Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)

We are excited to welcome EuroGeoSurveys, Questionmark Foundation and Friends of Europe to the #Think2030 community 🎉   With the addition of these new knowledge partners, #Think2030 strengthens its role as a multi-stakeholder platform of leading policy experts from European think tanks, civil society, the private sector, and local authorities.   By focusing on producing timely, relevant, and actionable policy recommendations, Think2030 drives science-policy solutions for a more sustainable Europe.   Find out more about our new knowledge partners on the Think2030 website⤵️ EuroGeoSurveys https://lnkd.in/e2HbXzBy Friends of Europe https://lnkd.in/eJciq9X4 Questionmark Foundation https://lnkd.in/eY-ZRJXY   #Sustainability #GreenPolicy

🚨 Webinar | The environmental stakes of the EU-Mercosur deal Is the EU trade policy compatible with environmental commitments?   🤝 The upcoming Mercosur Summit in Montevideo, 5-6 December, could mark the announcement of the conclusion of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement, over two decades since talks began.   Register for this webinar on 28 November, organised by our initiative the Green Trade Network (GTN), which will examine the environmental dimensions of the EU-Mercosur agreement as it currently stands and discuss alternative paths to ensure that trade agreements align with sustainability goals. 📝 Registration: https://lnkd.in/eNruCaRw   The Q&A session will provide participants with the opportunity to engage directly with our speakers, addressing critical questions on how to align the EU’s trade policy with environmental sustainability imperatives.   🎙️ Panel:  Markus Gehring, CISDL  Mathilde Dupré, Veblen Institute for Economic Reforms  Antoine Oger, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)  Virginia Miranda Enssle, Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) (EU)  Moderation: Pierre Leturcq, IEEP 📅 28 November, 11:30-12:30 CET ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/e4UtbzZw #Mercosur #GreenTrade #FreeTradeAgreements

Last week Elisabet Nadeu, our Senior Policy Analyst from the CAP and Food team, gave a lecture to students enrolled in the Sustainable Land Use course of the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University. Using the Common Agricultural Policy and its environmental and climate objectives as an example, she shared insights on how to inform policymaking with scientific evidence and what it is like to work at the science-policy interface. She also discussed IEEP’s work in support of the Nature Restoration Law by providing scientific evidence to inform the debate. A big thank you to Utrecht University and Dries Hegger for this opportunity 🤝 📑 Our recent work on these topics ⤵  👩🌾 https://lnkd.in/dByB_QVp  🐝 https://lnkd.in/dqwp-VeU Contact Elisabet Nadeu at enadeu@ieep.eu to discover more about our work on sustainable food systems. #agriculture #CAP #SustainableFood #policymaking #NatureRestorationLaw

🌽 Coordinated investments in scaling regenerative European agriculture Early this month, we partnered with OP2B, FoodDrinkEurope, LENs Company Ltd, EARA | European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture, and the Forum for the Future of Agriculture to co-host a virtual roundtable on increasing public-private collaboration in scaling up regenerative agriculture across Europe. Policy, industry, research, and the farming community talked about the policies needed to accelerate the shift toward regenerative farming, explored how public-private partnerships can mobilise essential funding to help farmers make this transition, and addressed the key challenge of measuring and reporting the sustainability outcomes of regenerative practices. Our key takeaways: 💶 Let’s start with making better use of already existing financing instruments to support farmers who might face a loss in profits and increased labour costs during the transition period. 👩🌾 We need to think about how to ‘stack’ public money and private financing to increase the support available to farmers. 🤝 Collaboration, innovation and a long-term vision for agriculture in the EU and globally are the key factors that can drive change in how we produce food. ℹ For more information on our work on agrifood, contact Melanie Muro at mmuro@ieep.eu. 📑 Our reading list:  ✔ https://lnkd.in/esaAGcnV  ✔ https://lnkd.in/eQjU37rE  ✔ https://lnkd.in/dByB_QVp  #RegenerativeAgriculture #SustainableFarming #FinanceForNature Photo by Kampus Production

Promoting and developing a well-being economy 🌱 From 4 to 6 November, we were in Rome with the Green European Foundation at the 7th OECD - OCDE Forum on Wellbeing. Key takeaways: 🤝 We want to encourage policy discussions in Europe, promoting a strong EU framework for well-being. 📈 The EU has made significant progress toward a just and green transition, but a comprehensive approach to a well-being economy is still needed. At the forum, we engaged with peers to exchange ideas, learn from innovative global initiatives, and discuss the future steps for the well-being economy. 🙋♂️ 🙋♀️ Through informal workshops, we highlighted critical gaps in well-being narratives, ways to connect local and national well-being efforts, approaches for engaging diverse communities, and strategies for building effective networks among well-being practitioners. Together, we are creating momentum for a sustainable, inclusive, and well-being-focused future for Europe and beyond. Look out for our brief on the well-being economy in January! If you want to find out more, contact Chiara Antonelli and Emma Bergeling. #WellbeingEconomy #OECDForum #GreenTransition

🌲 Today, the European Parliament voted on the proposal from the European Commission for a delay of the EU Deforestation Regulation by one year. While this path should have been straightforward, the EPP Group in the Parliament chose to propose amendments to essentially water down the text of the Regulation. The one-year delay was adopted by MEPs, so were a large number of the amendments (including the creation of a 'no-risk' category) - meaning the co-legislators are back to negotiations. This risk to the entry into force of the #EUDR is critical, here is why ⬇ 1️⃣ Weakening EU's leadership on environmental issues The outcome of the vote may hinder the timely fight and urgency we face for protecting the world's forests. There is no time to waste in the fight against deforestation, and citizens expect a strong law. The EUDR is a landmark legislation in a global climate and biodiversity emergency. 2️⃣ Impact on stakeholders Companies have made efforts and investments to comply with the regulation, and large companies have called for the additional amendments to be rejected. The political turmoil may jeopardise investments made and creates uncertainty. 3️⃣ Legislative process In terms of implications for environmental policy, this vote on the amendments has created more issues and represents a dangerous precedent for other legislation that was agreed upon and approved being reopened at the last minute. This situation creates many questions as well as clear signals for the need for a robust, transparent, inclusive, and evidence-based policy-making process. 📑 Reading list to stay informed Securing the position of smallholders in zero-deforestation supply chains - https://lnkd.in/e6F9fP-R The new EU deforestation-free legislation under the looking glass - https://lnkd.in/epdPmh2g Additional ‘phase in period’ for EU deforestation rules (by our colleagues at the Institute for European Environmental Policy UK (IEEP UK) - https://lnkd.in/e9VET8VW For more information on our work on #deforestation, contact Nora Hiller.

The Conference of Parties - COP29 Azerbaijan starts today in Baku. Over two weeks, world leaders will come together to discuss and assess global efforts to advance the Paris Agreement which limit global warming to 1.5°C. #COP29 - whose theme is "In solidarity for a Green World" - should focus on climate action, financing the transition, sustainability, and global partnerships. We turned to our #ThinkSustainableEurope network of sustainability think tanks to hear from their Executive Directors. ✔ What should we expect from the summit? ✔ What should be the topics and ambitions at the centre of the debate? ✔ Where should the negotiations lead to? With Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Maria J. Sanz Sanchez - BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Alexander Muller - TMG Think Tank for Sustainability, Miljenka Kuhar - Društvo za oblikovanje održivog razvoja (DOOR) András Kéri - Energiaklub Climate Policy Institute, Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder - International Institute for Sustainable Development, Krzysztof Fal - WiseEuropa, Vit Dostal - Climate Team (AMO.cz), Sébastien Treyer - IDDRI, Måns Nilsson - SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute #COP29Azerbaijan

👩🌾 Policy coherence and innovation to drive the agrifood transition Last week, Melanie Muro participated in the Global Forum on Agriculture organised by OECD - OCDE to discuss the importance of policy coherence for Sustainable Agricultural Productivity. Here’s a recap of the discussion 👇 1️⃣ Public money should drive progress towards meeting specific objectives and targets of the agricultural sector. Over decades, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has shifted from boosting food production to also supporting climate, environmental, and social goals. However, it has only made limited progress in making farming more sustainable. For better results, CAP reforms should go beyond just adding environmental requirements to existing payments. Public money should be directed to areas that need it most - for both environmental protection and supporting rural communities. This doesn’t mean completely changing how the EU currently supports farmers, but rather adjusting where the money goes. Instead of mostly giving payments based on the size of a farm, the idea is to focus more on supporting farmers who truly need it and to encourage environmentally friendly and resilient farming practices. To direct funds and to give farmers, businesses, and lenders the stability they need to plan effectively, we need clear goals for the agriculture sector, both for the near future and long term.  2️⃣ We need to create inclusive decision-making structures to develop adequate and socially accepted policies and solutions. This includes a stronger role for environmental and climate authorities. Coordination units with a concrete mandate and funding available for their work could facilitate such coordination at EU, national, and regional levels. 3️⃣ Balancing benefits and costs along the whole agri-food chain.   Agrifood policy must move beyond farm-level interventions to address the whole food system, including supermarkets, food processors, and consumers. We need incentives for the adoption of sustainable practices and nature-based solutions and instruments to facilitate changes in what we eat need to be implemented simultaneously.  The current CAP structure places a heavy burden on farmers as primary deliverers of sustainability, yet retailers, food producers, and consumers need to play a role in delivering sustainability outcomes. ✍ Contact Melanie Muro (mmuro@ieep.eu), for any questions and potential collaborations on these topics. 📑 Reading list ✔ https://lnkd.in/esaAGcnV ✔ https://lnkd.in/eQjU37rE ✔ https://lnkd.in/dByB_QVp  ✔ https://lnkd.in/eiZncNjC

The #Think2030 Dialogue is back 🎉 This time, we dive into the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union; the EU's competition strategy; and the Clean Industrial Deal - key topics shaping the future of Europe’s climate and competitiveness goals.   Discussions will explore how these initiatives support or challenge EU climate targets and their impact on the global stage, including insights from COP29 and COP16.   🎙️ Speakers include: - Dr Bernadett PETRI, Director of the Hungarian Development Promotion Office and Ministerial Commissioner for directly managed EU funding - Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Executive Director, IEEP   - Luc Bas, Chair of IEEP Strategic Advisory Council, Director of Cerac - Climate Risk Assessment Center - Janez Potocnik, Co-Chair, International Resource Panel (IRP)  - Jorge Laguna-Celis, Director responsible for UNEP’s One Planet network - 10YFP - Sirpa Pietikäinen, former Minister of Environment and Finnish MEP since 2008   - Tomas Jungwirth Brezovsky, Head of Climate team, Climate Team (AMO.cz) - Pierre Leturcq, Head of Programme Global Challenges and SDGs, IEEP  - Veronika Hunt Safrankova, Head of Brussels Office, UN Environment Programme - Anders Wijkman, Member of the International Resource Panel (IRP) and Director of Climate-KIC International Foundation  - András Huszár, Co-Founder & Director, Green Policy Center - Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Executive Director, International Institute for Sustainable Development Europe    🔹 12 November 2024 🔹 10:00-12:00 CET 🔹 Online   Register here ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/d_SM_5wX   #hu24eu #HungarianPresidency #CleanIndustrialDeal #climate #competitiveness

We are excited to host a session during the inspiring #GlobalDonutDays 🍩! Doughnut Economics represents a desperately needed vision towards a regenerative and distributive economy that meets people's needs within the limits of our finite planet. People worldwide are working towards this aim and putting the ideas into action and practice. In our current work with the Green European Foundation, we are engaging with a knowledge community of actors to explore the state of play and emerging proposals towards an EU well-being economy. During our session during the #GlobalDonutDays, we will talk about the EU transition to a well-being economy in a global context. 🔸 6 November 🔸 Online Register to attend the global Donut Days here ➡️https://lnkd.in/gAvn2er5 Check out our project ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e9E5kGwW Learn more about the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) community ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eT2w3Uu Want to discuss more? Connect with our colleagues Emma Bergeling, Chiara Antonelli and Antoine Oger #DoughnutEconomics