Environment
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Environment

To preserve our environment and quality of life, we need to protect biodiverse ecosystems, reduce emissions, and move towards a resource-efficient and competitive circular economy.

Latest news

Autumn alpine rural landscape near Brasov, Magura, Transylvania, Romania
21 Aug 2025

Good Practice Workshop on ‘Measuring what matters – Approaches to netting out CAP impacts’

Register to join us in Bucharest, Romania, on 16–17 October 2025 for the 11th CAP Good Practice Workshop.

  • Evaluation
Agricultural Production, Cross-cutting Impacts (+6)
Mosaic people in a group with water landscape
16 Jul 2025

Express your interest in joining our new Thematic Groups!

Two new Thematic Groups will start their activities in September and will focus on Water Resilience, and Cooperation in Farming. Calls for expressions of interest are now open.

  • CAP Implementation
CAP Strategic Plans, Environment (+1)
Canola plants and landscape of meadow
18 Jun 2025

Estimating the climate change mitigation potential of the EU’s CAP Strategic Plans

The study, coordinated by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP, provides a meaningful first step in evaluating how the agricultural sector can support the EU’s climate ambitions.

  • Evaluation
Climate and Climate Change, CAP Strategic Plans (+4)
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Upcoming events

Thematic Group meeting

1st meeting of the Thematic Group on the CAP's Role in Supporting Sustainable and Competitive Livestock Systems

  • CAP Implementation
Calendar
Agricultural Production, Environment (+2) In-person
Brussels , Belgium
EU CAP Network
Workshop

Good Practice Workshop: Evaluation of the green architecture of the CAP Strategic Plans

  • Evaluation
Calendar
Environment, Climate and Climate Change (+2) In-person
Larnaca, Cyprus
EU CAP Network
Thematic Group meeting

2nd meeting of the Thematic Group on the CAP's Role in Supporting Sustainable and Competitive Livestock Systems

  • CAP Implementation
Calendar
Agricultural Production, Environment (+2) In-person EU CAP Network
All upcoming Environment events

Latest publications

Czechia Interip Evaluation Report RDP
Member State Evaluation |

Czechia Rural Development Programme (RDP) Interim Evaluation Report

The report summarises the progress of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) implementation as of 30 June 2022 and evaluates it against answers to common and specific evaluation questions.

  • Evaluation
Jobs, Growth and Equality in Rural Areas, Environment (+2) Sectorial impacts Czechia
Annual Implementation Report Puglia 2023
Member State Evaluation |

2023 annual evaluation report of Apulia

The report focuses on the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 's effects on the objectives of competitiveness and agri-environmental issues, and provides an update on the self-evaluation process of the Apulian Local Action Groups (LAGs).

  • Evaluation
Environment, Agricultural Production (+2) Environmental impacts Italy
Assessing generational renewal in the agricultural sector
Newsletters |

CAP Evaluation News 11 - December 2025

Assessing generational renewal in the agricultural sector.

  • Evaluation
Generational Renewal, Environment (+3)
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Latest good practice

Inspirational Idea | 09 Jan 2026

Ultrasonic technology to protect crops from wild animals

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Agricultural Production, Environment (+1) Italy
Inspirational Idea | 09 Jan 2026

Changing weather conditions force olive farmers to start with pest management

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Climate and Climate Change, Environment (+1) Italy
Inspirational Idea | 09 Jan 2026

Fighting grapevine trunk diseases

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Climate and Climate Change, Environment (+1) Spain
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