European Union

Responses

Adaptation Mitigation

Sectors

Agriculture LULUCF Transport

Instruments

Direct Investment

Nature based solutions and ecosystem restoration Provision of climate funds

Economic

Subsidies

Governance

Processes, plans and strategies

Regulation

Standards, obligations and norms

Keywords

Institutions / Administrative Arrangements Redd+ And Lulucf Food Security

Common Agricultural Policy (Regulations no 1307/2013, no 1308/2013, no 1305/2013, no 1306/2013, no 2020/2220, no 2021/2116, no 2021/2117 )

Legislative

Eu Regulation

Passed in 2013

The CAP 2014-2020 has been reformed by strengthening its greening aspects. Climate mitigation and adaptation are explicitly among the key objectives of the CAP, which accounts for about 30% of the overall EU budget/ MFF 2014-2020. The greening measures in the CAP 2014-2020 particularly increase the carbon sink by encouraging more grassland, the protection of forest cover and address the challenges of soil quality. It makes direct payments to farmers conditional upon compliance with greening measures, which account for 30% of the overall direct payments (pillar I). These measures include crop diversification, conserving 5% (and later 7%) of areas of ecological interest and maintaining permanent grassland. 30% of the budget within the rural development programmes (pillar II) is to be dedicated to agri-environmental measures, projects related to environmentally friendly investment or innovation measures as well as to support for organic farming. It further improves agri-environmental measures via higher environmental protection targets.

A regulation was approved in December 2020 to lay down transitional provisions that will apply until the end of 2022.

On November 23, 2021, the EU Parliament agreed on a broad reform of the PAC. The new framework will enter into force on January 1, 2023. Regulation 2021/2116 repeals regulation 1307/2013.

European Union

Common Agricultural Policy (Regulations no 1307/2013, no 1308/2013, no 1305/2013, no 1306/2013, no 2020/2220, no 2021/2116, no 2021/2117 )

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