Amen­de­menten Hazekamp over de VN-confe­rentie over klimaat­ver­an­dering van 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypte

Motion for a resolution on the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Amendment 1
Recital P

Motion for a resolution

whereas the Glasgow Climate Pact recognises the ‘important role of non-Party stakeholders, including civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, youth, children, local and regional governments and other stakeholders, in contributing to progress towards the objective of the goals of the Paris Agreement’ and highlights the ‘urgent need for multilevel and cooperative action’;

Amendment

whereas the Glasgow Climate Pact recognises the ‘important role of non-Party stakeholders, including civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, youth, children, local and regional governments and other stakeholders, in contributing to progress towards the objective of the goals of the Paris Agreement’ and highlights the ‘urgent need for multilevel and cooperative action’; stresses that non-Party stakeholders’ cooperative action in implementing the goals of the Paris Agreement should be include consultation with workers and trade unions;

Amendment 2
Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Recalls the importance of the full involvement of all Parties in the UNFCCC decision-making processes; stresses that the current decision-making process under the UNFCCC could be improved to better allow for the full participation of developing countries and LDC delegates and civil society representatives; considers it essential that perspectives of countries most suffering from climate change be heard and acted upon; calls therefore on the COP27 presidency and future presidencies to explore additional ways and allocate additional resources to ensure an effective and meaningful participation of developing countries; recalls its previous positions on human rights situation in Egypt; takes note of a number of civil society organisations who have raised concerns at the marginalisation of civil society at the COP in Egypt and the barriers to protests and civil society to participate; calls on the UNFCCC and on the Egyptian authorities to ensure equitable access and full participation of citizens and civil society organisations to the COP27;

Amendment

Recalls the importance of the full involvement of all Parties in the UNFCCC decision-making processes; stresses that the current decision-making process under the UNFCCC could be improved to better allow for the full participation of developing countries and LDC delegates and civil society representatives; considers it essential that perspectives of countries most suffering from climate change be heard and acted upon; calls therefore on the COP27 presidency and future presidencies to explore additional ways and allocate additional resources to ensure an effective and meaningful participation of developing countries; recalls its previous positions on human rights situation in Egypt; expresses concern at the number of civil society organisations who have raised concerns at the marginalisation of civil society at the COP in Egypt and the barriers to protests and civil society to participate, which has also alarmed UN Special Rapporteurs for Human Rights[1]; condemns the continuing repression of civil society, including environmental groups, and unjustifiable restrictions to their participation to COP-related consultations and activities by Egyptian authorities; draws attention to the numerous participation barriers, including exorbitant accommodation costs; calls on the UNFCCC and on the Egyptian authorities to ensure equitable access and full participation of citizens and civil society organisations to the COP27; Strongly believes that human rights are imperative to just climate action; calls on participants to the COP27 to publicly and privately address urgent human rights concerns and the broader human rights crisis in Egypt and to take precautions to ensure that their participation does not signal approval of the Egyptian authorities;

Amendment 3
Paragraph 30 a (new)

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Expresses its gratitude to the IPCC and greatly appreciates the work carried out on the 6th Assessment Report; welcomes the robust assessment of losses and damages featured in the recent IPCC Working Group II report and points to how it acknowledges loss and damage as an area of increasing importance in both international climate policy and climate science; invites the IPCC to build on this work and produce a Special Report dealing specifically with losses and damages;

Pär Holmgren

Amendment 4
Paragraph 41 a (new)

Amendment

Points to how carbon inequality is exacerbating, as noted in an Oxfam report1a finding that the world's richest 10% of people were responsible for more than half of the carbon added to the atmosphere between 1990 and 2015, and that by 2030 the richest 1% are on course for an even greater share of total global emissions than when the Paris Agreement was signed; underlines that overcoming the climate crisis requires addressing global inequalities the material and consumption footprint of the Global North; calls on Member States to examine the granulairty of their national carbon footprint (CO₂ equivalent (tCO ₂e) per capita) and to take effective measures to addressing those who emit the most in society;

Amendment 5
Paragraph 51 a (new)

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Notes that inclusion of disaggregated military emissions in UNFCCC submissions is voluntary and it is not currently possible to define reported military GHG emissions from the submitted UNFCCC data; supports introducing disaggregated compulsory reporting of military emissions to the UNFCCC; encourages Member States to lead by example by publishing national data on the GHG emissions of their militaries and military technology industries as standard practice;

Amendment 6
Paragraph 54 a (new)

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Points to the huge climate impact of the use of private jets, with one single private jet able to emit 2 metric tons of CO2 in just an hour[1]; underlines the importance of leaders leading by example, and thus regrets that some world leaders and delegates travelled to the COP26 by private jet; urges all participants to the COP27 to choose the least polluting mode of transport to get to their destination; notes with concern that private jet use in Europe is estimated to have increased by 30% compared to pre-pandemic levels[2], and thus calls on Member States in particular to take measures to curtail the use of private jets in their territories without delay;

Pär Holmgren, Anna Cavazzini
Javi López

Amendment 7
Paragraph 55 a (new)

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Expresses concern at fossil fuel investors suing governments before investment tribunals, within the context of investment agreements, for pursuing policies on climate, the phasing out of fossil fuels, or the just transition; calls for consistency between bilateral and multilateral investment agreements and internationally agreed climate objectives by excluding protection of fossil fuel investments;

[1] Transport and Environment, May 2021

[2] European Business Aviation Association data.

[1] https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/10/egypt-un-experts-alarmed-restrictions-civil-society-ahead-climate-summit