THE TAXONOMY DRAFT DELEGATED ACT – ONE SENTENCE MUST GO
For those who are not familiar with the Taxonomy Regulation, it aims at “launching an ambitious and comprehensive strategy for sustainable finance with the aim of redirecting capital flows to help generate sustainable and inclusive growth”. A draft Delegated Act “establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as […]
EU Rural Incomes and Biofuels
March 2021 Abstract This paper aims to cast a light on the nexus between the profitability of rural livelihoods and biofuels within the EU. In doing so, it focuses on putting the deep and structural relationship between rural labour and biofuels into a data driven perspective to highlight what is rarely discussed: the low wages […]
TRANSPORT ENERGY & RENEWABLES IN THE EU – WHAT THE LATEST COMMISSION DATA TELLS US
SUMMARY Demand for energy in transport rose 7% overall during the five years to 2020. Oil maintains an overwhelming grip on the sector with a steady 94% share. The rest is biofuels with 5.6% and renewable electricity with 0.6%. Three quarters of the extra energy demand over the period was met by oil. 98% of […]
Shaping EU agriculture, rural areas and wealth for the next decades
Common Agricultural Policy Shaping EU agriculture, rural areas and wealth for the next decades Main outcomes of the 2019 Global Food Forum The Common Agricultural Policy was founded to respond to the challenge of food sovereignty in Europe, on the basis of the fact that a pooling of financial means and the definition of […]
Indicators assessing the economic and environmental performance of EU agriculture in the framework of the CAP
December 2019 Introduction For 30 years, the environment has been an integrated part of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and today it has become one of the main dimensions of this policy. A “greening” measure was introduced during the 2013 reform to strengthen the environmental and climate performance of the CAP. The conclusions on the […]