Activities of Alexandr VONDRA related to 2019/2824(RSP)
Plenary speeches (1)
COP15 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Kunming 2020) (debate)
Institutional motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Amendments (10)
Amendment 3 #
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species;
Amendment 14 #
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) provides a transparent legal framework for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge;
Amendment 22 #
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the EU and the Member States have adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and are fully committed to their implementation;
Amendment 32 #
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, on the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs; notes with regret that only seven percent of oceans are formally protected; urges the Commission and the Member States to insist on a review of Aichi Target 11 and SDG target 14.5 and increase the conservation coverage of coastal and marine areas;
Amendment 46 #
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity and nature based solutions for climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence between the CBD and UNFCCCand synergies between the three Rio Conventions; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies and ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving climate mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 70 #
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for a comprehensive governance regime addressing the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services; calls on the EU and the Member States to remain strongly committed to further strengthening the CBD and to take a leading role in the preparation for the post-2020 framework, in particular in the run up to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to commit ton a biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5 ºClong-term temperature targets of the Paris Climate Agreement and to transparently set out their visions and priorities for the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework;
Amendment 80 #
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the decision taken at the COP14 in Egypt, which urges parties to, inter alia, significantly accelerate their efforts to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and to consider undertaking national assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services; considers of the utmost importance to step up the efforts on the implementation of the current Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, focus on the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity targets, the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing, and to work on an ambitious post 2020 strategic plan and implementation mechanism, with regards to a 2050 scenario which takes into account new challenges in the field of biodiversity in line with the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 91 #
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that an international framework in the form of a binding agreement is needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; believes that such a framework should be based on specific, measurable including quantifiable, ambitious, realistic and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributionsreinforced National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and other appropriate instruments, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; highlights the need for a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;
Amendment 123 #
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new finternationancial financial mechanismsstruments to leverage funding for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBDunder the Global Environment Facility (GEF); calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform;
Amendment 213 #
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that public awareness and therefore access to comprehensive information are vital to inform consumers to make informed decisio purchasing choices and promote sustainable consumption patterns; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the traceability and control of products through their value chains thereby increasing transparency also for consumers;