Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy is laying the initial foundations for a European agricultural climate policy

Ce rapport est disponible dans : Climate BriefThe Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has had a very small climate component since 1992. The recent inclusion of green payments and the climate risk management tools proposed for the CAP for the period beyond 2013 illustrate the European Commission’s willingness to expand this climate component. Furthermore, there is little mention of the agricultural sector in the tools rolled out by the European climate policy, particularly those derived from the 2009 “Climate & Energy” Package. Therefore, even if this autumn’s parliamentary debate results in the reform proposals being diluted, the post-2013 CAP could nevertheless become a principal tool for a common EU climate policy in the agricultural sector