Climate change and implementation of the Paris Agreement

Amendment No. 5 | Doc. 14521 | 23 April 2018

Signatories:

Ms Melisa RODRÍGUEZ HERNÁNDEZ, Spain, ALDE ; Mr José CEPEDA, Spain, SOC ; Mr Hendrik DAEMS, Belgium, ALDE ; Mr Simonas GENTVILAS, Lithuania, ALDE ; Mr Petri HONKONEN, Finland, ALDE ; Mr Carles JORDANA, Andorra, ALDE ; Mr Claude KERN, France, ALDE ; Ms Judith PALLARÉS, Andorra, ALDE ; Ms Patrícia RIBERAYGUA, Andorra, ALDE ; Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Aleksandar STEVANOVIĆ, Serbia, ALDE ; Mr Sylvain WASERMAN, France, ALDE

Origin

2018 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 6.5 with the following paragraph:

"advance the transition to the circular economy, devise incentives for both public and private sectors for the re-use of materials at the end of the product cycle, as well as to establish ambitious national recycling targets for 2030 and 2050;".

Explanatory note

The transition to the circular economy is already ongoing, and needs a strong signal from public powers. Establishing national targets provides a medium-to-long-term certainty for investors to mobilise their capital and for economic sectors to undertake structured, organised reforms.