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Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Heléne Fritzon
Political group: S-D
Country: Austria
Language: SV

Fru talman! Kommissionär! Snart är  Som vi alla vet har det varit problem med EU:s utsläppshandel med det stora överskott som vi fick på utsläppsrätter efter finanskrisen. Det blev låga priser, och det blev svaga signaler till industrin att minska koldioxidutsläppen. Men i och med marknadsstabilitetsreserven sänder ETS-priserna nu rätt signaler till industrin om att faktiskt minska sina utsläpp.  Därför tycker jag att det är viktigt en dag som denna att framföra ett tack till våra förhandlare. Det gäller inte bara för den här delen om marknadsstabilitetsreserven, utan också för de andra viktiga ärendena som nu gör att vi flyttar fram positionerna, och som gör att vi i varje medlemsstat på riktigt kan ta kampen för att klara klimatomställningen på ett sätt så att vi kan lova våra barn och barnbarn och kommande generationer att vi minsann i det här parlamentet, i vårt EU, i vår union, tar ansvar för klimatomställningen och överlämnar en planet och en miljö till kommande generationer. Stort tack! Jag vill uppmana till ett brett stöd för förslaget när det ska beslutas här i parlamentet. Det är kritiskt och avgörande att vi har en bred uppslutning i vårt parlament för klimatomställningen. Nu kan resan med
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Emma Wiesner
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Es kommt nicht oft vor, aber heute möchte ich mich als Schwedin und Liberale auf Deutsch an Sie wenden. Ich habe wirklich nie gedacht, dass ich Deutschland den Wert von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen erklären muss. Deutschland! Aber wenn die gesamte Zukunft des Pakets „Fit für 55“ auf dem Spiel steht, dann erfordert das Extremmaßnahmen. Ich schaue Sie an und wende mich an Sie, die deutsche Bundesregierung. „Fit für 55“ ist unser Fahrplan für die Zukunft. Aber es ist ein zerbrechliches Haus, das sich in einem empfindlichen Gleichgewicht befindet. Nimmt man ein entschiedenes wichtiges Teil aus, dann fällt es zusammen. Und wenn ich Haus sage, dann meine ich unsere Klimaschutzmaßnahmen, unsere Zukunft. Es ist absolut unverantwortlich, kritische Elemente, die bereits vereinbarten Gesetze zu blockieren.  Ich spreche zu Ihnen als Schwedin, als Parlamentarierin, als junge Europäerin, als Liberale. Bitte setzen Sie sich für das Paket „Fit für 55“ ein und hören Sie auf, das zentrale Element unseres Klimapakets, das Ende des Verbrenners, zu blockieren.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Nicolae Ştefănuță
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Belgium
Language: RO

Doamna președintă, domnule Timmermans, este prima oară când un deputat român vorbește în calitate de Verde european, dar nu este prima oară când un deputat român vorbește despre schimbările climatice în care crede și la care trebuie să avem răspuns.  Criza climatică este aici, dar orice criză poate fi și o oportunitate, o oportunitate pentru progres. Numai trebuie să oferim claritate oamenilor și trebuie să vorbim omenește, pe românește, cum zicem noi acasă. Vă dau un exemplu: programul Casa Verde din România. La televizor ni se spune că oamenii nu vor tranziție verde. Dar realitatea este că zeci de mii de familii au aplicat deja la Casa Verde și vor să-și pună panouri fotovoltaice pe casă și să economisească la factură. Dar guvernul și companiile nu lasă oamenii să devină producători, acei prosumatori, cum se spune în limba aceasta bruxelleză, adică în anul în care companiile de energie au făcut recorduri de profit, ele nu lasă pe alții să producă pentru ei. Ele sunt problema. Aici este problema.  Nu Europa este problema, nu schimbările climatice sunt problema, problema sunt cei care rezistă unei realități și unei direcții foarte clare a lumii în care trăim.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Zbigniew Kuźmiuk
Political group: ECR
Country: Belgium
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Panie Komisarzu! Podstawowe zastrzeżenia, jakie chcę zgłosić do tego pakietu to przede wszystkim to, że jest on oparty w dużej mierze na ideologii, a względy merytoryczne niestety zeszły na dalszy plan. Pogarszamy konkurencyjność europejskiej gospodarki, europejskiego rolnictwa, a przecież Unia Europejska odpowiada zaledwie za 7% światowej emisji CO2. Pozostali emitenci, w tym szczególności ci główni, niespecjalnie się przejmują, w zasadzie markują politykę ograniczania emisji CO2. Co więcej, głównym beneficjentem jest gospodarka chińska, była ona już tutaj przywoływana. Chiny są czołowym producentem fotowoltaiki, samochodów z silnikami elektrycznymi. To oni są głównymi beneficjentami unijnej polityki klimatycznej, a jednocześnie uruchamiają elektrownie węglowe na ogromną skalę. Tego nie można kontynuować.  Jeżeli chodzi o to rozporządzenia LULUCF, to tu także są potężne zastrzeżenia. Uderzy w europejską hodowlę, a przecież WPR odpowiada za bezpieczeństwo żywnościowe. Uderzy w gospodarkę leśną, a w niej przecież pracuje 2,5 miliona pracowników. To jest droga donikąd, Panie Komisarzu.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Laura Huhtasaari
Political group: ID
Country: Lithuania
Language: FI

Arvoisa puhemies, kun puu hakataan ja se joko poltetaan tai siitä valmistetaan jotain, niin hakatun puun tilalle kasvaa uusi puu, joka sitoo päästöjä. Nuori metsä sitoo tehokkaammin hiiltä kuin vanha metsä. Niin kauan kuin metsää kasvaa enemmän kuin sitä hakataan, ei pitäisi olla mitään ongelmaa. Tämä on tilanne Suomessa. Suomessa on enemmän metsää kuin koskaan aiemmin. Suomi on jo nyt hiilinielu.  Taloudellisesti ja geopoliittisesti epävarmana aikana 310 miljoonan hiilidioksidiekvivalenttitonnin tavoite on liian kireä. 225 olisi ollut parempi. Jos meillä ei ole riittävästi vientituloja, emme ainakaan pysty pitämään huolta luonnosta, saati ihmisistä.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: João Pimenta Lopes
Political group: The Left
Country: Romania
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, a União Europeia insiste nas soluções neoliberais e de mercado como o alfa e o ómega do combate aos problemas ambientais com que nos confrontamos. Procura iludir que mecanismos como o comércio de licenças de emissão de gases com efeito de estufa, que promove, além de perversos – transformando num negócio a compra e a venda do direito a poluir – se demonstram ineficazes na redução de emissões. Medidas ditas verdes que, ao mesmo tempo, impõem desigualdades, assimetrias de desenvolvimento e injustiças sociais, empurrando os custos deste mercado para as famílias já a braços com o brutal aumento do custo de vida, decorrente, também ele, de opções e políticas da União Europeia. Um combate sério à redução das emissões exige outro caminho. E existem alternativas. É necessário adotar uma abordagem de tipo normativo, que fixe objetivos de redução de acordo com critérios justos, eficazes e transparentes, que integrem o princípio da responsabilidade comum, mas diferenciada, alinhados com a disseminação das melhores tecnologias disponíveis, a par, entre outros, da mudança de políticas nos setores da energia e dos transportes, recuperando o controlo público destes setores estratégicos, valorizando a produção nacional e promovendo o investimento público.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Achille Variati
Political group: S-D
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, signor Commissario, Vicepresidente, onorevoli colleghi, i dati di Eurobarometro hanno mostrato, ancora una volta, come la lotta al cambiamento climatico sia una delle priorità per i cittadini europei. Il Parlamento europeo, con l'approvazione di questo ulteriore pacchetto "Pronti per il 55", che include la riduzione delle emissioni di CO2 nei trasporti, negli edifici, in agricoltura, nella gestione dei rifiuti, vuole lanciare un messaggio chiaro in questa direzione: e cioè il futuro nostro e delle prossime generazioni passa per una società e un'economia più sostenibili.  Domani adotteremo una serie di testi ambiziosi, in linea con gli impegni presi dall'UE nell'Accordo di Parigi, che prevedono al tempo stesso sistemi di flessibilità per gli Stati membri per metterli in condizione di realizzare gli obiettivi che sono previsti. Se programmata e gestita con lungimiranza, infatti, la transizione verso un sistema a zero emissioni nette non è solo benefica per l'ambiente, ma anche per una crescita economica delle nostre società. Crescita sostenibile, lavoro e ambiente possono, debbono stare insieme. Per questa ragione mi auguro che il Consiglio rispetti gli impegni già presi, in particolare per il  Quanto stiamo vedendo in alcuni Stati, come ad esempio da parte del Governo italiano, malgrado che nel mio Paese vi sia la Pianura Padana che soffre di un inquinamento dell'aria tra i peggiori inquinamenti del mondo, rappresenta un grave passo indietro e non rappresenta certo la volontà della maggioranza dei cittadini europei. Quindi, spero che il Consiglio sia lungimirante e che rispetti gli impegni.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Elsi Katainen
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: FI

Arvoisa puhemies, ensinnäkin kiitokset LULUCF:n päävalmistelijalle Ville Niinistölle ja muille kollegoille loppujen lopuksi sitten kuitenkin ihan tasapainoisesta lopputuloksesta. Maaperällä ja metsillä on tärkeä asema hiilinieluna ja varastona ja ehdottomasti myös kestävästi tuotettujen raaka-aineiden lähteenä.  Itse olen tyytyväinen siihen, että LULUCF-asetuksen hiilinielutavoite on ilmastolain mukainen, ja päätavoite EU:n ilmastotalkoissa on päästöjen vähentäminen. Merkittävä parannus on se, että hiilinielujen laskentamalli perustuu nielujen viimeaikaiseen, ihan siihen reaalikehitykseen. Toivon, että EU:n komissiosta löytyy ymmärrystä myös sille vuosittaiselle nielujen vaihtelulle, mikä on metsäluonnossa ihan luontaista ja usein myös ihmisen toiminnasta riippumatonta.  Viisautta oli myös lykätä AFOLU:n eli taakanjako- ja maankäyttösektorien yhdistämistä, koska myös hiilisertifikaatteja koskevat säännöt ovat vasta nyt työn alla. Aivan ehdottoman tärkeää on se, että jokaisen jäsenvaltion on itse vastattava päästöistään ja nieluistaan, sillä näin nimenomaan voidaan tehokkaasti torjua ilmastonmuutosta.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Pär Holmgren
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Netherlands
Language: SV

Herr talman! Det är både fascinerande och ganska skrämmande, tycker jag, att lyssna på denna debatt. Det verkar vara så många här i kammaren som är nöjda och glada och verkar tycka att det som vi har kommit fram till är tillräckligt – när vi är så långt ifrån det som krävs enligt vetenskapen för att vara i linje med Parisavtalet.  Det gör i sin tur att vi blir ännu mer beroende av negativa utsläpp, att lagra kol i skog och mark. Men vad händer då? Framför allt på högersidan, både här i parlamentet och i rådet, motarbetar man även de ambitionerna. Inte minst den svenska regeringen har ju under den här perioden gjort allt för att sänka ambitionerna när det gäller att lagra mer kol i skog och mark.  Det är inte bara riktigt usel klimatpolitik, utan det är också tyvärr ytterligare ett tecken, ett bevis, på att Sverige inte alls längre är ledande i klimat- och miljöfrågor. Det tycker jag är väldigt sorgligt.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Bas Eickhout
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, tomorrow we will adopt a very important pillar of the Fit for 55 package. It encompasses 60% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions, and this shows how important that package is. First of all, I would like to thank very much Jessica Polfjärd, who has been fighting to establish the Effort Sharing Regulation, which is, of course, setting national targets for all those sectors in countries that do not fall under the emissions trading system (ETS). It was a big fight in limiting the flexibilities where most of the Member States want to delay action every time. I very much thank you for making sure that not too many flexibilities were granted to the Member States. Talking about delaying action, we can’t do that and we can’t afford that in our land use system. In the land use system, we desperately need to change our source into a sink. I really would like to thank Ville Niinistö for his efforts in the LULUCF Regulation to make sure that here also the flexibilities were limited. All this together will bring us as Europe now to -57%, as you rightly said, which then hopefully can be translated also into an increased NDC so that we can go to the next COP with an even stronger story as Europe.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Thomas Waitz
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Denmark
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, Herr Kommissar! Jene Abgeordneten, vor allem rechts der Mitte, die hier im Haus verantwortungslose Arbeitsverweigerung bei Maßnahmen gegen die Klima- und Biodiversitätskrise betreiben, versündigen sich an den Lebenschancen künftiger Generationen. Sie verzögern die Innovationen unserer Industrie zum Schaden künftiger wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung, und sie nehmen wissentlich Tod und Vertreibung von Millionen von Menschen, vor allem in ärmeren Ländern dieser Welt, in Kauf. Aber es ist noch Zeit zur Umkehr. Hören Sie auf, mit Falschmeldungen und Angstmache den Fortschritt zu blockieren! Arbeiten Sie konstruktiv mit an den Lösungen für das 21. Jahrhundert, nicht nur bei Sonntagsreden, sondern konkret bei den kommenden Abstimmungen hier im Haus. Gebäude isolieren statt horrende Energierechnungen, moderne Elektroantriebe statt alte Stinker und blühende Landschaften statt vergiftete Agrarwüsten.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, in light of Europe’s historic responsibility and its capacity to act, the EU must reduce its domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 65% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. To meet this, the Effort Sharing Regulation needs to achieve at least 50% emissions reductions by 2030, compared to the 2005 levels.  The emissions reduction trajectory in the agreement is less ambitious than Parliament’s position. The agreement contains loopholes that would exempt Member States from around half of the emissions cuts that they are supposed to deliver on the basis of the emissions reduction trajectory. Member States would still not have to count emissions from unsustainable biomass in their national greenhouse gas inventories. The access to justice element has been gutted.  The IPCC has told us that we need rapid, far reaching and unprecedented changes to all aspects of our society. That warning is not really reflected in the agreement.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, today we are discussing three pieces of legislation in the Fit for 55 Package aiming at climate neutrality in the EU by 2050. Among them is the update of the regulation on land use and forests for the period 2021 to 2030. We all know that to achieve the EU’s climate objectives and climate stability, European and national policies rely heavily on carbon storage in forests. However, new data from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change shows that most EU countries are losing or have lost their forest and terrestrial carbon sinks. This is obviously disastrous. While we say one thing, our actions are leading us in a different direction.  Overexploitation of forests for energy production appears to be one of the main factors for this loss, as the current fuel crisis leads to an acceleration of panic logging and firewood purchases. The consequence of our failure to develop clean technologies is becoming more apparent. We need to recognise, accelerate and deal with the issue of biomass. Harvesting has to be reduced.
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Frans Timmermans
Language: EN

Look at what’s happening globally. Some say, ‘well, look at China – 30% of the emissions, still increasing the emissions’. There’s also another way you could look at China: half of the cars sold in China now are already electric cars. Their investment in renewables is beyond our wildest imagination. Their transition to renewable energy will be very fast. Look at the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States: this will have a huge impact on the transition to a renewable economy. Honourable Members, we just don’t have the luxury of slowing down. If we really want jobs that are sustainable jobs, future-oriented jobs, if we want our economy to be competitive in the future, this transition needs to happen and it needs to happen now. And I salute the European Parliament, its majority, in seeing the necessity of this and voting on these three proposals tomorrow. My second point is this: our approach is not an ideological approach. I fear that closing your eyes to science is the ideological approach. Let scientists inform us. Let science guide us. That’s how we should use rational thought in this, not ideology. And the science is crystal clear. I would say the science is also crystal clear on what’s happening in our sinks. And by monitoring what is happening, we can find solutions. If the European Commission monitors – and I respect Finnish colleagues and Swedish colleagues saying ‘What do you know as a Dutchman about forests? You know every individual tree in the Netherlands by name’, and I respect that – but then at least listen to your own scientists. Let them guide you and let us help you in taking the right decisions. This is my plea. Member States themselves decide, but let the decision be a rational one based on science. And finally, some of you made remarks about cars. And, here, let me also take away a misunderstanding. Our legislation says there should be no emissions at the tailpipe in 2035. That’s what was agreed between the co-legislators. In my view, that’s technological neutrality. If you can make something that creates propulsion without emissions, you can make the choice yourself. So if in Germany they’re always talking about ‘
Debate: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States  - Land use, land use change and forestry  - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2023
Speaker: Jessica Polfjärd
Country: Italy
Language: SV

Vägen fram är inte spikrak, vilket flera har vittnat om här i debatten. Det finns delar som man skulle velat att de var mer långtgående och delar som man skulle vilja se mindre av. Samtidigt är det detta som vi har kommit fram till och kunnat kompromissa om för att kunna nå ett resultat. Som föredragande har man förstått att det kan vara så att man åldras ganska fort under en förhandling, men vi ser det som glädjande att ha ett resultat som vi ska rösta om i morgon. Använd dock aldrig Rysslands olagliga annektering av Ukraina som ursäkt för att sänka ambitionerna i det här huset. Den dag då Putin får sätta agendan i en demokratiskt vald församling, ja, då har vi förlorat. Det finns ingen ursäkt för att sänka våra ambitioner. Istället måste vi öka möjligheterna till demokratiskt arbete för att kunna nå fram och kunna nå en enighet som håller över tid.  Jag hoppas att vi här i morgon kan anta detta lagförslag där vi har målsättningar, där vi har lagstiftning, för att kunna nå de mål som vi alla gemensamt har kommit överens om.