- 7 June 2023
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Land Use and Climate
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For more information
on the Land Use and Climate
programme, please contact:
Julia Bognar
Senior Policy Analyst
Overview
The rural land using sectors are an essential tool in achieving the EU’s climate and environmental goals. Beyond the marine environment, they represent the only source of natural carbon sinks to help mitigate climate change whilst simultaneously rebuilding natural capital, protecting ecosystems, and ensuring that society can continue to access nature for their health and wellbeing.
As Europe transitions away from fossil and finite resources, there is a growing and implicit dependency on bioresources, which must be considered in the context of the future scale of that bioresource use and the impact it may have.
Our priorities
To continue to develop further the approach to carbon farming and its implementation across the EU.
To ensure that the management of EU forests focuses on their wider contribution to society, beyond the material and energy uses of wood.
To ensure that the bioeconomy and the use of bioresources operates at a scale and within the boundaries of our planet.
Latest news
- 23 May 2023
- , Events
On 20 April in Stockholm, SEI hosted the Think2030 Dialogue, converging policy makers, business leaders and researchers from across Europe. This high-profile event co-organised by ...
- 18 January 2023
- , Blogs
The restoration of ecosystems is crucial to achieving climate mitigation targets, and this is reflected in the recent global and EU ambitions for nature restoration. ...
- 28 November 2022
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The relaunching of negotiations for a new directive on environmental crime is necessary to ensure a more effective fight against a crime that is widespread, ...
- 15 November 2022
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The UN Climate Change Champion for COP27, Dr Mohieldin, is right to make agriculture and food system transition the focus of the COP in Egypt this ...
- 2 November 2021
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IEEP cautiously welcomes the decision of over 100 world leaders at COP26 to commit to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. ...
Latest publications
- 17 November 2021
- , Reports
EU bioenergy and its use of biomass have several impacts on the biophysical system. This report provides a meta-review of the use of biomass within ...
- 28 October 2020
- , Briefings
Soil has the potential to be a major tool in mitigating climate change and adapting to its effects. How well is the EU incorporating this ...
- 2 March 2018
A new study for DG Climate Action of the European Commission by IEEP and partners investigates land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF) actions ...
- 9 December 2016
The recent release of the Commission’s “winter package” of climate and energy policies includes a proposal for a new Renewable Energy Directive. For the first ...
- 29 July 2016
Part of the transitioning of Europe towards a low carbon economy means using our resources more efficiently, reducing wastes and improving the recovery and recycling ...
- 20 July 2016
The study reviews evidence of the impacts of UK's low carbon energy policy on biodiversity in the UK and abroad, and incorporates biodiversity effects of ...
