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Torstai 15. syyskuuta 2022 - Strasbourg

15.4. Kuivuuden, maastopalojen ja muiden äärimmäisten sääilmiöiden seuraukset: EU:n toiminnan tehostaminen ilmastonmuutoksen torjunnan alalla (RC-B9-0384/2022, B9-0384/2022, B9-0391/2022, B9-0393/2022, B9-0403/2022, B9-0404/2022, B9-0405/2022)

Ústní vysvětlení hlasování

  Clare Daly (The Left). – Madam President, I voted for this motion. I would like to compliment the work of our very own Damien Thomson from Firhouse in Dublin, who was the main negotiator on the text, and we are very proud and happy to see it. But we have to be honest as well that a lot of the good stuff in this is contradicted by our actions.

The motion acknowledges that we’re not doing enough, that the Green Deal and Fit for 55 are grand as they are but they’re not enough. And we have to look at things like the decisions we’ve made in terms of the vote on EU taxonomy, which gives a role to private investment in gas and nuclear in the green transition. We’ve got to look at us bringing back filthy fracked gas into Europe, reigniting coal plants in the so-called name of the war against Ukraine when the biggest war on earth is the war to save our planet.

So we have to be very careful here. The issue is clear. We can continue to bend the knee to vested interests that keep the pressure on the European Union to protect their profits, to continue growth, or we can to take a sustainable course. I’m very glad that a lot of good measures are contained in this report but the job of work will be to have it implemented.

  Mick Wallace (The Left). – Madam President, over 1 300 people killed, 1 million homes gone, 33 million Pakistanis displaced, but does the EU care? The UN Secretary-General has appealed for massive global support and tougher action on climate change. We’ve allocated EUR 1.8 million in humanitarian assistance for flood victims. How much are we going to allocate for loss and damage to help survivors build back their homes?

Rich nations have an urgent responsibility to reduce their emissions, but not enough is being done. The EU is now undermining its climate goals to facilitate the US/NATO proxy war in Ukraine. Across Europe, Member States are turning back to coal or to filthy fracked US LNG. The Greens are in government in Germany. Germany is re-firing coal plants and agreeing LNG terminal contracts like there’s no tomorrow. The EU and its citizens are paying a massive financial and climate cost to support this proxy war.

And just my last point. Well done to Damien Thomson on this resolution, but very sad to see the PPE Group put in an amendment which calls on the Commission to refrain from proposing further EU legislation that endangers or risks endangering our food security. This is more clawback. This is not the way forward.