Climate and Climate Change
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Climate and Climate Change

Carbon sequestration, reducing emissions and promoting sustainable practices in agriculture, forestry and rural areas can mitigate and help adapt to climate change.

Latest news

Group picture from the Bobrza River Basin LEADER LAG, Poland (c) Bobrza River Basin LAG
13 Nov 2025

What are LAGs working on? Episode 2

We continue our series with a look at Local Development Strategies by two LAGs in Poland and Denmark, where LEADER is enabling Smart Villages, social capital and economic innovation.

  • CAP Implementation
LEADER, Smart Villages (+2)
tractor in a grass field
22 Aug 2025

Economic vulnerability of farming: key insights

A recent Thematic Group has looked into experiences, policies and potential support mechanisms to improve farm resilience and economic sustainability.

  • CAP Implementation
Jobs, Growth and Equality in Rural Areas, Climate and Climate Change (+1)
Three BEATLES project workshop summaries on Climate-Smart Agriculture overlaid on a green field background.
09 Jul 2025

Shaping the transition to Climate-Smart Agriculture through multi-actor policy dialogue

The BEATLES project promotes Climate-Smart Agriculture in the EU via workshops and pilot studies. Led by AEIDL, it supports CAP reforms for sustainable, fair, and resilient farming systems.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
CAP Strategic Plans, Climate and Climate Change (+1)
All Climate and Climate Change news

Upcoming events

Conference

ClieNFarms Final Conference - A journey towards climate neutral farms

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
  • Evaluation
Calendar
Agricultural Productivity, Climate and Climate Change (+2) Hybrid
Brussels, Belgium
ClieNFarms project
Conference

GRASS CEILING Final Showcase Event

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar
Climate and Climate Change, Environment (+4) In-person Belgium Copa-cogeca
All upcoming Climate and Climate Change events

Latest publications

Studies on the Evaluation of the Contriburion of the RDP to management and efficiency of the use of water
Member State Evaluation |

Greek RDP contribution to sustainable water use

The study estimates the contribution of the Greek Rural Development Programme's (RDP) measures to changes in the impacts related to water abstraction in agriculture and water quality.

  • Evaluation
Environment, Agricultural Productivity (+2) Environmental impacts Greece
Plant nutrients in drainage water
Member State Evaluation |

Plant nutrients in drainage water

To evaluate the impact on the water environment of the Estonian Rural Development Programme (RDP) and CAP Strategic Plan (CSP), a hydrological study was carried out that integrated surface water flow and fertiliser use.

  • Evaluation
Environment, Agricultural Productivity (+2) Environmental impacts Estonia
Plant protection residues in the soil
Member State Evaluation |

Impact of agrotechnologies on soil residues of plant protection substances

The aim of the study is to identify residues of plant protection products in soils across different regions and in vegetable-farming soils in Estonia.

  • Evaluation
Environment, Agricultural Productivity (+2) Environmental impacts Estonia
All Climate and Climate Change publications

Latest projects

EIP-AGRI Operational Group

Development of a production and planting method using tubular root covers
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation and mitigation, and other air related issues), Crop rotation/crop diversification/dual-purpose or mixed cropping Germany
EIP-AGRI Operational Group | Completed

Climate-neutral nitrogen fixation process
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation and mitigation, and other air related issues), Energy (+2) Sweden
EIP-AGRI Operational Group | Completed

Determining ammonia emissions at farm level, and steering with management measures
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Animal husbandry, Animal welfare (+1) Netherlands
All Climate and Climate Change projects

Latest good practice

Man stands in field trials irrigation system
Inspirational Idea | 05 Nov 2025

Smart water management system to improve crop yield while using less water

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Agricultural Productivity, Climate and Climate Change (+1) Greece
Two farmers in overalls and boots work in a cattle barn. Cows are feeding on the left.
Project | 22 Oct 2025

Milking the future

  • CAP Implementation
Agricultural Productivity, Climate and Climate Change (+2) Spain
Los Pedroches
A group of participants in the project in a field
Project | 22 Oct 2025

Cooperative biodiversity and climate protection measures in agricultural landscapes

  • CAP Implementation
Agricultural Productivity, Climate and Climate Change (+3) Germany
Bradenburg
All Climate and Climate Change good practice