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The problem definition in the impact assessment (IA) appears to be well-supported by evidence. The description of the policy options is balanced, albeit sometimes lacking in detail. The assessment of the options' impacts (economic, social and environmental) is mainly qualitative, with only limited quantified estimates of costs and benefits. Data limitations and uncertainties could have been described in more detail. The IA consistently presents the stakeholders' views on the problems, their drivers ...

The victory in the 2022 Brazilian presidential election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the left-wing Workers' Party, who ran on a platform of – among other things – protecting the Amazon and indigenous peoples' rights, has raised hopes in the EU of completing the long-standing negotiations on an EU-Mercosur association agreement. Since January 2023, Lula has deployed a number of recycled but updated policy tools from the early 2000s, which, it is assumed, will deliver similarly positive results ...

This Briefing, written by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI), provides background information for the PETI Fact-finding visit to Romania scheduled from 15 to 18 May 2023. It investigates two main issues that were subject to specific petitions, namely the increasing illegal logging (petitions 1248/2019, 0408/2020, 0722/2020 and 1056/2021) and the management of the brown bear populations (petitions ...

En novembre 2021, la Commission européenne a présenté une proposition visant à lutter contre la déforestation et la dégradation des forêts liées à des produits de base et spécifiques mis sur le marché de l’Union ou exportés à partir de celui-ci. L’accord provisoire conclu par les colégislateurs lors des négociations en trilogue doit faire l’objet d’un vote lors de la session plénière d’avril 2023 du Parlement.

On 17 November 2021, the European Commission tabled a legislative proposal aimed at curbing deforestation and forest degradation driven by the expansion of agricultural land used to produce specific commodities, namely cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soya and wood. Following up on a 2020 European Parliament resolution, which called for regulatory action to tackle EU-driven global deforestation, the proposal would impose due diligence obligations on operators placing these commodities and some derived ...

En novembre 2021, la Commission a présenté une proposition visant à lutter contre la déforestation et la dégradation des forêts liées à des produits de base et spécifiques mis sur les marchés de l’Union ou exportés à partir de ceux-ci. Au cours de sa période de session de septembre, le Parlement votera sur le rapport en la matière adopté par sa commission de l’environnement, de la santé publique et de la sécurité alimentaire (ENVI). S’il est adopté, ce rapport constituera la position du Parlement ...

Demographic, socio-political and economic pressures have made eating meat an unsustainable practice for the long term. However, meat substitutes have proved unpopular, owing to social norms and a lack of trust; some alternatives also contribute heavily to climate change. Could microbial protein be a sustainable alternative to meat that not only solves these multidimensional pressures but also contributes actively to reversing climate change?

Au titre de l’accord sur la loi européenne sur le climat de 2021, la Commission européenne s’est engagée à réviser le règlement relatif à l’utilisation des terres, au changement d’affectation des terres et à la foresterie (UTCATF) afin de garantir une augmentation des absorptions de carbone dans ce secteur d’ici à 2030. La proposition a été incluse dans le paquet «Ajustement à l’objectif 55» de la Commission. Les fonctions de puits de carbone du secteur UTCATF constituent un élément essentiel de ...

This briefing provides an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) accompanying the proposal for an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, submitted on 17 November 2021 and referred to the European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). The proposal was first announced in the 2019 Commission communication on Stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world's forests ...

Following prolonged talks, the 26th Conference of the Parties ended late on 13 November 2021. With countries' nationally determined contributions (NDC) ahead of the event leading to an estimated 2.7°C warming towards the end of the century, the host, the United Kingdom, set the goal to keep a limit of 1.5°C warming within reach.