Open letter to the European Commission, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the European Parliament’s rapporteurs on the CAP regulations calling for ambition in trilogues for a green and fair reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

A coalition of food, farming, and environmental organisations calls for a fundamental reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The letter argues that the current unsustainable food system contributes to climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse, threatening the survival of farmers. The coalition proposes five overarching priorities for the post-2022 CAP: integrating Green Deal targets into national Strategic Plans, implementing the 'do no harm' principle, supporting sustainable farming practices, regulating markets to limit overproduction, and ensuring governance through transparency and accountability.

• The EU farming sector is experiencing multiple crises, including power imbalances in supply chains, chronic overproduction, and the effects of biodiversity collapse and climate breakdown, which threaten the viability of farmers over the next decade.
• The coalition identifies five priority areas for the post-2022 CAP regulations: aligning national Strategic Plans with Green Deal targets, applying the 'do no harm' principle via social and environmental conditionality, providing support for climate- and nature-friendly farming, regulating markets to reduce waste and overproduction, and establishing strong governance and accountability for EU spending.
• The authors express concern that current trilogue negotiations lack the ambition required by citizens and farmers, warning that a failure to reform the CAP would undermine the policy's legitimacy and risk missing 2030 European and global sustainability targets.

APA

ClientEarth (2021). Open letter to the European Commission, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the European Parliament’s rapporteurs on the CAP regulations calling for ambition in trilogues for a green and fair reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. https://www.clientearth.org/media/2bffbfyc/open-letter-to-the-eu-decision-makers-calling-for-a-green-and-fair-reform-of-the-common-agricultural-policy-ahead-of-super-trilogue-negotiations.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Open letter to the European Commission, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the European Parliament’s rapporteurs on the CAP regulations calling for ambition in trilogues for a green and fair reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. 2021. https://www.clientearth.org/media/2bffbfyc/open-letter-to-the-eu-decision-makers-calling-for-a-green-and-fair-reform-of-the-common-agricultural-policy-ahead-of-super-trilogue-negotiations.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2021open, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Open letter to the European Commission, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the European Parliament’s rapporteurs on the CAP regulations calling for ambition in trilogues for a green and fair reform of the Common Agricultural Policy}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2021}, month = mar, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/2bffbfyc/open-letter-to-the-eu-decision-makers-calling-for-a-green-and-fair-reform-of-the-common-agricultural-policy-ahead-of-super-trilogue-negotiations.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }