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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 ...

Nel novembre 2021 la Commissione europea ha presentato una proposta volta a contrastare la deforestazione e il degrado forestale legati a materie prime e prodotti specifici immessi sul mercato dell'UE o esportati da tale mercato. L'accordo provvisorio raggiunto dai colegislatori in sede di trilogo sarà votato in Aula durante la tornata di aprile 2023.

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 ...

Nel novembre 2021 la Commissione ha presentato una proposta volta a contrastare la deforestazione e il degrado forestale legati a materie prime e prodotti specifici immessi sui mercati dell'UE o esportati da tali mercati. Durante la tornata di settembre il Parlamento voterà sulla relativa relazione approvata dalla commissione per l'ambiente, la sanità pubblica e la sicurezza alimentare (ENVI) In caso di approvazione in Aula, tale relazione costituirà la posizione del Parlamento per i negoziati di ...

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?

Nell'ambito dell'accordo del 2021 relativo alla normativa dell'UE sul clima, la Commissione si è impegnata a rivedere il regolamento sull'uso del suolo, il cambiamento di uso del suolo e la silvicoltura (LULUCF), al fine di garantire un aumento degli assorbimenti di carbonio nel settore verso il 2030. La proposta è stata inclusa nel pacchetto della Commissione "Pronti per il 55 %". Le funzioni di pozzo di assorbimento del carbonio LULUCF costituiscono un elemento essenziale del percorso dell'UE verso ...

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.