Policies addressing climate change and agriculture in the EU Nikiforos SIVENAS European Commission, DG AGRI

EastAgri, October 2010, Roundtable on climate change and agriculture 2 2 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY Impacts - Adaptation GHG emissions – Mitigation Contribution to bioenergy, biomaterials and carbon sinks Climate change and agriculture

EastAgri, October 2010, Roundtable on climate change and agriculture 3 EU TARGETS SET FOR 2020 An Integrated Approach to Energy and Climate Change 20% GHG reduction from 1990 level 20% energy use savings 20% renewables in overall EU energy use - 10% renewable fuels in EU transport fuel -Subject to being sustainable; -Commercial availability of advanced biofuels

EastAgri, October 2010, Roundtable on climate change and agriculture 4 EU agricultural GHG emissions CO 2 – Energy use (1-2%) 

EastAgri, October 2010, Roundtable on climate change and agriculture 5  Declined by 20% by 2006 (EU-15: - 11%)  Further decline projected by 1-3% by 2010  Drivers: decreased livestock numbers and fertiliser use, improved manure handling  EU policies are contributing: CAP reforms, water policy Trends of EU agricultural emissions

EastAgri, October 2010, Roundtable on climate change and agriculture 6 EU approach to adaptation  White Paper: Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action adopted by the Commission  Accompanied by sectoral Working Documents, including: −Adapting to climate change: the challenge for European agriculture and rural areas

EastAgri, October 2010, Roundtable on climate change and agriculture 7 EU adaptation strategy Improve resilience to climate change impacts Long term, phased approach −Phase 1 ( ): groundwork for a comprehensive EU adaptation strategy −Phase 2 (2013 → ): implementation Phase 1 focuses on −building the knowledge base −integrating adaptation into key EU policy areas −examining instruments and costs −international co-operation on adaptation

EastAgri, October 2010, Roundtable on climate change and agriculture 8 No specific “climate instruments”, but the CAP contributes to mitigation and adaptation Decoupled income support Cross-compliance: SMR and GAEC Environmental legislation plays an important role Nitrates Directive (water protection) Emission ceilings (NEC - ammonia) Rural development - targeted support for climate change adaptation and mitigation Strengthened by Health Check proposals Post 2013: further integration of climate concerns into the CAP instruments Role of the CAP

EastAgri, October 2010, Roundtable on climate change and agriculture 9  Energy-efficient equipment and buildings  Investments manure storage facilities  Improve efficiency N fertilizer  On-farm biogas production  Training  Farm advisory services  Agri-environmental measures  Reduced fertilizer use  Extensification of livestock  Soil management  Land use changes (afforestation) Role of Rural Development  Processing of agricultural/forest biomass for local renewable energy  Installations/infrastructure other renewable energies Mitigation, adaptation options in all axes 1 2 3

EastAgri, October 2010, Roundtable on climate change and agriculture 10 Research and development  Joint Programming Initiative: cooperation and collaboration between national research programmes for more effectively tackling common European challenges in the area of agriculture, food security and climate change  Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7) – generally open for participation by third countries  International research co-operation - partnerships with 148 countries: Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific (ACP), Asia, Latin America, the Mediterranean, the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia – specifically on environmental issues