IN THE CHAIR: Ioan Mircea PAŞCU
Vice-President

13.  2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) - 14th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP14) (debate)

Verbatim reports

Question for oral answer (O-000089/2018) by Adina-Ioana Vălean, Peter Liese, Jo Leinen, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Bas Eickhout and Estefanía Torres Martínez, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Council: 2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) (B8-0411/2018)

Question for oral answer (O-000090/2018) by Adina-Ioana Vălean, Peter Liese, Jo Leinen, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Bas Eickhout and Estefanía Torres Martínez, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: 2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) (B8-0412/2018)

Question for oral answer (O-000115/2018) by Norbert Lins, Guillaume Balas, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Benedek Jávor, Anja Hazekamp, Piernicola Pedicini and Jean-François Jalkh, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Council: 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP14) (B8-0413/2018)

Question for oral answer (O-000116/2018) by Norbert Lins, Guillaume Balas, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Benedek Jávor, Anja Hazekamp, Piernicola Pedicini and Jean-François Jalkh, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP14) (B8-0414/2018)

Adina-Ioana Vălean moved the questions.

Hartwig Löger (President-in-Office of the Council), Miguel Arias Cañete (Member of the Commission) and Karmenu Vella (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke Norbert Lins, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kathleen Van Brempt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Lynn Boylan, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Olaf Stuger, on behalf of the ENF Group, Dobromir Sośnierz, non-attached Member, Jerzy Buzek, Gilles Pargneaux, Mark Demesmaeker, Linnéa Engström, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Zoltán Balczó, Francesc Gambús, Guillaume Balas and Ulrike Trebesius.

IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS
Vice-President

The following spoke Thomas Waitz, Alojz Peterle, Miriam Dalli, Peter Liese, Jytte Guteland, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri and Jo Leinen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: José Inácio Faria, José Blanco López, Notis Marias, João Ferreira, Csaba Sógor, Nicola Caputo, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Carlos Zorrinho and Julie Ward.

The following spoke Karmenu Vella and Hartwig Löger.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 128(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 25.10.2018, item 13.14 and minutes of 25.10.2018, item 13.15.