Nobel laureates and scientific coalitions call on the European Parliament to embrace new genomic techniques for climate and food security. Within the EU, debates intensify over proposals to patent gene-edited plant. EP adopted its negotiating position while the Council’s presidency is still anxious to build a majority to adopt its position on NGTs which would […]
On the 5th of July, the European commission presented a proposal for a « Regulation of the european parliament and of the council on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed ». This proposal provides a good working basis on this file to boost innovation, and meet the health, climate […]
The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) has finished on the 12th of November. During the ongoing negotiations, the European Commission has published a laconic, just a few sentences long news: “countries participating at the COP26, as part of the discussions on agriculture, agreed on the need for a transition towards sustainable and climate-resilient food […]