Common Agriculture Policy

EU can build on existing agriculture emissions targets to unlock the sector’s climate potential

Note: This article was updated on June 26, 2026 (original publication: June 8, 2026) to reflect changes in the status of Estonia’s climate law. A warming planet and more frequent extreme weather events will change how food is produced in the European Union (EU) in 2040 and beyond. But what about the sector’s contribution to fighting the climate crisis?

IATP Europe comments on the EU’s next long-term budget

Society needs to transition to more sustainable, resilient and agroecological food systems in the coming decades, so that we grow healthy and nutritious food in a way that respects animals and nature, and fairly reward those who produce it.  

Statement on EU’s Vision for Agriculture and Food

The EU’s Vision for Agriculture and Food has prepared some of the field for sowing, but there is still a long way to go for a fair and sustainable harvest

A Just Transition for European farming in sight?

In January, it was hard to imagine how European agriculture would ever balance the needs of farmers, consumers and the planet. Tractors were blocking motorways in protests across the continent. Yet, as the fall colors take over the landscape, the picture is quite different today.

Setting the Strategic Agenda after Europe’s Parliamentary elections

Support a resilient food system based on fair prices for good food 

Greenwashing or new potential for farmers? IATP’s contribution to the EU Greens/EFA conference on carbon farming

The conference “Carbon Farming – New potential for farmers or greenwashing,” organized by three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from the

EU groups demand farm policy to support a Green Deal

Two hundred and fifty civil society organizations across Europe, including IATP and other food and farm groups, sent a letter to the heads of the European Commission, Parliament and Council on September 30 to express their strong alarm at the current state of neg

Public money to plunder the planet: development banks fund Big Meat and Dairy

A flurry of recent news shows that international development banks have ramped up public money to factory farms and mega-dairies in the last decade.

Time to hold agribusiness accountable for its climate footprint

IATP’s new study on Big Dairy makes the connection between emissions and the rural crisis