CORDIS OpenAire Sygma Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) Göttingen Research Online Publications DOAJ Publikationenserver der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Crossref Microsoft Academic Graph Hochschulschriftenserver - Universität Frankfurt am Main Europe PubMed Central UnpayWall HELDA - Digital Repository of the University of Helsinki PubMed Central edoc-Server. Open-Access-Publikationsserver der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin European Union Open Data Portal https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pan3.10080 https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10080 People and Nature Open Access 2020-03-09 Abstract<p> <p>Making agriculture sustainable is a global challenge. In the European Union (EU), the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is failing with respect to biodiversity, climate, soil, land degradation as well as socio￢ﾀﾐeconomic challenges.</p> <p>The European Commission's proposal for a CAP post￢ﾀﾐ2020 provides a scope for enhanced sustainability. However, it also allows Member States to choose low￢ﾀﾐambition implementation pathways. It therefore remains essential to address citizens' demands for sustainable agriculture and rectify systemic weaknesses in the CAP, using the full breadth of available scientific evidence and knowledge.</p> <p>Concerned about current attempts to dilute the environmental ambition of the future CAP, and the lack of concrete proposals for improving the CAP in the draft of the European Green Deal, we call on the European Parliament, Council and Commission to adopt 10 urgent action points for delivering sustainable food production, biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation.</p> <p>Knowledge is available to help moving towards evidence￢ﾀﾐbased, sustainable European agriculture that can benefit people, nature and their joint futures.</p> <p>The statements made in this article have the broad support of the scientific community, as expressed by above 3,600 signatories to the preprint version of this manuscript. The list can be found here (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3685632).</p> </p><p>A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.</p> 330 333.7 Landflächen, Naturräume für Freizeit und Erholung, Naturreservate, Energie public goods ddc:320 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology SMART targets 01 natural sciences 7. Clean energy 630 Article 12. Responsible consumption GF1-900 11. Sustainability evidence-based policy ddc:630 European Green Deal QH540-549.5 agriculture biodiversity 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 2. Zero hunger Ecology ddc:333 1. No poverty 15. Life on land 320 Agronomy Environmental sciences climate change Human ecology. Anthropogeography 13. Climate action evidence‐based policy Common Agricultural Policy Pe'er, Guy, Bonn, Aletta, Bruelheide, Helge, Dieker, Petra, Eisenhauer, Nico, Feindt, Peter H., Hagedorn, Gregor, Hansjürgens, Bernd, Herzon, Irina, Lomba, Ângela, Marquard, Elisabeth, Moreira, Francisco, Nitsch, Heike, Oppermann, Rainer, Perino, Andrea, Röder, Norbert, Schleyer, Christian, Schindler, Stefan, Wolf, Christine, Zinngrebe, Yves, Lakner, Sebastian, Gaston, Kevin, Bonn, Aletta; 1German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Leipzig Germany, Bruelheide, Helge; 1German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Leipzig Germany, Dieker, Petra; 6Thünen Institute of Biodiversity Braunschweig Germany, Eisenhauer, Nico; 1German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Leipzig Germany, Feindt, Peter H.; 7Thaer Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Agricultural and Food Policy Group Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Berlin Germany, Hagedorn, Gregor; 8Scientists for Future Berlin Germany, Hansjürgens, Bernd; 2Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research ‐ UFZ Leipzig Germany, Herzon, Irina; 9Department of Agricultural Sciences and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science University of HelsinkiHELSUS Helsinki Finland, Lomba, Ângela; 10CIBIO‐InBIO University of Porto Vairao Portugal, Marquard, Elisabeth; 2Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research ‐ UFZ Leipzig Germany, Moreira, Francisco; 10CIBIO‐InBIO University of Porto Vairao Portugal, Nitsch, Heike; 12Institute for Rural Development Research Frankfurt‐am‐Main Germany, Oppermann, Rainer; 13Institute for Agroecology and Biodiversity (IFAB) Mannheim Germany, Perino, Andrea; 1German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Leipzig Germany, Röder, Norbert; 14Thünen Institute for Rural Studies Braunschweig Germany, Schleyer, Christian; 15Institute of Geography University of Innsbruck Innsbruck Austria, Schindler, Stefan; 16Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology University of Vienna Vienna Austria, Wolf, Christine; 2Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research ‐ UFZ Leipzig Germany, Zinngrebe, Yves; 2Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research ‐ UFZ Leipzig Germany, Lakner, Sebastian; 14Thünen Institute for Rural Studies Braunschweig Germany, 2020-03-08 journalpaper Abstract<p> <p>Making agriculture sustainable is a global challenge. In the European Union (EU), the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is failing with respect to biodiversity, climate, soil, land degradation as well as socio￢ﾀﾐeconomic challenges.</p> <p>The European Commission's proposal for a CAP post￢ﾀﾐ2020 provides a scope for enhanced sustainability. However, it also allows Member States to choose low￢ﾀﾐambition implementation pathways. It therefore remains essential to address citizens' demands for sustainable agriculture and rectify systemic weaknesses in the CAP, using the full breadth of available scientific evidence and knowledge.</p> <p>Concerned about current attempts to dilute the environmental ambition of the future CAP, and the lack of concrete proposals for improving the CAP in the draft of the European Green Deal, we call on the European Parliament, Council and Commission to adopt 10 urgent action points for delivering sustainable food production, biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation.</p> <p>Knowledge is available to help moving towards evidence￢ﾀﾐbased, sustainable European agriculture that can benefit people, nature and their joint futures.</p> <p>The statements made in this article have the broad support of the scientific community, as expressed by above 3,600 signatories to the preprint version of this manuscript. The list can be found here (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3685632).</p> </p><p>A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.</p> Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges 10.1002/pan3.10080