other funding mechanisms for this purpose;

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23. Stresses the importance of supporting research and innovation on climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, green technologies, biotechnologies and other solutions that can help in the fight against climate change and extreme weather phenomena;

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23a. Calls on the Commission to develop a “EU Climate Calculator” (ECC) as part of its adaption to climate change; stresses that the ECC should entail an accurate and easily understandable labelling for materials, products and services and that that the ECC should ensure a level-playing field for the key actors that are a part of producing a greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint within the EU; believes that

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such a ‘holistic approach’ would open up for positive behavioural affects by EU citizens, industries, and SMEs; stresses that the concept must be based on the principles of circular and lifecycle economy in order to drive demand for climate-friendly goods “made in Europe”, strengthening the competitiveness of the EU; suggests to the Commission to use already known scientific methods when estimating GHG emissions, e.g. with inspiration from its “Product Environmental Footprint”;

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23a. Notes that feedback loops and tipping points will influence and alter the effects of climate change; therefore stresses the importance of data, and access to data, concerning projected climate change impacts, etc., takes note of the work already carried out by the EU programmes such as the COPERNICUS programme on this and emphasises the role of enforced data collection to ensure the most accurate projections as possible;

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23a. Calls for adaptation measures to be based on latest scientific knowledge; underlines that unscientific approaches harm adaptive capacity of major land use

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systems-agro and forest ecosystems and long-term interests of agricultural and forestry sector; stresses that corrective measures guided by science should be applied with urgency if we do not want to witness collapse of these systems;

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23a. Calls for an increase in the quantity and quality of research into and development of innovations in various disciplines, in order to generate green added value, and for targeted support for sustainable digitalisation in the EU and thus for start-ups and digital innovations that exploit the disruptive power of digitalisation for sustainable transformation;

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Amendment 309Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 23 a (new)


23a. Encourages the development of common methodologies and approaches to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of adaptation actions, while recognising that climate change impacts and adaptation actions are local and context specific;.

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23a. Believes that Horizon Europe can be an important tool for developing new technologies for climate adaptation in particular and underlines the need for the use of Horizon funds for research and innovation in the adaptation field;

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Amendment 311Tudor CiuhodaruDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 23 a (new)


23a. Stresses the fundamental role of researchers in combating climate change, and the importance of close scientific collaboration between international partners to this end;

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23b. Notes that EIP-AGRI can be an important tool for developing new technologies and practices for climate adaptation in the agri-food systems;

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Amendment 313Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 23 c (new)

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23c. Expresses its support to the Global Commission on Adaptation for its work-in bringing attention to adaptation;

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Amendment 314Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionSubheading 5 a (new)


Adaptation and international development

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Amendment 315Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 23 e (new)


23e. Calls on the Commission to increase its support in the implementation of the Cancun Adaptation Framework by enhancing its financial contribution and by securing support for adaptation to Article 6 by adopting binding measures;

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Amendment 316Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 23 f (new)


23f. Calls on the Commission to acknowledge that Loss and Damage and adaptation are two separate things to be addressed and to not conflate the two;

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Amendment 317Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 23 g (new)


23g. Supports the further development and sharing of best practices and new knowledge on climate-related health risks through Horizon Europe, the LIFE program and, potentially, the health strand under the proposed European Social Fund Plus for 2021-2027;

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24. Calls for the new Strategy to put a stronger focus on crisis prevention and preparedness planning, management and disaster response;

24. Calls for the new Strategy to put a stronger focus on crisis prevention and preparedness planning, management and disaster response; notes that effects of climate change on health will increase; in this regard, recognises the need for further developed plans on adaptive measures and planning in relation to climate change impacts on health;

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Amendment 319María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Susana Solís Pérez, Nicolae ŞtefănuțăDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 24


24. Calls for the new Strategy to put a stronger focus on crisis prevention and preparedness planning, management and

24. Calls for the new Strategy to put a stronger focus on crisis prevention and preparedness planning, management and

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disaster response; disaster response, exploring all synergies with a reinforced, revamped Union Civil Protection Mechanism and EU agencies such as the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC);

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24. Calls for the new Strategy to put a stronger focus on crisis prevention and preparedness planning, management and disaster response; urges Member States to coordinate the formulation of these preparatory plans with the EU Civil Protection Mechanism through its Emergency Response Coordination Centre;

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24. Calls for the new Strategy to put a stronger focus on crisis prevention and preparedness planning, management and disaster response, notably through an innovative approach to prevention and management risk based on ecosystems;

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Amendment 322Simona Baldassarre

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24. Calls for the new Strategy to put a stronger focus on crisis prevention and preparedness planning, management and disaster response, and for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism to be actively involved in the process;

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24. Calls for the new Strategy to significantly enhance cross-border coordination and cooperation and to put a stronger focus on crisis prevention and preparedness planning, management and disaster response;

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24. Calls for the new Strategy to put a stronger focus on crisis prevention and preparedness planning, management and disaster response related to serious epidemics and pandemics;

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Amendment 325Dolors MontserratDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 24 a (new)

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24a. Calls on the Commission to include in its Strategy prevention programs and awareness campaigns on the direct health effects of climate change, including death, injury and the increased risk of food- and water-borne disease, resulting from extreme temperatures, floods and forest fires;

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24a. Emphasises the importance of the Horizon Europe mission on the adaptation to climate change including societal transformation; recognises it has a large potential to accommodate and foster the climate resilience of EU citizens and communities;

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Amendment 327Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 25


25. Urges Member States to develop adequate rapid response plans in the event of climate disasters such as heat waves, floods and drought;

25. Urges Member States to develop with priority adequate prevention and rapid response plans for the event of climate disasters such as heatwaves, floods and droughts;

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Amendment 328Alexandr Vondra

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25. Urges Member States to develop rapid response plans in the event of impactful extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods and drought;

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25. Urges Member States to develop adequate rapid response plans in the event of natural and weather disasters such as heat waves, floods and drought;

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25. Urges Member States to develop adequate rapid response plans in the event of climate disasters such as heat waves, floods and drought, including mechanisms for cross-border action, ensuring shared responsibilities and solidarity between Member States and towards third countries;

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25. Urges Member States to develop adequate rapid response plans in the event of climate disasters such as heat waves, floods and drought, and pay attention to the specificities of the regions in these plans, such as border or coastal regions;

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25. Urges Member States to develop adequate rapid response plans in the event of climate disasters such as heat waves, floods and drought and pay attention to border regions in these plans;

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25a. Calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources for maintenance and development of the vector-borne disease surveillance network and its effective deployment in the Member States;

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25a. Calls on the Commission to develop guidelines on urban heat emergencies and to promote exchanges of examples of best practice among Member States;

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Amendment 335Martin Hojsík, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Fredrick Federley, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 26


26. Requests local authorities to establish early warning systems and prepare appropriate tools to respond to extreme weather events;

26. Requests local authorities to establish early warning systems and prepare appropriate tools to respond to extreme weather events and other negative impacts of climate change;

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26. Requests local authorities to establish early warning systems and prepare appropriate tools to respond to extreme weather events, serious epidemics and pandemics;

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26. Requests local authorities to 26. Requests local authorities, where

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establish early warning systems and prepare appropriate tools to respond to extreme weather events;

appropriate, to establish timely early warning systems and prepare appropriate tools to respond to extreme weather events;

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26. Requests national, regional and local authorities to establish early warning systems and prepare appropriate tools to respond to extreme weather events;

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26. Requests national, regional and local authorities to establish early warning systems and prepare appropriate tools to respond to extreme weather events;

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26a. Insists on the need to adopt an adaptation strategy for territories and cities exposed to the consequences of climate change, based on a new innovative approach to prevention and management of risks based on ecosystems, in particular by anticipating

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fall back areas, flood retention areas, natural protections and, in cases where it is essential, artificial protections;

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