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Agriculture & Land Management Sustainable Land Use

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  • Future of the CAP
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  • Sustainable Land Use
    • Delivering Public Goods
    • High Nature Value farming and Forest management
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Highlights

IEEP’s response to the public consultation on the EU taxonomy for green investments

IEEP has submitted feedback to the European Commission’s public consultation on the EU classification system for green finance, with a focus on mitigation in the agriculture, forestry and bioenergy sector.

iSQAPER Toolkit: H2020 research conclusions for policymakers

This paper presents the project’s policy recommendations and ‘toolkit’ to help policymakers, researchers and land managers better monitor and assess soils at local, regional and continental scales.

How to align the Green Deal's pesticide and fertiliser reduction targets with Europe's R&I needs

This briefing paper provides an overview of the current technical and scientific knowledge and additional research needs for the achievement of pesticides and fertiliser reduction objectives under the Green Deal.

Five recommendations for achieving healthy soils by 2030 through Horizon Europe

The Horizon Europe mission on Soil Health and Food has set the ambitious target for 75% of soils in the EU to be healthy – within just 10 years. Here are five recommendations for achieving this.

iSQAPER: IEEP's role in exploring policy instruments and opportunities for soil protection

Since 2015, IEEP has taken part in the iSQAPER project that aims to assess soil quality in Europe and China and provide decision-makers with science-based, easy to apply and cost-effective tools to manage soil quality and function.

Sustainability criteria for deforestation-free and human rights-compliant agricultural commodities

To inform future European Commission’s legislative efforts, IEEP’s discussion paper articulates sustainability criteria aimed at addressing the roots of deforestation, ecosystem degradation and human right violations driven by the EU’s purchase of agricultural commodities in third countries.

Deforestation and forest degradation: IEEP's response to European Commission's public consultation

In its efforts to deliver on the EU Green Deal and to step up EU action, the European Commission launched a public consultation on deforestation and forest degradation. We've submitted several recommendations based on our work on these and related topics.

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.

Policy brief: Getting to the roots of sustainable land management

This briefing paper seeks to inform EU, national and regional policymakers about how the latest Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform could deliver much-needed improvements in environmental and climate action.

World day to combat desertification and drought: What it means for Europe

On the UN observance day, we look at IEEP's past and ongoing work on combating desertification and drought.

Celebrating biodiversity and the European lessons learnt protecting it

Today we celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity aiming at increasing understanding of the diversity of life on the planet and awareness of its importance for human development. IEEP takes the opportunity to share some key positive lessons from recent EU biodiversity action and identify key remaining challenges towards 2030.

IEEP at COP24 – Agriculture’s Future, Delivering Net Zero GHG Emissions – Reflections from Katowice

Anthropogenic climate change is a product of our patterns of behaviour and the choices we make; whether as consumers or, in the case of farmers, as land managers and producers. This session convened by IEEP at COP24 of the UNFCCC identified the common threads that could help in changing our behaviour and in the transformation of the agricultural sector. Read more and download presentations here.

IEEP at COP24 - Agriculture’s Future, Delivering Net Zero Emissions

On 7 December (10:30-14:30), IEEP will be convening a discussion at COP24 of the UNFCCC on the role of agriculture in delivering net zero emissions by 2050. IEEP is collaborating with CCCA, FEEDBACK, AGRICORD, IIED, SNV, Joanneum Reasearch, IFFA, and the FAO’s Forest and Farm Facility to deliver a wider ranging discussion on agriculture’s role in climate action.

Promoting a circular, sustainable bioeconomy – delivering the bioeconomy society needs

This IEEP blog reflects on the future role of the bioeconomy in society.

It considers what the 2018 EU’s Bioeconomy Strategy revision needs to achieve to promote an equitable, environmentally responsible bioeconomy that delivers economic benefits and empowers
rural actors.

A meaty challenge: What would a just transition for Europe’s livestock sector look like?

Leading up to IEEP's Think 2030 conference, experts express their views on Europe's most pressing sustainability issues in the Think 2030 blog series, Pathways to 2030. 

The seventh edition of Pathways to 2030 features IEEP Head of Agriculture and Land Managment,  Ben Allen, and Executive Director, Céline Charveriat, who discuss issues around a just transition in the livestock sector. 

European Commission plans action to address decline in pollinators

Pollinator insects are essential to ecosystems and agriculture, but their populations are in decline. How can this issue be tackled in Europe? Your chance to reply.

Bioenergy and the Bioeconomy – One and the Same?

There is mounting interest in biomass to provide heat, power and, transport fuels but also as a basis for alternative products for replacing plastics, and other fossil fuel derived commodities. How can the bioeconomy and the bioenergy sector evolve to deliver sustainable, coordinated and efficient use of resources?

iSQAPER: Joining the dots - soil health, agriculture and climate

This briefing is intended as the first in a series explaining policy instruments available and the opportunities for soil protection as part of the iSQAPER research project.

Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground – World Soils Day 2017

If caring for the planet starts from the ground, then caring for the planet starts with farmers, foresters and all others who manage and use the EU’s soils. It follows that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), as a major driver of the decisions made by Europe’s 12 million farmers, is critical to securing responsible, long term management of our soils and related ecosystem services.

IEEP at COP 23: Delivering Global Support of all Sectors of Society for Reducing GHG Emissions

Europe needs to ratchet up its climate goals to deliver climate mitigation targets. At the UNFCCC's COP 23, IEEP will lead two side events looking at the role of land use and the agricultural sector in delivering this ambition. What will net zero emissions for agriculture look like, what policies are important in delivering Europe’s land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) goals? What is the role of agricultural policy?

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