1. A greener path for the EU common agricultural policy
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Stefan Schindler, Aletta Bonn, Jenny Schmidt, Sebastian Lakner, Robert Müller, Vasileios Bontzorlos, Dagmar Clough, Guy Pe'er, Gioele Passoni, Christian Schleyer, Yves Zinngrebe, Stefan Möckel, Bernd Hansjürgens, Peter Bezák, Francisco Moreira, Clélia Sirami, Angela Lomba, Dept Ecosystem Serv, Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Econ, Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Dept Agr Econ & Rural Dev, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Sch Agron, CIBIO InBIO, University of Lisbon, Dynamiques Forestières dans l'Espace Rural (DYNAFOR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT]-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Div Conservat Biol Vegetat & Landscape Ecol, University of Vienna [Vienna], Bridge Builders UG, Social Science Research Center Berlin, Dept Forestry & Management Nat Environm, University of Thessaly, Ctr Environm & Climate Res, Lund University, Inst Landscape Ecol, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Inst Biodivers, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität = Friedrich Schiller University Jena [Jena, Germany], Fac Law & Econ, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Res Ctr Biodivers & Genet Resources CIBIO, Res Network Biodivers & Evolut Biol InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Dept Environm & Planning Law, Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Econ, DTP Environm Res, University of Oxford [Oxford], Sect Int Agr Policy & Environm Governance, University of Kassel, Inst Geog, Universität Augsburg [Augsburg], Inst Ecol, Fac Sustainabil, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Dept Environm Polit, Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, CoKnow Consulting, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), University Medical Center Göttingen, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), University of Vienna, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, University of Porto, and University of Oxford
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2. Zero hunger ,Multidisciplinary ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Ecology (disciplines) ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Agriculture ,010501 environmental sciences ,15. Life on land ,Environmental economics ,Sustainable Development ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,13. Climate action ,11. Sustainability ,Path (graph theory) ,Business ,European Union ,Common Agricultural Policy ,Biology ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU) is one of the world's largest agricultural policies and the EU's longest-prevailing one. Originally focused mostly on supporting production and farm income, the CAP has progressively integrated instruments to support the environment. Nonetheless, there is considerable agreement among EU citizens that the CAP still does not do enough to address ongoing environmental degradation and climate change (92% of nonfarmers, 64% of farmers) (1). In May and June 2018, the European Commission (EC) published the financial plan and legislative proposal for the CAP post-2020 (2), prompting numerous proposed amendments that the newly elected European Parliament (EP) will now have to consider. With an eye toward the next and final reform stages, including budget discussions and “trilogue” negotiations between the EC, the Council, and the EP to begin in autumn 2019, we examine whether the proposed post-2020 CAP can address key sustainability issues and meet societal demands for higher environmental performance.
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- 2019
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