Changes from resolution motion to adopted text

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol thereto,

– having regard to the agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 (the Paris Agreement),

– having regard to the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP29), the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 19), the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 6), and the Glasgow Climate Pact adopted at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP26) in Glasgow on 13 November 2021,

– having regard to the agreement made at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP27) to create a specific fund for loss and damage, the establishment of a transitional committee on the operationalisation of the new funding arrangements for responding to loss and damage at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP28), and to the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage,

– having regard to its resolution of 14 November 2024 on the UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29),

– having regard to the UNFCCC synthesis report of 28 October 2024 on nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement,

– having regard to the report of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) of 19 March 2025 entitled ‘State of the Global Climate 2024’,

– having regard to the report of 15 April 2025 compiled by the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the WMO, entitled ‘European State of the Climate – Report 2024’,

– having regard to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2024, published on 24 October 2024,

– having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640),

– having regard to the Commission communication of 26 February 2025 entitled ‘The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation’ (COM(2025)0085),

– having regard to the EU legislation translating the EU’s targets of reducing net emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and towards reaching the binding EU climate neutrality target by 2050 (‘Fit for 55’ package) into concrete policies across various sectors,

– having regard to Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030, as well as to the report of 20 February 2025 by the European Environment Agency monitoring progress towards the 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP) objectives, and to the Commission report of 13 March 2024 on the 8th EAP mid-term review (COM(2024)0123),

– having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency,

– having regard to the Commission communication of 6 February 2024 entitled ‘Securing our future – Europe’s 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 building a sustainable, just and prosperous society’ (COM(2024)0063),

– having regard to the Commission communication of 12 March 2024 entitled ‘Managing climate risks - protecting people and prosperity’ (COM(2024)0091),

– having regard to the Commission communication of 27 May 2025 entitled ‘EU-wide assessment of the final updated national energy and climate plans – Delivering the Union’s 2030 energy and climate objectives’ (COM(2025)0274),

– having regard to the report of 11 March 2024 by the European Environment Agency entitled ‘European Climate Risk Assessment’,

– having regard to the report of 15 June 2023 by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change entitled ‘Scientific advice for the determination of an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for 2030-2050’,

– having regard to the report of 2 June 2025 by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change entitled ‘Scientific advice for amending the European Climate Law - Setting climate goals to strengthen EU strategic priorities’,

– having regard to the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 28 June 2023 entitled ‘A new outlook on the climate and security nexus: Addressing the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on peace, security and defence’ (JOIN(2023)0019), and to the joint staff working document from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 17 February 2025 entitled ‘Progress Report on the implementation of the Joint Communication - “A New Outlook on the Climate and Security Nexus“’ (SWD(2025)0049),

– having regard to the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste, adopted at the fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management, organised by UNEP in September 2023,

– having regard to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) in December 2022, and to the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16), which concluded in February 2025,

– having regard to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement or High Seas Treaty), adopted on 19 June 2023,

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2024 on nature restoration and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869 (Nature Restoration Law),

– having regard to its position of 10 April 2024 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience,

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products,

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942,

– having regard to the resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council of 12 July 2019 on human rights and climate change (A/HRC/RES/41/21),

– having regard to the declaration entitled ‘Supporting the Conditions for a Just Transition Internationally’ of 4 November 2021, adopted at COP26,

– having regard to the Council conclusions on climate finance of 10 October 2025 in view of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP30) in Belém,

– having regard to Rules 142(5) and 136(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the motion for a resolution of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety,

A. whereas it has declared a climate and environmental emergency and has committed to urgently fight and contain this threat; whereas recent scientific studies indicate that human-induced global warming and increases of sea-levels are accelerating at an even faster pace than previously anticipated;

B. whereas the Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016; whereas 2025 marks the ten-year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement;

I. whereas methane has been responsible for around 30 % of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution; whereas the EU co-launched the Global Methane Pledge (GMP) at COP26 to reduce methane emissions, by 2030, to 30 % of 2020 levels; whereas the report by the International Energy Agency of May 2025 entitled ‘Global Methane Tracker 2025’ shows that methane emissions are still on the rise and that the implementation of the Global Methane Pledge remains weak;

J. whereas the IPCC’s finding state that land and ocean sinks have absorbed 56 % of human-induced CO₂ emissions over the past six decades;

K. whereas six out of nine planetary boundaries analysed by the Stockholm Resilience Centre have been exceeded, including the planetary boundary for climate;

L. whereas UNEP describes the interconnected environmental emergencies of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss as ‘the triple planetary crisis’, given that climate change worsens biodiversity loss, pollution accelerates both climate change and ecosystem collapse, and biodiversity loss weakens climate resilience;

M. whereas protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems, including through greater efforts to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation, are necessary actions for achieving the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement;

N. whereas the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) contains concrete measures to halt and reverse nature loss, including targets to restore 30 % of all degraded ecosystems by 2030 and a target to conserve 30 % of land, waters and seas;