with a particular focus on land management policies
Profile:
Kaley is the Executive Director of IEEP UK, responsible for developing IEEP's strategic direction and programme of activities in the UK. She joined IEEP in October 2007 and was Head of the Agriculture and Land Management Programme until 2018. She is an experienced policy adviser and researcher, with over 25 years of expertise in influencing the development and implementation of UK and European policies which impact on the rural environment, with a particular focus on agricultural and land use policies and their implementation. She is an experienced facilitator and communicator, adept at relaying complex or technical information in an informative and compelling way to suit different audiences. Prior to joining the Institute, she worked at Nature England and the Countryside Agency, and before that at CPRE as their Rural Policy Officer and as a Research Assistant at Kings College and Wye College, University of London.
For many foreign observers, and not a few UK citizens, the peculiarity of the British political system, where approximately 0.3% of the population gets to elect the leader of the political party in power (and thus indirectly elect the new Prime Minister) has been a source of puzzlement. Not surprisingly, the rights and wrongs of this have absorbed copious newspaper columns and articles and the debate feels far from settled.
The Interinstitutional Agreement for the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) set the ambition to provide a minimum of EU annual spending to biodiversity objectives, starting with 7.5% in 2024 and at least 10% in 2026 and 2027. From 2022, the European Commission must report annually on spending for the biodiversity objective.
While IEEP remains more than ever committed to contribute to the debate and realisation of a strong and sustainable Europe, it recognises that the UK is entering a critical phase in the creation and implementation of key environmental policies and targets.
European food systems are not sustainable. In light of forthcoming proposals for a new EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems, this paper sets out the challenges that this should address and maps out ways it could be achieved.
IEEP, Wageningen University & Research and Navigant held a workshop on 18 November to explore where crops for non-food purposes could be grown in Europe in the future. Current policy seeks to steer these crops to abandoned or degraded land, but the workshop looked at how much is available, where it is and how suitable this land might be in practice.
