Keeping track of climate delivery in the CAP?
The CAP is one of the instruments with the highest potential in influencing farming practices and their climate delivery – but is the EU keeping good and accurate track of climate delivery within it?
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Policy brief: Keeping track of climate delivery in the CAP
This briefing paper outlines some of the limitations of the tracking methodology for assessing the contribution of the CAP budget to climate action and explores possible solutions.
Event: Halting the loss of pollinators - role of EU agricultural and regional development policies
The EU Conference "Halting the loss of pollinators: the role of the EU agricultural and regional development policies" looks back at what has been achieved in the 2014-2020 period, and discusses how to step up actions in the future.
What the Green Deal means for Europe’s biodiversity
The EU institutions have raised the stakes on biodiversity, but will the Green Deal deliver?
Update on the development of future agricultural policy frameworks in the four UK administrations
As the UK prepares to leave the EU, the future agricultural policy frameworks in the four administrations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are starting to take shape. This briefing provides an overview of the current state of play, focussing on their environmental aspects and ambitions.
Cut proposals to EU budget and Horizon Europe risk leaving urgently needed ambition on paper
As the European council debates reducing the next EU budget, IEEP has taken a look at what this could mean for the Green Deal, the Union’s new "growth strategy", and Horizon Europe, the upcoming flagship research and innovation framework programme.
First look at the European Green Deal
The European Commission has unveiled its much-anticipated Green Deal – the EU's "new growth strategy". IEEP has taken an early look at the content. Here are our first impressions.
Towards sustainable well-being in the EU: Health, quality of life and social justice
The EU has some of the highest levels of human development in the world. No member state, however, is currently guaranteeing the well-being of its citizens while also staying within planetary boundaries.
World Soil Day highlights urgency for EU action on improving the health of our soils
This year's World Soil Day highlights again the urgency for European and global policymakers to act on soil erosion as a key environmental and sustainability challenge.
The Von der Leyen Commission: First reactions on its priorities
Martin Nesbit has taken a first look at how some of the nominated Commissioners stack up to Europe's environmental and sustainability needs
The nexus between trade, EU circular economy and sustainable development
IEEP’s newest report examines the foreseen impacts of implementing circular economy measures in the EU on international trade and – through trade – on third countries.
Time to get real about sustainability and trade within the European Green Deal
Despite new and promising announcements by the Trade Commissioner-designate Phil Hogan, the EU is struggling to turn words and good intentions into effective actions when it comes to using trade as a vehicle for sustainability.
Press release: Major transformations needed to achieve SDGs in the EU by 2030
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) have published the first independent quantitative report on the progress of the European Union and its member states towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed by all UN member states in 2015.
2019 Europe Sustainable Development Report
This report by IEEP and SDSN compares the performance of the EU and its 28 member states on all 17 SDGs and provides detailed country profiles using a mix of data sources.
Accounting for natural capital: Recognising nature’s contribution to human welfare and wellbeing
The contribution and value of nature to human welfare and well-being – our natural capital – tends to be overlooked in many policy decisions and business choices. As a result, ecosystems are being degraded and natural resources are being used in an unsustainable way.
Reinventing growth for Europe: Time for a paradigm shift
Europe’s ability to maintain and enhance its prosperity for generations to come requires a hard look at the nature of growth and the changes that would be required to achieve sustainability in line with the SDGs.
Why out-of-the-spotlight Council discussions on CAP don’t serve the environment, climate or farmers
Recent Council changes to ‘conditionality’ for CAP direct payments severely weaken what the agricultural sector could deliver for the environment and climate in the next 7 years. This is difficult to justify and is a poor foundation for demanding the budget to be maintained.
Linking aviation emissions to climate justice
The UN Climate Action Summit on 23 September highlighted and confirmed the significant gap between current climate action and the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) cuts needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Environment at a glance: Policy calendar from September to December
Download our calendar of environmental and sustainability events in Europe and around the world.
Despite bold UN diplomacy, Climate Action Summit fails to galvanise world's largest emitters
The UN Climate Action Summit was intended to galvanise increased ambition from Member States and non-state actors. Unfortunately, despite some unusually bold diplomatic moves on the part of the UN, the world's large emitters have not met that challenge.