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Policies addressing climate change and agriculture
in the EU
Nikiforos SIVENAS
European Commission, DG AGRI
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AGRICULTUREAND
FORESTRY
Impacts - Adaptation
GHG emissions – Mitigation
Contribution to bioenergy,
biomaterials and
carbon sinks
Climate change and agriculture
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EU TARGETS SET FOR 2020
An Integrated Approach to Energy and Climate Change
20% GHG reduction from 1990 level
20% energy use savings
20% renewables in overall EU energy use
- 10% renewable fuels in EU transport fuel- Subject to being sustainable;- Commercial availability of advanced biofuels
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EU agricultural GHG emissions - 2006
CO2 – Energy use (1-2%)
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Declined by 20% by 2006 (EU-15: - 11%)
Further decline projected by 1-3% by 2010
Drivers: decreased livestock numbers and fertiliser use, improved manure handling
EU policies are contributing: CAP reforms, water policy
Trends of EU agricultural emissions
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EU approach to adaptation
White Paper: Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action adopted by the Commission 1.4.2009
Accompanied by sectoral Working Documents, including:
− Adapting to climate change: the challenge for European agriculture and rural areas
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EU adaptation strategy
• Improve resilience to climate change impacts
• Long term, phased approach
− Phase 1 (2009-2012): groundwork for a comprehensive EU adaptation strategy
− Phase 2 (2013 → ): implementation
• Phase 1 focuses on
− building the knowledge base− integrating adaptation into key EU policy areas− examining instruments and costs− international co-operation on adaptation
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• No specific “climate instruments”, but the CAP contributes to mitigation and adaptation
• Decoupled income support • Cross-compliance: SMR and GAEC
• Environmental legislation plays an important role
• Nitrates Directive (water protection)• Emission ceilings (NEC - ammonia)
• Rural development - targeted support for climate change adaptation and mitigation
• Strengthened by Health Check proposals
• Post 2013: further integration of climate concerns into the CAP instruments
Role of the CAP
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Energy-efficient equipment and buildings Investments manure storage facilities Improve efficiency N fertilizer On-farm biogas production Training Farm advisory services
Agri-environmental measures Reduced fertilizer use Extensification of livestock Soil management Land use changes (afforestation)
Role of Rural Development
Processing of agricultural/forest biomass for local renewable energy
Installations/infrastructure other renewable energies
Mitigation, adaptation options in all axes
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Research and development
Joint Programming Initiative: cooperation and collaboration between national research programmes for more effectively tackling common European challenges in the area of agriculture, food security and climate change
Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7) – generally open for participation by third countries
International research co-operation - partnerships with 148 countries: Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific (ACP), Asia, Latin America, the Mediterranean, the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia – specifically on environmental issues