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Jan 13, 2025 | 
europarl.europa.eu | César Luena
Question for written answer E-003071/2024to the CommissionRule 144César Luena (S&D)Forest dieback affecting trees of the genus Quercus remains the biggest threat to cork oaks and cork oak forests, among others, in the Iberian Peninsula. It poses a major risk to ecosystems such as silvopastoral land, cork plantations and what remains of ancient forests dating back to pre-quaternary times.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
europarl.europa.eu | Lina Gálvez |César Luena
Question for written answer E-003020/2024 to the Commission Rule 144 César Luena (S&D), Lina Gálvez (S&D) Legal proceedings are ongoing concerning construction of the northern Málaga wastewater treatment plant on the Mestanza plain, an initiative of the autonomous government of Andalusia, owing to its location in a fertile, flood-prone area of the lower Guadalhorce River, the expropriation of land and the felling of thousands of fruit trees as well as irreversible damage to the agricultural...
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
europarl.europa.eu | César Luena
Question for written answer E-002639/2024to the CommissionRule 144César Luena (S&D)In its reply to question E-002040/2024, the Commission cites data from an analysis carried out in 2023[1] to justify a change in the protection status of wolves, referring both to the wider distribution area and the increase in wolf populations.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
europarl.europa.eu | César Luena
Question for written answer E-002674/2024to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security PolicyRule 144César Luena (S&D)In October 2023, as part of its practices of mass repatriation, China deported hundreds of North Korean escapees who, once back in their country, were subjected to torture, ill-treatment and ‘forced abortions and infanticide against repatriated mothers and their children’[1].
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
europarl.europa.eu | César Luena
Question for written answer E-002693/2024to the CommissionRule 144César Luena (S&D)The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change has stated that, in addition to steep emission reductions, carbon removals are essential for the EU to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and negative emissions thereafter[1].
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
europarl.europa.eu | César Luena
Question for written answer E-002574/2024to the CommissionRule 144César Luena (S&D)A recent study by the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E)[1] stresses the devastating effect of contrails – like that of direct CO2 emissions from aviation – on the climate, highlighting the urgent need to cut them both.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
europarl.europa.eu | César Luena
Question for written answer E-002601/2024to the CommissionRule 144César Luena (S&D)A recent study published in the scientific journal PNAS[1] reveals an alarming decline in African elephant populations in most of the continent. The data, covering 1964 to 2016, shows that elephants are surviving mainly in protected areas, with a dramatic reduction in forest elephants. The savannah species has almost completely disappeared from the Sahel and has declined by up to 70 % in other regions.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
europarl.europa.eu | César Luena
Question for written answer E-002482/2024to the CommissionRule 144César Luena (S&D)The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has annulled the application for 'Viñedos de Álava' to be registered and protected by the EU as a protected designation of origin (PDO). This seems to put paid to the hopes of the Association of Rioja Alavesa Wineries (ABRA) and puts a question mark over the application continuing at EU level.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
europarl.europa.eu | César Luena
Question for written answer E-002308/2024to the CommissionRule 144César Luena (S&D)The latest World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Greenhouse Gas Bulletin[1], published two weeks before the Climate Change Summit (COP29) in Baku, reveals alarming data on greenhouse gases in 2023. Atmospheric CO2 reached a new record of 420.0 ppm, i.e. 151 % of the pre-industrial level in 2023 and an increase of 11 % over the last twenty years. Methane and nitrous oxide also recorded record highs.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
eldiario.es | César Luena |Raul Sanchez |Antonio Martinez Ron |Bernardo Vergara
Hace algo menos de dos años, se firmó en la cumbre de biodiversidad de Kunming-Montreal un acuerdo histórico para frenar la destrucción de la vida en la Tierra provocada por la actividad humana. El Marco Global de Biodiversidad acordado en 2022 establece metas para proteger el 30% del planeta antes de 2030, para reformar subvenciones perjudiciales para el medioambiente por un valor de 500.000 millones de dólares y para restaurar el 30% de los ecosistemas degradados.
