A section on sustainable agriculture has been added to “Compass – your green roadmap to EU membership” web portal, created by the Resource-Analytical Center “Society and Environment”.
“Compass” web portal focuses on environment and climate change issues relevant to the EU Accession negotiation process (Chapter 27) – it is an online tool for everyone working on or is interested in the process of Ukraine’s accession to the EU when environment and climate crisis are concerned.
Why did we and the partner organization of the RAC “Society and Environment” decide to add EU legal acts on sustainable agriculture to the portal?
- The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is closely related to the European Green Deal and environmental legislation as a tool for realization of the EU’s environmental and climate ambitions.
- Without adjusting CAP the achievement of EU climatic and environmental ambition is not possible: agriculture has significant environmental impact as it is responsible for about 11% of EU greenhouse gas emissions, is the main water user and polluter of water, is one of the biggest factors in natural ecosystems’ degradation, biodiversity loss and climate resilience.
- The agricultural production can contribute greatly to climate neutrality and climate when sustainable production methods are employed.
- Sustainably managed agroecosystems can provide various ecosystem services, which are heavily relied upon in reaching targets set in European Green Deal and Biodiversity Strategy.
CAP is one of the foundation stones the European Union was built upon. It has shaped not only physical, but political, social and economic landscapes of EU, the CAP design determines the EU impact on the global economy and climate crises, EU performance with EDG, Paris Climate Agreement and many other agreements and strategies, and determines the future development of the European economy.
Detailed information about the history, current state and future of the EU agricultural policy and its relationship with the climate crisis and the state of the environment can be found in basic materials in our Library and in the news feed.
This article prepared in the frame of “Green and inclusive agricultural policy – steps towards” project implementing by ICO IC «Green Dossier» with the support of the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework «European Renaissance of Ukraine» project.
Its content is the exclusive responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation.
