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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 ...

Im November 2021 legte die Kommission einen Vorschlag zur Bekämpfung von Entwaldung und Waldschädigung im Zusammenhang mit bestimmten Rohstoffen und Erzeugnissen vor, die auf dem EU-Markt in Verkehr gebracht oder aus diesem ausgeführt werden. Über die vorläufige Einigung, die die beiden gesetzgebenden Organe im Trilog erzielt haben, soll bei der Plenartagung des Europäischen Parlaments im April 2023 abgestimmt werden.

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 ...

Im November 2021 legte die Kommission einen Vorschlag zur Bekämpfung von Entwaldung und Waldschädigung im Zusammenhang mit bestimmten Rohstoffen und Erzeugnissen vor, die auf dem EU-Markt in Verkehr gebracht oder aus diesem ausgeführt werden. Das Europäische Parlament wird bei seiner Tagung im September über den entsprechenden Bericht abstimmen, der vom Ausschuss für Umweltfragen, öffentliche Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (ENVI) angenommen wurde. Wird dieser verabschiedet, bildet er den Standpunkt ...

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?

Im Rahmen der Einigung über das EU-Klimagesetz im Jahr 2021 hat sich die Kommission verpflichtet, die Verordnung über Landnutzung, Landnutzungsänderungen und Forstwirtschaft (LULUCF) zu überarbeiten, um eine Erhöhung des CO2-Abbaus in diesem Bereich bis 2030 sicherzustellen. Der Vorschlag wurde in das Paket „Fit für 55“ der Kommission aufgenommen. Die Funktion des LULUCF-Sektors als CO2-Senke ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil des Pfads der EU zur CO2-Neutralität. Das Europäische Parlament wird auf ...

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.