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