There has been much debate on the extent to which "payments for environmental goods and services provide a robust rationale for a future CAP". In the context of a post 2013 CAP, the conference managed to address the following questions:

• What are the land use challenges in relation to food, climate and environment in Europe?
• What does the public goods agenda mean?
• How could it be implemented?
• How far is it relevant to the future of direct payments?
• Does it contribute to income stability?
• Is it an agenda around which a wide coalition could be built?
• What are the implications for the size of a future CAP budget?

Along with an intervention from Mr Anastassios Haniotis (whose presentation can be found here), representing DG Agriculture, the Conference included five key presentations:

IDEAS AND PRINCIPLES

ntroduction: The CAP Old and NewI - David Baldock, IEEP

Europe’s Future Land Use Challenge: Food, Climate and Environment – Dr. Tamsin Cooper, IEEP

The Future of Direct Payments under a New CAP - Professor Jean?Christophe Bureau, INRA

Public Goods from Private Land – Dr. Corrado Pirzio-Biroli (RISE Foundation)

VISIONS AND DESIGN

Proposal for a New CAP - Meeting the Environmental and Food Challenges of the Future (A common Vision of 5 NGOS, Birdlife International, EEB, WWF, IFOAM, EFNCP) - Ariel Brunner, BirdLife International

OUTPUTS

Invited respondents commented on the presentations, with an opportunity for conference participants to contribute to the debate.