En En Amendments

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009 - 2014

Committee on Regional Development

2009/2152(INI)

14.12.2009

AMENDMENTS 1 - 43

Draft opinion Salvatore Caronna (PE430.658v01-00)

on the Commission White Paper entitled 'Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action' (2009/2152(INI))

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PE430.957v01-00 2/23 AM\799090EN.doc EN Amendment 1 Markus Pieper, Sabine Verheyen, Joachim Zeller, Manfred Weber

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1. Takes the view that climate change is a 1. Takes the view that climate change is a crucial challenge of our time. It is now crucial challenge of our time. It is now clear that it has implications for the clear that it has implications for the environment, human health and spatial environment, human health and spatial planning, and is making it more difficult planning, and is making it more difficult for all countries to progress towards for some countries to progress towards sustainable development; sustainable development;

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Amendment 2 Alain Cadec

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1 a. Welcomes the publication of the European Commission’s White Paper on ‘Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action’; emphasises that climate change presents a challenge with a marked regional impact that calls for a coordinated approach at European Union level, both between the various Community policies and between the various levels of intervention: European, national, regional and local;

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AM\799090EN.doc 3/23 PE430.957v01-00 EN Amendment 3 Elisabeth Schroedter, Karima Delli, Jean-Paul Besset, Michail Tremopoulos

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2. Takes the view that the impact of 2. Takes the view that the impact of climate change varies between sectors and climate change varies between sectors and European regions, particularly affecting European regions as the Commission study mountain and coastal areas, the Regions 20201 has shown: Under the Mediterranean and Arctic regions. The highest pressure of climate change are repercussions of a global temperature rise regions located in the South and East of will clearly be felt more acutely in those Europe (Spain, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, areas that are more dependent on the Cyprus, Malta and Hungary, as well as forces of nature (such as glacial, coastal most of Romania and southern parts of and mountainous areas) and by France), where more than one third of the vulnerable populations, with a danger that EU population are living (a total of 170 regional disparities will subsequently million people); points out that vulnerable increase; populations are most affected and that the effects of climate change can lead to migration flows, with a danger that regional disparities will subsequently increase;

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Amendment 4 Michail Tremopoulos

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2. Takes the view that the impact of 2. Takes the view that only close climate change varies between sectors and cooperation at all levels of governance European regions, particularly affecting will enable the European Union to mountain and coastal areas, the implement an adaptation strategy from Mediterranean and Arctic regions. The 2013 with a focus on island and costal repercussions of a global temperature rise regions; will clearly be felt more acutely in those areas that are more dependent on the

1 http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/working/regions2020/pdf/regions2020_en.pdf, (November 2008)

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Amendment 5 Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă

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2. Takes the view that the impact of 2. Takes the view that the impact of climate change varies between sectors and climate change varies between sectors and European regions, particularly affecting European regions, particularly affecting mountain and coastal areas, the mountain and coastal areas, the Mediterranean and Arctic regions. The Mediterranean and Arctic regions. The repercussions of a global temperature rise repercussions of a global temperature rise will clearly be felt more acutely in those will clearly be felt more acutely in those areas that are more dependent on the forces areas that are more dependent on the forces of nature (such as glacial, coastal and of nature (such as glacial, coastal and mountainous areas) and by vulnerable mountainous areas, and areas with a high populations, with a danger that regional risk of water shortages) and by vulnerable disparities will subsequently increase; populations, with a danger that regional disparities will subsequently increase, even between regions in the same country;

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Amendment 6 Bairbre de Brún

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AM\799090EN.doc 5/23 PE430.957v01-00 EN mountain and coastal areas, the mountain and coastal areas, outermost Mediterranean and Arctic regions. The regions and the Mediterranean and Arctic repercussions of a global temperature rise regions. The repercussions of a global will clearly be felt more acutely in those temperature rise will clearly be felt more areas that are more dependent on the forces acutely in those areas that are more of nature (such as glacial, coastal and dependent on the forces of nature (such as mountainous areas) and by vulnerable glacial, coastal and mountainous areas) and populations, with a danger that regional by vulnerable populations, with a danger disparities will subsequently increase; that regional disparities will subsequently increase;

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Amendment 7 Elisabeth Schroedter, Karima Delli, Jean-Paul Besset, Michail Tremopoulos

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new)

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2a. Regrets that during the current programming period 2007-2013 the Member States are only allocating 3 percent (9 billion Euro) of the total amount to funding measures for energy efficiency and renewable energies in the operational programmes, and that investments in the new Member States of 2.4 percent are even lower ; therefore takes the view that the share of funding for energy efficiency and renewable energies in the recovery-plan of 500 million Euro can only be a first step in the right direction;

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Amendment 8 Bairbre de Brún

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2a. Recognises that extreme climate phenomena together with the expected raising of sea-level and higher variations of rainfall calls for adaptation measures even in the existing infrastructure system which will generate high costs but which are accepted as being much lower than the costs of inaction;

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Amendment 9 Michail Tremopoulos

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3. Recognises the urgent need to react 3. Recognises the urgent need to react promptly to global warming, both by promptly to global warming, both by taking steps to reduce greenhouse gas taking legally binding measures to reduce emissions further and by introducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% proactive adaptation measures at European, as compared to 1990 levels and by national, regional and local level with a introducing regional adaptation plans and view to limiting the damage; proactive adaptation measures such as widespread reforestation initiatives at European, national, regional and local level with a view to limiting the damage;

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Amendment 10 Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă

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3. Recognises the urgent need to react 3. Recognises the urgent need to react

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Amendment 11 Bairbre de Brún

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3. Recognises the urgent need to react 3. Recognises the urgent need to react promptly to global warming, both by promptly to global warming, both by taking steps to reduce greenhouse gas taking immediate steps to reduce emissions further and by introducing greenhouse gas emissions further and by proactive adaptation measures at European, introducing proactive adaptation measures national, regional and local level with a at European, national, regional and local view to limiting the damage; level with a view to limiting the damage;

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Amendment 12 Markus Pieper, Sabine Verheyen, Joachim Zeller, Manfred Weber

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4. Is firmly convinced of the need for the 4. Is firmly convinced of the need for the European Union to retain and develop its European Union to retain its leadership leadership role in the international fight role in the international fight against global against global warming, and believes that warming, and believes that any delay in any delay in taking such action will taking such action will heighten the risk of heighten the risk of adverse environmental, adverse environmental, economic and economic and social effects and be likely social effects and be likely to generate to generate higher costs; higher costs;

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Amendment 13 Elisabeth Schroedter, Karima Delli, Jean-Paul Besset, Michail Tremopoulos

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4a. Takes the view that with intelligent energy policies actively promoting renewable energy sources, decentralised energy supply and energy efficiency in their territories, the regions not only contribute to fighting the effects of climate change, but also open up new economic opportunities and prospects for their citizens; therefore asks the Member States and the Commission to increase the EU fund allocations by launching an initiative that revises the operational programmes in order to include more climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in all the types of investments; asks Member States to ensure the systematic integration of energy saving and renewable technology measures in all projects and to restrict climate-damaging investments;

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Amendment 14 Seán Kelly

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4a. Notes that sectors of strategic importance to geographically peripheral regions, such as agriculture, should not be shouldered with excessive burdens in

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Amendment 15 Elisabeth Schroedter, Karima Delli, Jean-Paul Besset, Michail Tremopoulos

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5. Takes the view that only close 5. Recognises that local and regional cooperation at all levels of governance will authorities are critical when it comes to enable the European Union to implement practical climate actions and that if an adaptation strategy from 2013; genuinely empowered and resourced, they have the potential to take the lead on emission reductions to ensure that ambitious targets for the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions are met; therefore takes the view that only close cooperation at all levels of governance will enable the European Union to implement a strategy of transformation towards a low- carbon society and that integrated territorial climate plans are an indispensable tool to help to achieve this objective;

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Amendment 16 Alain Cadec

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5. Takes the view that only close 5. Takes the view that only close cooperation at all levels of governance will cooperation at all levels of governance - enable the European Union to implement European Union, Member States and

PE430.957v01-00 10/23 AM\799090EN.doc EN an adaptation strategy from 2013; regional authorities - will enable the European Union to implement an adaptation strategy from 2013;

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Amendment 17 Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă

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5. Takes the view that only close 5. Takes the view that only close cooperation at all levels of governance will cooperation at all levels of governance, enable the European Union to implement together with cooperation and an on- an adaptation strategy from 2013; going exchange of information with countries in the EU's neighbourhood, will enable the European Union to implement an adaptation strategy from 2013;

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Amendment 18 Salvatore Caronna

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new)

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5a. Recognises the need to harmonise the various fields of action, on the one hand by fully involving regional and local bodies at the design, development and implementation stages of national strategies and action plans for combating climate change, and on the other hand by harnessing the strategic regional planning instrument, incorporating all the factors connected with climate change;

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AM\799090EN.doc 11/23 PE430.957v01-00 EN Amendment 19 Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova

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6. Recognises, therefore, the need to ensure 6. Recognises, therefore, the need to ensure that the adaptation strategy is integrated that the adaptation strategy is integrated into, and coherent with, all European into, and coherent with, all European Union policies; emphasises the key role Union policies, with special focus on the played by local and regional authorities coordination of actions and measures and the need for a bottom-up approach under the EU’s agricultural, regional and taking account of the differences between environmental policies. Emphasises the natural habitats in Europe, in full key role played by local and regional accordance with the subsidiarity principle, authorities and the need for a bottom-up since it is convinced that local authorities approach taking account of the differences will be better-equipped to find political between natural habitats in Europe, in full solutions to their own needs; accordance with the subsidiarity principle, since it is convinced that local authorities will be better-equipped to find political solutions to their own needs;

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Amendment 20 Elisabeth Schroedter, Karima Delli, Jean-Paul Besset, Michail Tremopoulos

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6. Recognises, therefore, the need to ensure 6. Recognises, therefore, the need to ensure that the adaptation strategy is integrated that all European Union policies are into, and coherent with, all European integrated into and are coherent with the Union policies; emphasises the key role adaptation strategy; emphasises the key played by local and regional authorities role played by local and regional and the need for a bottom-up approach authorities and the need for a bottom-up taking account of the differences between approach taking account of the differences natural habitats in Europe, in full between natural habitats in Europe, in full accordance with the subsidiarity principle, accordance with the subsidiarity principle, since it is convinced that local authorities since it is convinced that local authorities

PE430.957v01-00 12/23 AM\799090EN.doc EN will be better-equipped to find political will be better-equipped to find political solutions to their own needs; solutions to their own needs;

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Amendment 21 Alain Cadec

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6. Recognises, therefore, the need to ensure 6. Recognises, therefore, the need to ensure that the adaptation strategy is integrated that the adaptation strategy is integrated into, and coherent with, all European into, and coherent with, all European Union policies; emphasises the key role Union policies; emphasises the key role played by local and regional authorities played by local and regional authorities and the need for a bottom-up approach and the need for a bottom-up approach taking account of the differences between taking account of the differences between natural habitats in Europe, in full natural habitats in Europe, in full accordance with the subsidiarity principle, accordance with the subsidiarity principle; since it is convinced that local authorities is convinced that local authorities will be will be better-equipped to find political better-equipped to find political solutions solutions to their own needs; to their own needs;

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Amendment 22 Markus Pieper, Sabine Verheyen, Joachim Zeller, Manfred Weber

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AM\799090EN.doc 13/23 PE430.957v01-00 EN accordance with the subsidiarity principle, subsidiarity principle, since it is convinced since it is convinced that local authorities that local authorities will be better- will be better-equipped to find political equipped to find political solutions to their solutions to their own needs; own needs;

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Amendment 23 Michail Tremopoulos

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7. Welcomes the White Paper’s suggestion 7. Welcomes the White Paper’s suggestion that a mechanism be established for that a mechanism be established for sharing information; hopes that this will be sharing information; hopes that this will be operational by 2011, and that models and operational by 2011, and that models and prediction tools will also have been prediction tools will also have been developed by then; invites the Member developed by then; invites the Member States and local and regional authorities to States and local and regional authorities to publicise and exchange their practices in publicise and exchange their practices in relation to all aspects of climate change relation to all aspects of climate change adaptation policies, particularly measures adaptation policies, particularly measures pertaining to energy efficiency, waste pertaining to energy efficiency, waste management and the development of low- management and the development of low- emission transport infrastructure; emission transport infrastructure with a focus on railways;

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Amendment 24 Salvatore Caronna

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7a. Recommends that a climate change monitoring platform be created with a view to helping regional and local bodies to acquire and exchange local experiences

PE430.957v01-00 14/23 AM\799090EN.doc EN and good practices in the climate field;

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Amendment 25 Patrice Tirolien

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7a. Considers that the outermost regions, owing to their special circumstances as set out in Article 349 of the Treaty of Lisbon, and their geographical location in the tropics, are especially susceptible to the consequences of climate change and should hence receive special attention from the European Commission; calls on the Commission, therefore, to develop an impact assessment and specific action plan for the outermost regions and to support information exchanges and exchanges of good practices between the local authorities in those regions and the regional authorities of third countries in their surrounding geographical areas;

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Amendment 26 Markus Pieper, Sabine Verheyen, Joachim Zeller, Manfred Weber

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8. Considers it essential to pursue policies deleted that make both public and private investment and certain administrative acts (such as planning permission and development plans) subject to a climate

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Amendment 27 Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova

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8. Considers it essential to pursue policies 8. Considers it essential to pursue policies that make both public and private that make both public and private investment and certain administrative acts investment and certain administrative acts (such as planning permission and (such as planning permission and development plans) subject to a climate development plans) subject to a climate impact assessment, so as to block impact assessment, so as to block investment in unsustainable infrastructure; investment in unsustainable infrastructure; calls for strict care to be taken to ensure that a report on climate change effects forms part of the evaluation and approval of proposals for EU-funded projects connected with energy efficiency, waste management and infrastructure development;

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Amendment 28 Elisabeth Schroedter, Karima Delli, Jean-Paul Besset, Michail Tremopoulos

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PE430.957v01-00 16/23 AM\799090EN.doc EN impact assessment, so as to block impact assessment, so as to block investment in unsustainable infrastructure; investment in unsustainable infrastructure; therefore urges the Commission to work as soon as possible together with the Member States and stakeholders on a set of guidelines to ensure that account is taken of climate change impacts when implementing the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of projects, the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Directives relating to programmes or spatial planning policies;

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Amendment 29 Alain Cadec

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8. Considers it essential to pursue policies 8. Considers it essential to pursue policies, that make both public and private not least at regional and local level, that investment and certain administrative acts make both public and private investment (such as planning permission and and certain administrative acts (such as development plans) subject to a climate planning permission and development impact assessment, so as to block plans) subject to a climate impact investment in unsustainable infrastructure; assessment, so as to encourage investment in infrastructure of high environmental quality;

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Amendment 30 Bairbre de Brún

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8. Considers it essential to pursue policies 8. Considers it essential to pursue policies

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Amendment 31 Seán Kelly

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8a. Notes that geographically peripheral regions, especially coastal regions, can offer an abundant supply of renewable energies which can contribute to the adaptation to climate change;

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Amendment 32 Elisabeth Schroedter, Karima Delli, Jean-Paul Besset, Michail Tremopoulos

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Takes the view that, from the micro- climatic point of view, the further paving- over of land in densely populated areas and towns should be avoided;

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PE430.957v01-00 18/23 AM\799090EN.doc EN Amendment 33 Seán Kelly

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8b. Urges the Commission to use cohesion policy to promote the development of renewable resources, with greater synergies between the areas of research and development and regional development policy, and to remove any administrative barriers to the bringing on stream of such resources;

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Amendment 34 Sabine Verheyen, Markus Pieper, Manfred Weber, Joachim Zeller

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9. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to 9. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to set up an Impact and Adaptation Steering set up an Impact and Adaptation Steering Group (IASG), and hopes that local and Group (IASG), and calls for local and regional authorities will be fully and regional authorities to be fully and actively actively involved; involved in this group and its procedures, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle;

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Amendment 35 Salvatore Caronna

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10. Reiterates that the fight against climate 10. Reiterates that the fight against climate change may serve as an opportunity to change may serve as an opportunity to arrive at a sustainable growth model; arrive at a sustainable growth model and that the transition to a carbon-free economy could represent a significant step forward in terms of the creation of new jobs;

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Amendment 36 Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă

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10. Reiterates that the fight against climate 10. Reiterates that the fight against climate change may serve as an opportunity to change may serve as an opportunity to arrive at a sustainable growth model; arrive at a sustainable growth model, which could then be adapted to other countries outside the EU;

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Amendment 37 Elisabeth Schroedter, Karima Delli, Jean-Paul Besset, Michail Tremopoulos

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10. Reiterates that the fight against climate 10. Reiterates that the fight against climate change may serve as an opportunity to change can create new jobs and may serve arrive at a sustainable growth model; as an opportunity to arrive at sustainable development;

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PE430.957v01-00 20/23 AM\799090EN.doc EN Amendment 38 Markus Pieper, Sabine Verheyen, Joachim Zeller, Manfred Weber

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10. Reiterates that the fight against climate 10. Reiterates that measures to mitigate change may serve as an opportunity to climate change may serve as an arrive at a sustainable growth model; opportunity to arrive at a sustainable growth model;

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Amendment 39 Alain Cadec, Lambert van Nistelrooij

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11. Asks the Commission to ensure that 11. Recognises the need for the regions to the next financial perspective includes address the effects of climate change; sufficient funding to implement effective recommends that the Member States and climate change adaptation policies at all the regions take into account the levels of governance. possibility of harnessing the mechanisms provided by the structural funds for developing longer-term sustainable projects; emphasises that the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) exists to address urgent needs and to express EU solidarity with regions affected.

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11. Asks the Commission to ensure that 11. Stresses the need to direct the the next financial perspective includes Cohesion Policy and regional solidarity sufficient funding to implement effective and development towards measures climate change adaptation policies at all dealing with and adjusting to the effects levels of governance; of climate change, including the agri- environmental measures of the CAP;

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Amendment 41 Elisabeth Schroedter, Karima Delli, Jean-Paul Besset, Michail Tremopoulos

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11. Asks the Commission to ensure that the 11. Asks the Commission to ensure that the next financial perspective includes next financial perspective includes sufficient funding to implement effective sufficient funding to implement effective climate change adaptation policies at all climate change adaptation policies at all levels of governance; levels of governance, to revise the operational programmes, where necessary, until 2013 and to implement an adaptation strategy from 2013; asks the Commission to set up as a first step Guidelines which summarise measures and tools for a climate-friendly revision of the operational programmes, including best practice examples from the Member States;

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PE430.957v01-00 22/23 AM\799090EN.doc EN Amendment 42 Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă

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Amendment 43 Markus Pieper, Sabine Verheyen, Joachim Zeller, Manfred Weber

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11a. Stresses that the objectives of climate and global protection should be integrated into the EU cohesion policy's convergence and growth objectives, without replacing structural policy's traditional tasks;

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