Ten of the most important insights within the field of climate science 2020 have been presented today by UNFCCC's Secretary General Patricia Espinosa and an international team of scientists including… Read more
On 1 January, Maria do Céu Antunes (S&D), the Portuguese Minister of Agriculture, took over from Julia Klöckner as the EU Member States' negotiator in the CAP trialogue. Read more
The year 2020 was one of the three warmest on record, and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, according to a consolidation of five leading international datasets by the World Meteorological Organization… Read more
If current rates of global warming continue, up to 8 percent of the world's population – twice as many people as today – could be threatened by extreme droughts by the end of the 21st century. Read more
While the "main reform" of the CAP still has to go through the trilogue, probably by the middle of next year, the European Parliament today formally laid down the final legal framework for… Read more
Climate change continued its relentless march in 2020, which is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record. 2011-2020 will be the warmest decade on record, with the warmest six years all… Read more
A study commissioned by the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee shows major areas of conflict between the EU Commission's Green Deal plans and the compromise on the new CAP decided in the… Read more
The loss of huge ice masses can contribute to the warming that is causing this loss and further risks. A new study now quantifies this feedback by exploring long-term if-then-scenarios. Read more
Last week, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament took a position on the CAP. The next step is for both institutions, together with the European Commission, to find a compromise and… Read more
The EU Environment Agency published its "State of Nature" report, which confirms that the EU is falling far short of its own biodiversity restoration targets by 2020. A major driver of biodiversity… Read more
