Amend­menten Hazekamp op Voor­ontwerp van resolutie VN-klimaat­con­fe­rentie van 2021 in Glasgow, Verenigd Koninkrijk (COP26)

Amendment

E a. Whereas the IPCC special report on climate change and land demonstrates that a transition towards more plant-based diets provides significant potential for both adaptation to climate change and substantial GHG emissions reductions; whereas such dietary changes come with notable co-benefits for human, animal and environmental wellbeing and health;

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1 a. Commends the many millions of people, including millions of young people, who have took to the streets to demand climate action now!; underlines that the climate movement will not be stopped until the science that underpins it is translated into binding targets and effective political and legislative actions;

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11 a. Expects the delegations of the Commission and of the Member States within a reasonable travel distance of Glasgow to travel to the COP26 venue by train or other low-carbon modes of travel, in accordance with a comply-or-explain regime;

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11 b. Regrets the meat-heavy menu served at COP25 considering the significant mitigation potential of a transition towards plant-based diets; calls on the UK COP26 presidency to endorse the ‘plant-based by default’ initiative where vegetarian meals are served unless participants indicate individually and in advance that they would prefer a meal with meat; stresses the potential of this initiative to considerably reduce the climate footprint of the COP26 event;

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18 a. stresses that the restoration and rehabilitation of high-carbon ecosystems previously converted for agriculture, aquaculture or human development can benefit both mitigation and adaptation and should be encouraged;

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19 a. Stresses that in line with promoting nature- and ecosystem-based solutions, it is of crucial importance to reach the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, including primary and old-growth forests, carbon rich ecosystems including coastal and marine ones; underlines that similar targets should be adopted and implemented on a global level as well and calls on the Commission and the Member States to make this part of the climate negotiations, stresses that in line with international standards all industrial and extractive activities should be prohibited in protected areas; calls for more ambitious targets to be set in the medium-long term to ensure that at least 50% of marine and terrestrial areas are protected and to ensure that non-protected areas are ecologically managed, underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured, protected areas should be ecologically connected and clear conservation plans implemented;

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19 b. Highlights the immense impact of the agricultural sector, particularly the livestock industry, on the climate and on biodiversity loss in the EU and worldwide due to land-use changes for grazing and in particular the massive production of feed crops; stresses the additional negative impact of these practices on soil, air and water pollution, human and animal health and animal welfare; underlines the need for a rapid phase-out of intensive livestock farming and a significant reduction in livestock numbers and calls on the Commission, the Member States and the non-EU Parties to introduce suitable and effective legislative and non-legislative measures to achieve this;

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19 c. Emphasizes that adapting our diets and drastically reducing the production and consumption of animals while developing alternative protein sources to substitute meat, dairy and other animal products is a cost-effective, quick, healthy and easy measure to fight climate change and will realise countless co-benefits for human, animal and ecosystem health and welfare;

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24 a. Recalls the significant impact of the agricultural sector, particularly the intensive livestock industry on climate change and biodiversity loss; emphasises that intensive industrial agriculture and livestock farming should not receive funding, nor be incentivized or rewarded; stresses instead the importance of supporting the development of agro-ecological and plant-based agricultural practices, reducing animal density and livestock numbers, stimulating local production and investing in the development of regional infrastructure for a more sustainable agricultural sector;

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25 a. Emphasises that voluntary industry initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions have not yielded significant results and will be utterly insufficient to tackle the climate crisis; stresses the importance of regulatory measures and binding emissions reduction targets for all relevant sectors;

Draft motion for a resolution

27. Recalls that 23 % of global GHG emissions and approximately 10% of EU GHG emissions originate from agriculture and acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector;

Amendment

27. Recalls that 23 % of global GHG emissions and approximately 10% of EU GHG emissions originate from agriculture and acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector; emphasises that an agricultural system dependent on massive imports of soy and maize which harms the environment, biodiversity, public health and animal welfare is inherently unsustainable; stresses the need for the agricultural sector, with particular emphasis on the industrial livestock industry, to take responsibility for their contribution to the climate crisis; calls on the Commission and the Member States to swiftly commit to concrete, sustained and binding measures to reduce agricultural GHG emissions and calls for a global commitment on a significant and swift reduction of all agricultural GHG emissions;

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28 a. Stresses that the EU’s continued reliance on coal mining and coal-fired power plats is unacceptable, also given the significant methane leaks that occur at coal mines; underlines that the continued reliance on coal is completely at odds with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the much-needed energy transition towards energy savings and renewable energy sources; calls for an EU ban on coal-fired electricity and coal mining by 2025;