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The effects of climate change on human rights and the role of environmental defenders on this matter

2020/2134(INI)·9th term·AFET / DEVE / ENVI / LIBE·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Climate policy, climate change, ozone layer · Fundamental freedoms, human rights, democracy in general · Human rights situation in the world
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS María Soraya (Renew)
Summary

This own-initiative report addresses the effects of climate change on human rights and the role of environmental defenders. The amendments invoke the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Paris Agreement and the Aarhus Convention; they stress killings, harassment and surveillance of environmental defenders, the unequal impact of climate change on vulnerable populations and women, imported deforestation, carbon budgeting, and links between climate change and displacement.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    14 Oct 2020 – 11 Nov 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    19 May 2021 · On the motion for a resolution
  3. Procedure completed
525
Amendments
distinct, in window
26
Members
tabled at least one
4
Committee(s)
14 Oct 2020 – 11 Nov 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

33 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. Show the 27 earlier votes
    1. 18 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 5
      Official label: Am 5 · what was voted ↗
      309 for345 against33 abstentions18 did not vote
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    2. 18 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 6
      Official label: Am 6 · what was voted ↗
      258 for345 against84 abstentions18 did not vote
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    3. 18 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 1
      Official label: Am 1 · what was voted ↗
      258 for360 against69 abstentions18 did not vote
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    4. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 9 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 9/1 · what was voted ↗
      583 for22 against82 abstentions18 did not vote
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    5. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 9 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 9/2 · what was voted ↗
      359 for272 against56 abstentions18 did not vote
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    6. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 10 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 10/1 · what was voted ↗
      585 for53 against49 abstentions18 did not vote
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    7. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 10 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 10/2 · what was voted ↗
      373 for275 against38 abstentions19 did not vote
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    8. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 11 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 11/1 · what was voted ↗
      592 for84 against11 abstentions18 did not vote
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    9. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 11 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 11/2 · what was voted ↗
      344 for316 against26 abstentions19 did not vote
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    10. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 11 (part 3 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 11/3 · what was voted ↗
      538 for140 against9 abstentions18 did not vote
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    11. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 13 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 13/1 · what was voted ↗
      477 for147 against60 abstentions21 did not vote
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    12. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 13 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 13/2 · what was voted ↗
      360 for282 against43 abstentions20 did not vote
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    13. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 28 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 28/1 · what was voted ↗
      628 for9 against50 abstentions18 did not vote
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    14. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 28 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 28/2 · what was voted ↗
      457 for178 against52 abstentions18 did not vote
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    15. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 28 (part 3 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 28/3 · what was voted ↗
      616 for10 against61 abstentions18 did not vote
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    16. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 28 (part 4 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 28/4 · what was voted ↗
      446 for171 against70 abstentions18 did not vote
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    17. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 28 (part 5 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 28/5 · what was voted ↗
      570 for34 against83 abstentions18 did not vote
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    18. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 34 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 34/1 · what was voted ↗
      607 for43 against37 abstentions18 did not vote
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    19. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 34 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 34/2 · what was voted ↗
      461 for168 against58 abstentions18 did not vote
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    20. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 36 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 36/1 · what was voted ↗
      590 for31 against64 abstentions20 did not vote
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    21. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 36 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 36/2 · what was voted ↗
      406 for222 against57 abstentions20 did not vote
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    22. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 40
      Official label: § 40 · what was voted ↗
      370 for254 against63 abstentions18 did not vote
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    23. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 43 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 43/1 · what was voted ↗
      602 for9 against76 abstentions18 did not vote
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    24. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 43 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 43/2 · what was voted ↗
      422 for188 against77 abstentions18 did not vote
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    25. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 51
      Official label: § 51 · what was voted ↗
      368 for304 against15 abstentions18 did not vote
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    26. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital I
      Official label: Considérant I/1 · what was voted ↗
      609 for51 against27 abstentions18 did not vote
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    27. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital I
      Official label: Considérant I/2 · what was voted ↗
      399 for234 against54 abstentions18 did not vote
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  2. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
    On recital AA
    Official label: Considérant AA/1 · what was voted ↗
    641 for2 against44 abstentions18 did not vote
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  3. 18 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
    On recital AA
    Official label: Considérant AA/2 · what was voted ↗
    472 for172 against43 abstentions18 did not vote
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  4. 19 May 2021Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the motion for a resolution
    Official label: Proposition de résolution · what was voted ↗
    518 for97 against77 abstentions13 did not vote
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Showing the 30 most relevant of 33 recorded votes — the full list ships with the data files. · Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE658.777 ↗PE658.900 ↗PE659.018 ↗PE660.268 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

26 Members · by amendment count
1🇵🇱
Karol KARSKI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
30(30 solo)
2🇸🇪
Evin INCIR
Socialists & Democrats · Sweden
20
3🇪🇸
Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
20
4🇫🇷
Catherine CHABAUD
Renew Europe · France
16
5🇧🇪
Marc TARABELLA
Non-attached · Belgium
15
6🇧🇬
Iskra MIHAYLOVA
Renew Europe · Bulgaria
15
7🇭🇺
Anna Júlia DONÁTH
Renew Europe · Hungary
13(13 solo)
8🇪🇸
Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN
Patriots for Europe · Spain
12(12 solo)
9🇩🇪
Jan-Christoph OETJEN
Renew Europe · Germany
12
10🇫🇷
Stéphane BIJOUX
Renew Europe · France
12
11🇪🇸
María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
Renew Europe · Spain
12
12🇫🇷
Michèle RIVASI
Greens / EFA · France
11
13🇫🇷
Caroline ROOSE
Greens / EFA · France
11
14🇪🇸
Miguel URBÁN CRESPO
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Spain
10(10 solo)
15🇪🇸
Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES
Non-attached · Spain
6(6 solo)
16🇭🇺
Ádám KÓSA
Non-attached · Hungary
5(5 solo)
17🇷🇴
Dragoş TUDORACHE
Renew Europe · Romania
5(5 solo)
18🇮🇪
Frances FITZGERALD
European People's Party (EPP) · Ireland
4(4 solo)
19🇩🇪
Hildegard BENTELE
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
4
20🇸🇪
Tomas TOBÉ
European People's Party (EPP) · Sweden
4
21🇮🇹
Vincenzo SOFO
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
3(3 solo)
22🇭🇺
György HÖLVÉNYI
Patriots for Europe · Hungary
3
23🇪🇸
Gabriel MATO
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
2(2 solo)
24🇫🇷
Nadine MORANO
European People's Party (EPP) · France
2(2 solo)
25🇵🇱
Beata KEMPA
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
2(2 solo)

The amendments, in full text

525 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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