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Debate: The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Anna Júlia Donáth
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: HU

Elnök Úr! A nélkülözésben élők kevesebb kárt okoznak a bolygónak, mint a túlfogyasztásban boldogságot hajszoló, magángépekkel utazó és luxusjachtokon nyaraló elitek. A klímaváltozás árát rövid távon nem a gazdagok fizetik meg, hanem pont azok, akik a legkevésbé tehetnek róla. A fejlett országok rászoruló rétegei és a fejlődő országok lakossága. De nemcsak a túlfogyasztás, a környezetvédelem is az elit kiváltsága napjainkban: organikus ételek, elektromos autók, tetőre szerelt napelemek. Ezek olyan dolgok, amit egy átlagember nem engedhet meg magának, miközben sokak számára a tiszta ivóvíz is luxusnak számít. Képviselőtársaim! Nem várhatjuk el a tömegektől a környezettudatosságot, és hogy viseljék a klímaváltozásnak a következményeit, miközben az elitek nem hajlandóak tenni a közös célért, jövőnk megmentéséért. Éppen ezért teljesen újra kell gondolnunk a társadalmi egyenlőség és az újraelosztás rendszerét. Olyan Európát kell építenünk, ami egyszerre igazságos és zöld.
Debate: The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Gunnar Beck
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Keine Plenarwoche ohne Hinweis auf die eminente Klimakatastrophe, auch nicht nach dem kältesten April seit 30 oder vielleicht 60 Jahren. Thema heute: die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf sogenannte vulnerable Bevölkerungsgruppen in der Dritten Welt. Dieser Bericht hierzu umfasst 54 Seiten, eine Fülle von Allgemeinplätzen, Halbwahrheiten und schlecht durchdachten Forderungen. Wir lesen: Die reichsten Staaten verursachen die höchsten CO2-Emissionen, 40 % der Weltbevölkerung hätten kaum Trinkwasser, Klimawandel treffe vor allem Frauen, und Frauen arbeiteten häufiger Teilzeit als Männer – stimmt alles.  Doch jetzt die keinesfalls so frohe Botschaft: Die EU müsse ihre Klimaziele verschärfen, weltweit Gerechtigkeit schaffen, vor allem für Frauen und Migranten, und Migration nach Europa weiter erleichtern. Richtig ist: Frauen werden in vielen Teilen der Welt benachteiligt, und viele der Ärmsten sind tatsächlich Frauen. Nur: Das Klima diskriminiert nicht, sondern Armut, nicht das Geschlecht verringert Lebenschancen, mehr als alles andere. Wie schon Friedrich Engels bemerkte: Das Leben der Ehefrau eines Fabrikanten hat mehr gemein mit dem Leben einer Fabrikantin oder dem ihres Mannes als mit der Existenz ihrer Arbeiter oder Arbeiterinnen. Die EU verursacht 6 bis 9 % der weltweiten CO2-Emissionen. Das heißt, was immer wir tun, hat null Effekt auf das Weltklima. Tatsache ist ferner: In Afrika werden jede Woche rund 850 000 Kinder geboren. Als Sühne für Klimasünden fordern Kommission und Parlament immer mehr Migration – 70 Millionen allein bis 2035 laut Ex-Migrationskommissar Avramopoulos. Hier ein viel besseres Rezept für Sie: Wiederbewalden Sie 11 % der Erdoberfläche, wie es die Technische Hochschule Zürich zur Neutralisierung der CO2-Emissionen fordert. Leugnen Sie nicht weiter beharrlich Überbevölkerung als wahre Ursache von Armut weltweit, und beerdigen Sie endlich ihre unseligen Weltrettungsfantasien, denn die führen ins Elend und sonst nirgendwohin und nichts sonst.
Debate: The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Grace O'Sullivan
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Mr President, the climate—related COVID crisis has given us all a wake-up call. Sadly, the world’s most vulnerable populations are already awake to the ravages of climate change. Climate change is a political and ethical issue. The most vulnerable suffer, while the world’s wealthiest countries set ambitious goals but do little to achieve them. Much of the developing world, shackled by crippling debt, is unable to adapt to the impact of rising sea levels, salinisation of water sources and extreme weather. It’s time to redress this shameful imbalance, time for the more privileged inhabitants of this planet to stop rolling over and hitting the snooze button when the alarm bell rings. In this respect, I am disappointed to see that some of my colleagues are not prepared to recognise climate refugees’ rights to international protection. We call on all those in positions of power – the Commission, the Member States – to wake up, protect climate refugees and implement international debt forgiveness in the face of the climate and pandemic crisis.  While the planet is being wrecked by unsustainable practices, the developing world picks up the bill, a bill they are paying with their lives, and this is obscene.
Debate: The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Marlene Mortler
Political group: PPE
Country: Romania
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, Herr Kommissar, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! In dem vorliegenden Entschließungsantrag spielt Ernährungssicherheit eine hervorgehobene Rolle. Zu Recht! Denn zu oft sind ausgerechnet die Bevölkerungsgruppen von Ernährungsunsicherheit betroffen, die auch unter schlechter Gesundheit, wirtschaftlicher Unsicherheit und Vertreibung leiden. Dabei spielt der Klimawandel eine entscheidende Rolle, weil er diese Menschen oft unverhältnismäßig hart trifft. Nachhaltige Ernährungssysteme sind also unabdingbar, um die Effekte des Klimawandels einzudämmen und schonend mit unseren begrenzten Ressourcen umzugehen. Mit dem für September geplanten
Debate: The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Delara Burkhardt
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Krisen lasten zu großen Teilen auf den Schultern von Frauen. Sie werden von den Auswirkungen überproportional stark betroffen, sie erfahren finanzielle und berufliche Nachteile, sie kämpfen in der vordersten Reihe. Die Klimakrise ist genau so eine Krise. Stärker getroffen haben Frauen gleichzeitig weniger Möglichkeiten, sich vor den Folgen zu schützen oder auch vor ihnen zu fliehen – vor allen Dingen Frauen im Globalen Süden.  Frauen sind aber nicht nur Opfer dieser Krise. Sie spielen eine Schlüsselrolle in der Bewältigung ebendieser. Es ist wichtig, dass ihr umfangreiches Wissen in die Strategien zur Abschwächung der Klimakrise und zu Anpassungsmaßnahmen einfließt. Das Problem: Frauen sind oftmals in der Entscheidungsfindung nicht beteiligt. Bei der Klimakonferenz von Paris waren nur 20 % der Verhandelnden Frauen. Klar ist: Ohne Geschlechtergerechtigkeit gibt es keine Klimagerechtigkeit! Die Klimakrise und die damit verbundenen Risiken sind nicht geschlechterneutral. Auf allen Ebenen muss den Stimmen von Frauen und Mädchen mehr Gehör verschafft werden. Das machen wir auch in dieser Entschließung deutlich. Danke, Mónica, danke an alle Beteiligten!
Debate: The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Thomas Waitz
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, Commissioner, we have heard today already that Europe has a historic responsibility based on our emissions of fossil fuels. We were building our wealth in the last 100 years and we still one of the biggest emitters globally and the collateral damage is global warming, resulting in a climate crisis.  We’re talking about disappearing islands. We’re talking about desertification and droughts. And there is no doubt that these droughts and desertification are fueling conflicts, are triggering conflicts like they triggered the civil war in Syria and like this is a trigger in the Sahel zone. If we look at Nigeria, we think this is a religious conflict. The root cause is a land conflict because of the desertification of the landscape. It’s a conflict between animal holders and land farmers. So it’s also a climate conflict  – but this does not excuse anyone who is violent and infringing human rights. But we have to acknowledge that not only a person that is threatened by a Kalashnikov is threatened by death. We are ready to accept that with regard to asylum seekers. We should look into our situation and also accept citizens that are threatened by death by climate crisis. This is a historic responsibility of us in the European Union.
Debate: The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska
Political group: PPE
Country: Lithuania
Language: PL

Panie Przewodniczący! Szanowni Państwo! Wszyscy mamy świadomość, że zmiany klimatu w znacznym stopniu dotykają kobiety i dzieci. To one stanowią większość uchodźców klimatycznych narażonych dodatkowo na przemoc, głód i śmierć. Są także pierwszymi ofiarami wojen o zasoby naturalne czy konfliktów zbrojnych. Wynika to w dużej mierze z istniejącej nierówności płci, której przejawem jest choćby trudniejsza sytuacja ekonomiczna kobiet, ich marginalizacja i dyskryminacja w życiu społecznym i politycznym, trudniejszy dostęp do kapitału, edukacji czy służby zdrowia. Chciałabym podkreślić, jak ważne jest włączenie kobiet w kluczowe procesy decyzyjne i zapewnienie im reprezentacji w samorządach czy parlamentach narodowych. Z badań jasno wynika, że pełne i równe uczestnictwo kobiet w decyzjach dotyczących zrównoważonego rozwoju ma kluczowe znaczenie dla powodzenia walki ze zmianami klimatu.  Jako przewodnicząca Zgromadzenia Parlamentarnego AKP-UE, chciałabym również wyrazić nadzieję, że odnowione partnerstwo pomiędzy Unią a krajami AKP oraz nowa strategia współpracy z Afryką, o których także mowa sprawozdaniu, będą stawiały kobiety i walkę o równouprawnienie płci w centrum działań i wspólnych wysiłków na rzecz walki ze zmianami klimatycznymi.  Chciałabym również bardzo pogratulować pani przewodniczącej i wszystkim kontrsprawozdawcom. To bardzo ważny i aktualny temat. Mam nadzieję, że decyzja Parlamentu i to sprawozdanie, choć w niewielkim stopniu, przyczynią się do rozwiązania tych – jak podkreślam z całą mocą – ważnych i dotykających kobiety problemów.
Debate: The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Carlos Zorrinho
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, Senhor Comissário, os mais pobres e vulneráveis são os que mais sofrem com o impacto das alterações climáticas. Sofrem o impacto direto das catástrofes, da quebra da biodiversidade, da redução das colheitas.  São também, muitas vezes, os principais visados por processos de transição energética e económica que, sendo absolutamente necessários, não discriminam como deveriam discriminar, positivamente, os que mais necessitam. Processos que forçam as populações mais vulneráveis e os países em desenvolvimento a pagar o preço mais elevado da mudança, sem as devidas compensações dos mais abastados e dos países desenvolvidos.  Como pilar central da nossa ambição de liderança na transição energética e no combate às alterações climáticas, nós, União Europeia, temos que nos mobilizar e mobilizar a comunidade internacional para pôr em prática uma estratégia mais justa e mais eficaz, uma estratégia que reforce a contribuição dos países mais desenvolvidos para limitar os impactos das alterações climáticas nas populações mais vulneráveis através de medidas de apoio humanitário e do financiamento de intervenções estruturais, de mitigação, da formação e da qualificação económica e social, uma estratégia para o qual o relatório/debate dá um contributo profundo e que não pode ser ignorada.
Debate: The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Janez Lenarčič
Language: EN

The European Union and its Member States are one of the most important players in the fight against climate change. In 2019 the European Union, its Member States and the European Investment Bank supported partner countries with almost EUR 22 billion in climate finance, and this included actively supporting vulnerable countries and vulnerable segments of populations in adapting to climate change and preparedness for disaster risk reduction. This makes the European Union a leading force in this domain.  Rest assured that the European Commission, with its external action, will continue to advocate and to take concrete steps for this priority issue, leaving no one behind.
Debate: Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Segue-se o debate sobre a pergunta oral à Comissão do Deputado Tomas Tobé, em nome da Comissão do Desenvolvimento, sobre acelerar os progressos e combater as desigualdades a fim de erradicar a SIDA, enquanto ameaça para a saúde pública, até 2030 [
Debate: Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Tomas Tobé
Country: Estonia
Language: EN

I think that today’s debate is very important, as it provides a timely opportunity to make a contribution ahead of the UN High Level Meeting on AIDS. It is a historic moment for AIDS response, as this year marks 40 years since the emergence of the first cases of HIV and 25 years since the creation of UNAIDS. In 2019, 38 million people were living with HIV and approximately 12 million people did not have access to life-saving treatment. In 2019 there were also 1.77 million new infections, and 700 000 people died of AIDS-related causes globally. These data show that HIV and AIDS remains a global crisis. In 2020, targets set by the 2016 Political Declaration were missed by a huge margin, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have had no HIV or AIDS treatment, as HIV services have been severely disrupted. The COVID crisis has reversed the efforts made in fighting HIV and has also exposed social inequalities and health system weaknesses. It is therefore crucial that we use this opportunity of this upcoming high-level meeting to review progress and challenges, to make commitments, to accelerate action if we are to beat the disease by 2030. In preparation for this important High Level Meeting, we would like to address three questions to the Commission. Firstly, how will the Commission ensure that the EU contributes to the adoption of forward-looking and ambitious commitments in the 2021 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS? Secondly, what steps will the Commission take to accelerate efforts to end AIDS and support partner countries’ efforts to build resilient health and community systems? Thirdly, what will the Commission do to address inequalities fuelling the HIV epidemic at country level? In the accompanying resolution, we also underline that the global AIDS response requires a multi-sectoral approach and multi-level cooperation. We state the need for partner countries to build strong and resilient health systems and for more EU funding to be devoted to global health and the fight against HIV. COVID-19 has also shown that countries need to invest in pandemic preparedness and responses. Evidence has also shown that progress in the fight against HIV is possible when human rights-based approaches are adopted and when services are responsive to the needs of key populations and other priority populations facing challenges in accessing HIV services. We should use the implementation of the EU Human Rights Action Plan and Gender Action Plan III to address the fight against stigma and discrimination, criminalisation of same-sex relations and other punitive and discriminatory laws, as well as access to comprehensive sexuality education. I also believe that there is a need for renewed EU commitment to the global HIV response, with more determination, accountability and resources. For me it is abundantly clear that what we need to do is to increase our efforts and that the EU has a leading role to play.
Debate: Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Janez Lenarčič
Language: EN

As the world tackles the COVID pandemic, the devastating AIDS global pandemic continues. While the world focuses on overcoming the direct impact of COVID and laying the ground for recovery, the secondary health impacts, the disruptions to essential health services, including with respect to HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria, are deeply concerning.  We all know that HIV is fuelled by inequalities and that it disproportionately affects vulnerable and marginalised populations. Worsening inequalities increase the spread of HIV as do armed conflicts and natural disasters. We need to work collectively to ensure that our response to the COVID pandemic tackles these inequalities, preserve the gains achieved during the last decade and secures access for key populations to the essential services.  This is why the Commission welcomes the new global AIDS strategy for 2021-2026, sharing many of its priorities, not least the focus on tackling inequalities, gender equality and human rights. Putting people at the centre, involving communities and ensuring that we learn from COVID, in particular to build sustainable health systems is fundamental. This is why we welcome the broad principles, reiterated commitments and strong calls contained in the resolution tabled today. The European Union is actively involved in the negotiation of an ambitious and progressive new political declaration for the upcoming high-level meeting on HIV-AIDS. As with previous United Nations political declarations, the most sensitive issues will require delicate negotiations. On behalf of the European Union, the Commission is recommending the inclusion, not only of new prevention, testing and treatment targets, but also of specific targets related to stigma, discrimination and human rights. I am convinced that the fight against HIV is closely linked to breaking down barriers, including working on legal issues ensuring equitable access of key populations to services and treatments and strengthening the overall health systems, accompanied by an enabling environment for sustainable financial resources, notably domestic. The response to the HIV pandemic also requires further focus on adolescent girls and young women. Our new Gender Action Plan 3, puts the fight against gender inequality at the centre of our action. The Commission is a long-standing supporter of the fight against HIV. We are a major contributor to the global fund with EUR 550 million for the period 2020-2022 and we attach high importance to fighting HIV-AIDS globally. Our more recent support to the work of the act accelerator, notably its cross-cutting health system connector, is paramount to mitigating the indirect effects of the COVID pandemic and to strengthening the preparedness and response to current and future pandemics, and this includes HIV-AIDS.  The upcoming high-level meeting provides an important opportunity to remobilise the international community with respect to the fight against HIV-AIDS, and you can count on the EU’s engagement.
Debate: Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Frances Fitzgerald
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

However, we do have an ongoing crisis, and there remain huge challenges, unnecessary deaths and infections. The incidence of HIV has been increasing in Ireland and elsewhere since 2011, despite greater public awareness and access to preventative treatments and policy commitments. Therefore, there is a responsibility on us as policymakers to ensure there is a framework in place. There can be a new impetus and a proper strategy politically. We can engage with relevant stakeholders – advocacy bodies, academia, infectious diseases experts, people living with HIV and the pharmaceutical industry – to finally end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
Debate: Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Pierfrancesco Majorino
Political group: S-D
Country: Ireland
Language: IT

Il quadro, già ricordato dall'onorevole Tobé, è drammatico: nel 2019 le persone affette da HIV erano 38 milioni: di queste 12 milioni non avevano accesso alla terapia retrovirale salvavita. Il numero dei morti è stato di 700 000. L'Africa subsahariana continua a essere la regione più colpita, con il 57 % di tutte le nuove infezioni da HIV e l'84 % delle infezioni da HIV nei bambini. Serve che la prossima Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite assuma un forte e rinnovato impegno globale per debellare questa malattia, come diceva già il Commissario. Si devono garantire quelle cure che sono troppo spesso bloccate dalle logiche del profitto. Serve anche un'attenzione forte per garantire il diritto alla sessualità e per contrastare la discriminazione, la criminalizzazione delle persone omosessuali e transessuali, delle diseguaglianze di genere: ancora oggi, siamo di fronte, in alcune aree del mondo a una ghettizzazione che favorisce la malattia.
Debate: Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Charles Goerens
Political group: Renew
Country: Czechia
Language: FR

Les progrès réalisés avant tout lors des 20 dernières années sont considérables, notamment pour ce qui est de l’accès aux antirétroviraux. Néanmoins, l’éradication du VIH/SIDA risque de rester illusoire si nous n’y prenons garde. Si nous voulons rendre irréversible la tendance vers la contamination zéro, la communauté internationale doit donner une réponse globale structurée. Si la détermination de l’Union européenne a été décisive pour engranger des résultats encourageants, celle-ci doit garder le cap et doper les structures existantes, au niveau tant de la production pharmaceutique que des transferts de capacité vers les pays en développement et des efforts pédagogiques indispensables à l’endiguement de la pandémie. La Commission joue un rôle central dans la fédération de toutes les forces engagées dans la lutte contre le SIDA. Parmi ses partenaires, il y a lieu de citer les institutions internationales, le monde associatif, qui a joué un rôle pionnier en la matière, ainsi que le Fonds mondial de lutte contre le SIDA, la malaria et la tuberculose, qui est devenu entre-temps l’acteur central par excellence. C’est grâce à ce dernier qu’ont été mises en place des structures différenciées, à même de répondre aux besoins des malades dans tous les pays en développement. Conscient que la Commission va marquer de son empreinte la réunion de New York, le Parlement européen l’encourage à persévérer dans cette voie. Si ces résultats escomptés pour la fin 2030 nous tiennent à cœur, il ne nous reste plus que neuf ans pour agir.
Debate: Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by
Date: MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Speaker: Tilly Metz
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: FR

Pouvoir vivre en bonne santé est un droit et l’on ne devrait pas pouvoir faire du commerce sur le dos des pandémies. Pour combattre le SIDA partout et pour garantir une accessibilité aux médicaments pour toutes et tous, une levée des droits de propriété intellectuelle est indispensable. Pour le SIDA, nous devons la maintenir; pour la COVID-19, nous devons l’instaurer.