The European Commission has launched a European Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste (FLW), which is made up of 70 organizations, public and private, with the general objective of increasing cooperation to avoid food waste.

Because every year, about 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted (García Carretero, 2016), while almost one billion people do not have access to food and are dying of hunger in the world (a situation that has worsened with the current pandemic situation).

It includes the member states, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, FAO, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Environment Program and a list of 37 organizations selected by the EC.

Its objective is to support all stakeholders in defining the necessary measures to avoid food waste; share best practices; and evaluate the progress made over time in reducing food waste; and intersectoral cooperation.

 The first meeting of the European Platform on Food Loss and Food Waste will take place on 29th November in Brussels.

Today on the CONSOLE website, we want to share more experiences from the case studies. In this case: Solutions can improve water quality!

• PL3-Program “Flowering meadows” -contracts for protection of biodiversity and water resources
  • PL3_FLOWERING MEADOWS.pdf
• LV1-NUTRINFLOW
  • LV1_CONSOLE.pdf

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We have just uploaded a new deliverable to the CONSOLE project website that we think will be very useful for all interested parties and even projects with similar characteristics. (D1.2 Indentification of potential improved solutions).

Then, this deliverable describes the activities and the results developed in the task 1.2 “Stakeholder co-construction of potential improved solutions”. The objective is to identify the most promising solutions able to improve the design of contracts for agri-environmental-climate public goods (AECPGs) in different case studies and  in the EU as a whole.

The activities carried out involved a survey among partners, including selected stakeholders, and a workshop with a broad participation of stakeholders.

Several cases were identified that attracted a wide attention by partners from many countries. Three main AECPGs (carbon sequestration, biodiversity, water quality) were mostly confirmed as of high or very high importance in most cases.

In addition, the further discussion allowed to identify implications for the upcoming WPs. A general message is the high interest for result-based mechanisms, but also the importance of considering hybrid solutions.

 

There is no doubt that Climate Change is changing the way of life of humanity. The last two decades have seen the warmest years, which are causing the most extreme meteorological phenomena (floods, forest fires, heat waves, etc.); and causing irreversible changes in many ecosystems, the loss of biodiversity and the decrease in the production of many crops.

For this reason, climate change is a challenge that requires a response from the European Union (EU), as demonstrated by being one of the signatories of the Paris Agreement, whose objective was to limit global warming to below 2 °C and make efforts to limit it to 1.5 ° C.

What is the EU doing in the face of climate change?

As we have been announced in subsequent publications, the EU has developed a series of measures and establishes objectives such as:

1. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions (20% compared to 1990);
2. Increase the production of renewable energy;
3. Improves energy efficiency.

And to achieve this, the EU has developed (and adapted to the realities that were emerging) the EU emissions trading system (ETS), to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, of which the primary sector is a part.

Goals for 2030

In 2014 the EU agreed to the 2030 climate and energy framework, where it commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% (compared to 1990)

European Council on COVID-19 and Climate Change

On October 15th, the European Council on COVID-19 and Climate Change was held with the aim of evaluating the current epidemiological situation and analysing its position on Climate Change.

At this meeting, it was agreed to increase ambition for the next decade, updating its climate and energy policy framework, and setting the goal of reducing emissions by 55% in 2030.

Learn from 3 European CONSOLE contract solutions! 

• LV4-Forest Management – Education areas
  • LV4_CONSOLE.pdf
• FI6-Nature value bargaining (Luonnonarvokauppa)
  • FI6_CONSOLE.pdf
• DE6-Forest conversion from coniferous to deciduous stands – an eco-account case
  • DE6_CONSOLE.pdf

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