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

Olive trees in the slope of the hills in spring, Cyprus
23 Jan 2026

Coming up: a workshop to assess the Green Architecture

Join us for the Good Practice Workshop in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 16-17 March. Register before 23 February!

  • Evaluation
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
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

Upcoming events

Conference

Seeds of the Mediterranean: Water Management in Agriculture

  • CAP Implementation
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar

Latest publications

tg-livestock-1st-group picture
Reports |

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

The Thematic Group (TG) meeting provided an initial opportunity to discuss pathways to make livestock systems more sustainable while remaining competitive.

  • CAP Implementation
Assessment of the progress in implementing the evaluation plans of 2014-2022 RDPs. Chapter 2 of the AIRs submitted in 2025
Reports |

Assessment of the progress in implementing the evaluation plans of 2014-2022 RDPs. Chapter 2 of the AIRs submitted in 2025

The report provides a comprehensive assessment of the progress made by Member States in the implementation of the Rural Development Programme in 2024.

  • Evaluation
Evaluation of the green architecture of the CAP Strategic Plans
Guidelines and tools |

Evaluation of the green architecture of the CAP Strategic Plans

The guidelines for assessing the green architecture of CAP Strategic Plans emphasise evaluating the combined effects and contradictions across the various instruments designed to address the CAP's environmental and climate objectives.

  • Evaluation

Latest good practice

Inspirational Idea | 26 Jan 2026

VinoManAOP2

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Inspirational Idea | 26 Jan 2026

Testing trap‑crop strategies to reduce insecticide use in winter rapeseed

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Inspirational Idea | 12 Jan 2026

Using data to manage the environmental impact of livestock farming

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI