Piia-Noora Kauppi

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Piia-Noora Kauppi

Piia-Noora Kauppi (born 07 January 1975, Oulu) is a former pro-nuclear Finnish MEP from the National Coalition Party (20.07.1999-31.12.2008).[1] She was the head of the Finnish delegation in the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP-ED).


Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Member:
20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
06.10.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation for relations with the United States
17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with the United States
20.07.2004 / 30.08.2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs
21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
31.08.2004 / 18.11.2008 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
31.01.2007 / 31.12.2008 : Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
31.01.2007 / 08.07.2008 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
31.01.2007 / 31.12.2008 : Committee on Legal Affairs
14.03.2007 / 31.12.2008 : Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
19.11.2008 / 31.12.2008 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
Substitute:
21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
15.09.2004 / 14.03.2007 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
15.03.2007 / 31.12.2008 : Delegation for relations with the United States
09.07.2008 / 31.12.2008 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs[2]

Record and Controversies

Signatory to Pro-Nuke Petition

In October 2005, Kauppi was one of the signatories of a written Declaration that advocated raising the profile of using Nuclear Energy in the debate on Climate Change. It stated:

"We the undersigned declare that it is our shared conviction that nuclear energy should play an increasingly central role in the global fight against climate change and remain a pillar of the EU's energy and environmental policy planning. In a carbon-constrained 21st century threatened by an increasingly acute energy supply deficit, nuclear energy offers a secure, reliable, affordable and environmentally-friendly power supply. By helping the EU to meet its energy sustainability targets and by mitigating the effects of climate change, nuclear energy contributes to the achieving of EU economic and environmental objectives...."

The petition called upon EU's leaders to:

  • "recognise the vital contribution made by the nuclear industry to reducing CO2 emissions;"
  • "encourage more investment in zero or low carbon-intensive power generation technologies, including nuclear energy;"
  • "recognise that meeting the climate change challenge will need a long-term global strategy, which should include an effective international emissions trading scheme;"
  • "ensure that the use of JI (Joint Implementation) and CDM (Clean Development Mechanisms) does not exclude nuclear projects after 2012;"
  • "encourage all economic actors, including China, India and the United States,to participate in and provide solutions for meeting the global climate change challenge."[3]

"Young Global Leader"

Kauppi was voted a "Young Global Leader" at the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2005.[4]

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Resources

Notes

  1. European Parliament, MEP Directory: Piia-Noora Kauppi, accessed 27 November 2010.
  2. European Parliament, MEP Directory: Piia-Noora Kauppi, accessed 27 November 2010.
  3. FORATOM, Declaration on Climate Change and Nuclear Energy, 19 October 2005, accessed 27 November 2010.
  4. World Economic Forum, List of Active Young Global Leaders - As of 26 January 2010, accessed 27 November 2010.