29 November 2017
While Commissioner Phil Hogan’s new results-based plan for the future of EU farm policy – presented today in Brussels – sounds attractive, it remains to be […]
12 December 2017
The last attempt to ‘green’ EU farm policy did not lead to any significant increase in environmentally-sound farming practices – despite European governments spending a huge […]
20 May 2020
The EU Commission has today set out its vision for the future of nature and farming policies, as it prepares to put the European Green Deal […]
25 June 2021
Weak rules will maintain support for harmful farming practices 25 June 2021, Brussels – Europe will continue major funding of harmful intensive farming practices until […]
6 July 2021
Our food systems are responsible for a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. This scientific reality should place farming at the heart of the European Commission’s revised ‘Fit […]
8 February 2022
Speaking in Strasbourg this morning, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) urged Agricultural Ministers to harness “carbon farming” to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises while improving […]
21 February 2022
The overwhelming majority of Common Agricultural Policy strategic plans delivered by Member States to the European Commission fail to adequately address the urgent crises of biodiversity […]
28 February 2022
The upcoming proposal falls short in delivering the transformative changes needed to secure the EU’s transition towards agroecology in line with the Green Deal objectives. These […]
20 April 2022
Both nature and food security under threat as Member States cave in to misguided farm lobby agenda. Today, BirdLife Europe and the European Environmental Bureau released […]
9 November 2022
Without obtaining any input from civil society or the scientific community, the Commission has just published its Communication on ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers which […]
30 November 2022
The European Commission has just released a long-anticipated proposal for the Carbon Removals Certification (CRC) framework, offering a potentially game-changing opportunity to remove carbon emissions from […]