{"id":99404,"date":"2019-09-05T11:41:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T09:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=99404"},"modified":"2019-10-16T17:32:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T15:32:49","slug":"transforming-farm-subsidies-to-prevent-climate-breakdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/transforming-farm-subsidies-to-prevent-climate-breakdown-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming farm subsidies to prevent climate breakdown – 25 September 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) <\/strong>help the farming sector become climate neutral?<\/h4>\r\n

Agriculture is responsible for 10% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Yet \u20ac<\/span><\/span>58 billion of taxpayers’ money is spent annually to support environmentally-harmful agriculture<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The EEB is pleased to invite you to join the debate. A range of stakeholders from the EU institutions, industry, academia and civil society will present their views and discuss how better agricultural policy can help address climate breakdown.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

This event is organised in cooperation with BirdLife Europe<\/a> and supported by the European Climate Initiative (EUKI<\/a>).<\/p>\r\n

See programme below and register here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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Programme<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

13:30\u00a0Registration<\/p>\r\n

14:00 Introduction and Welcome, Patrick Ten Brink, Director of EU Policy, EEB<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Setting the Scene: The scientific background<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n

14:10 Current contribution to EU climate targets, David Mottershead, Principal Policy Analyst, IEEP

<\/em>14:20 Consumption & Climate, Dr Marco Springmann, Senior Researcher in Population Health, University of Oxford<\/em><\/p>\r\n

14:30 Q&A<\/p>\r\n

Session 1: CAP and climate, what EU institutions and governments say<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n

14:50 European Commission, Mauro Poinelli, DG AGRI<\/em><\/p>\r\n

15:05 European Parliament, Ir\u00e8ne Toelleret, Renew Europe group, MEP substitute in AGRI and winemaker<\/em><\/p>\r\n

15:20 Member States, John Muldowney Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Ireland)<\/em><\/p>\r\n

15:35 Panel Debate with scientists<\/p>\r\n

Session 2:\u00a0CAP budget and climate<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n

16:00 Introduction:<\/em> Agriculture in National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs)<\/p>\r\n

16:10\u00a0Panel debate: Agricultural commitments in NECPs: The good, the bad and the ugly.
> Valeria Forlin, Policy officer (DG CLIMA)Unit C.3 \u2013 Land Use and Finance for Innovation<\/em>
> B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Dupeux Senior Policy Officer for Agriculture, EEB<\/em>
> Tobias Gr\u00e4s, Senior Policy Advisor Danish Agriculture & Food Council\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n

16:45 Q&A<\/p>\r\n

17:00 Introduction: Current use of climate budget<\/p>\r\n

17:10\u00a0Panel debate: What legitimacy for the CAP budget in the future EU budget?
> Raphael Weyland, NABU<\/em>
> Phil Wynn Owen, European Court of Auditors<\/em><\/p>\r\n

17:45\u00a0Q&A<\/p>\r\n

17:50\u00a0Closing remarks
> Ariel Brunner, Senior Head of Policy, Birdlife International, Division Europe & Central Asia<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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