The German Advisory Council on the Environment calls for a fundamental re-orientation of European agricultural policy in its statement on CAP-reform.

The UK's House of Lords EU Committee yesterday published its report on adapting agriculture and forestry to climate change. The Committee’s inquiry has focused on the European Commission White Paper, Adapting to Climate Change: Towards a European framework for action from April 2009.

An alliance of European, national and local civil society organisations concerned with the future of food and agriculture in Europe, are today launching a ‘European food declaration’ to mobilise European citizens and authorities to reshape the CAP.

The CLA and RSPB today (Wednesday, 27 January) launch their joint vision for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Is there a need to protect prime agricultural land in Europe? A new note published by Alterra discusses the pressures currently facing agricultural land in Europe.

This recent publication attempts to estimate the benefits to the EU of eliminating the CAP using recent data in a general equilibrium framework.

Taking into account the new demands the sector has to meet in today’s competitive and globalised world, and the imminent debate regarding the financial outlook for 2014-2020, within a possibly restrictive budget scenario, the time has come to discuss the future Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2013.

This policy brief argues that European Agriculture will face significant challenges over the coming decades. Issues like the effects of climate change, the management of natural resources, and the constant battle to keep our food safe are altering the debate significantly. A broad vision will be needed to incorporate these different challenges into the Common Agricultural Policy and match them up with the most appropriate policies.

As Member States prepare to submit revised Rural Development Programmes to take account of the Health Check 'new challenges', Finland is developing a grazing measure as part of its strategy to support the dairy sector.

A new paper on reform of the CAP from the the perspective of the organic movement has been published. The report questions the legitimacy of current Pillar 1 expenditure and suggests that a 'European agrarian model' is needed which draws on the principles of organic agriculture.

The Commission's recent Communication on 'intermediate' Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) is intended to increase targeting of payments. This article assesses the implications of the review for Finland, and makes the case for introducing eligibility criteria intended to exclude more intensive farming systems from the aid.

A new report by Ecologic outlines the positions and relative influence of the main German policy actors and stakeholders in the CAP reform debate, as well as discussing the government's likely position in future discussions.