Access to water as a human right - the external dimension
Vote in the DEVE Committee - 28 February 2022
Split votes on amendments 28 and 63
Split vote on amendment 28
Paragraph 1 c
28 Roose
Split vote (Greens)
(new)
Part 1
Falls if CA 7 adopted
Highlights the importance to
implement fully-fledged Human Right
Impact Assessment related to the EU
biofuel policy and to any agricultural
and energy investment projects
financed by the European Fund for
Sustainable Development;
Part 2
Highlights that some of the proposed
climate response to address climate
change may impact negatively on the
universal right to water, as in the
case of large-scale dams and the
cultivation of food and feed crops
used for biofuels;
Part 3
In particular, calls for the inclusion,
in the remit of the revision of the
Renewable Energy Directive, of water
provisions in the definition of the
sustainability criteria on biofuel
crops;
Split vote on amendment 63

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Paragraph 3 e
63 Roose
Split vote (Greens)
(new)
Part 1
Falls if CA 7b or CA 7c adopted
Highlights the potential risks of
water grabbing and water pollution
associated to foreign direct
investments in large-scale land
acquisitions for agriculture and
extractive industries;
Part 2
Calls on the EU and its Member
States to enact water-related
mandatory due diligence and
reporting standards for
corporations;

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