TY - JOUR

T1 - A greener path for the EU Common Agricultural Policy

AU - Pe’er, Guy

AU - Zinngrebe, Yves

AU - Moreira, Francisco

AU - Sirami, Clélia

AU - Schindler, Stefan

AU - Müller, Robert

AU - Bontzorlos, Vasileios

AU - Clough, Dagmar

AU - Bezák, Peter

AU - Bonn, Aletta

AU - Hansjürgens, Bernd

AU - Lomba, Angela

AU - Möckel, Stefan

AU - Passoni, Gioele

AU - Schleyer, Christian

AU - Schmidt, Jenny

AU - Lakner, Sebastian

PY - 2019/8/2

Y1 - 2019/8/2

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Biology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071044623&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1126/science.aax3146

DO - 10.1126/science.aax3146

M3 - Scientific review articles

C2 - 31371602

AN - SCOPUS:85071044623

VL - 365

SP - 449

EP - 451

JO - Science

JF - Science

SN - 0036-8075

IS - 6452

ER -