P9_TA(2023)0104
Sustainable carbon cycles
European Parliament resolution of 18 April 2023 on sustainable carbon cycles (2022/2053(INI))
(C/2023/443)
The European Parliament,
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having regard to the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and to the 11th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP11), held in Paris, France, from 30 November to 11 December 2015, and to the Paris Agreement, adopted by Decision 1/CP.21 at COP21, in particular to Article 2 and Articles 6.2 and 6.4 thereof,
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having regard to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD),
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having regard to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD),
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having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
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having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, particularly its Special Report of 8 October 2018 on Global Warming of 1,5 oC, its sixth assessment report (AR6) and its synthesis report thereon, entitled ‘Climate Change: 2021: The Physical Science Basis’, published on 9 August 2021,
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having regard to the IPCC reports entitled ‘Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’, published on 28 February 2022 and ‘Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change’, published on 4 April 2022, its special report of 24 September 2019 on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, and its special report of 8 August 2019 on climate change and land,
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having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640),
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having regard to the Commission communication of 15 December