Miljø- og Fødevareudvalget 2018-19 (2. samling)
MOF Alm.del Bilag 159
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TO:
Ursula Von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission
Charles Michel, President-elect of the European Council
David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament
CC:
Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President
Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner-designate for Environment and Oceans
25 September 2019
Dear Presidents,
PROTECT OUR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM
The ocean plays a critical role in human health and the health of the planet. It buffers us against the
worst impacts of climate breakdown, generates the oxygen we breathe, and provides sustenance and
livelihoods for people across the world. The ocean protects and provides for us all.
The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere (IPCC
SROC) sets out clear evidence that the ocean is bearing the brunt of the climate crisis. It offers a grim
diagnosis of the state of our ocean, showing that our planet’s life support system is under attack.
We all share the responsibility to pass a liveable planet on to our children and grandchildren. If the
destruction of the ocean continues, this will not happen.
The climate crisis is not limited to land. There is much that can and must be done to protect the ocean,
the largest habitat on Earth, so that it can continue to protect us. We urgently need to boost the ocean’s
chances of survival in the face of climate breakdown by removing the stressors that are within our
reach.
To revive the ocean, we are calling for leadership to:
● End overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. All EU institutions and member
states must implement and enforce in full the Common Fisheries Policy, specifically the deadline to end
overfishing by 2020.
● Put in place a robust High Seas Treaty by the end of 2020.
● Protect at least thirty percent of the ocean through implemented, highly and fully Protected Areas
by the end of 2030, with the remaining 70 percent of the ocean sustainably managed.
● Protect the deep ocean, through a precautionary pause on deep sea mining.
The scale of the pressure on the ocean is only matched by the size of the opportunity for leadership in
restoring the planet’s greatest source of life. As prime minister we are asking you to exercise that
leadership.
Yours sincerely
MOF, Alm.del - 2018-19 (2. samling) - Bilag 159: Henvendelse af 26/9-19 fra Our Fish og Danmarks Naturfredningsforening om stop af overfiskeri og styrkelse af klimaindsatsen
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MOF, Alm.del - 2018-19 (2. samling) - Bilag 159: Henvendelse af 26/9-19 fra Our Fish og Danmarks Naturfredningsforening om stop af overfiskeri og styrkelse af klimaindsatsen
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CC:
Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister, Denmark
Sauli Niinistö, Honorary President, Finland
Antti Rinne, Honorary Prime Minister, Finland
Emmanuel Macron, President, France
Edouard Philippe, Prime Minister, France
Angela Merkel, Prime Minister, Germany
Leo Varadkar, An Taoiseach, Ireland
António Costa, Prime Minister, Portugal
Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of
the Government, Spain
Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister, Sweden
Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Climate, Energy and
Utilities
Mogens Jensen, Minister for Food, Fisheries and Equal
Opportunities and Minister for Nordic Cooperation
Lea Wermelin, Minister for the Environment
Krista Mikkonen, Minister for the Environment and
Climate Change
Jari Leppä, Minister for Agriculture and Forestry
Didier Guillaume, Minister for Agriculture
Ms Élisabethe Borne, Minister for the Ecological and
Inclusive Transition
Julia Klöckner, Minister for Food and Agriculture
Svenja Schulze, Minister for the Environment
Richard Bruton, Minister for Communications, Climate
Action and Environment
Michael Creed, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the
Marine
João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister for Environment
and Energy Transition
João Galamba, Secretary of State for Energy
Ana Paula Vitorino, Minister for the Sea
Luís Planas Puchades, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Minister for the Ecological
Transition
Isabella Lövin, Minister for Environment and Climate,
and Deputy Prime Minister
Jennie Nilsson, Minister for Rural Affairs