Our weekly Twitter round up of great content from our kindred network: a Friday treat for your weekend reading pleasure. Enjoy what we’ve found for you on twitter.
According to our 🆕report:#EU agricultural funding destined for #climate action has not contributed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from farming. 🌾
➡️CAP measures have a low climate-mitigation potential
➡️CAP does not incentivise effective climate-friendly practices.— European Court of Auditors (@EUauditors) June 21, 2021
⚠️This week’s #futureofCAP trilogue is happening just days after @EUauditors released a damning report showing the CAP has done basically NOTHING to make EU agriculture more climate-friendly.
Zero
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NadaCo-legislators, get your 🏡 in order ➡️ https://t.co/rpYWWXKLjT pic.twitter.com/gKgjTI3gGA
— WWF EU (@WWFEU) June 22, 2021
Two-fifths of EU agricultural imports could be 'highly vulnerable' to drought by 2050 – summary by @CarbonBrief of new paper in Nature Communications https://t.co/KMSS12NpOm
— Alan Matthews (@xAlan_Matthews) June 22, 2021
Germany since 1949: the decreasing number of farms (green columns) vs the increasing size of farms (green area).
Is agriculture for farmers or for corporate interests? Is the CAP reform going to reverse this trend (capping big beneficiaries)? How will we fix this unfair market? pic.twitter.com/QNsyO4Inbl
— Matteo Metta (@matteometta) June 22, 2021
Highly awaited annual OECD Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Report 2021 highlights continued mistargeting of agricultural support – only one in six dollars are spent promoting sustainable productivity growth and agricultural resilience https://t.co/XFoz5s20Ge pic.twitter.com/PAEf9bDciO
— Alan Matthews (@xAlan_Matthews) June 22, 2021
Livestock herd cut ‘unlikely’ to cause rise in global emissions – @xAlan_Matthews – arguments to the contrary are “often made, but without very much evidence”https://t.co/jqpADBfePV
— Hannah Daly (@HannahEDaly) June 22, 2021
Ahead of this week's #CAPreform trilogue, German agri minister @JuliaKloeckner bashes commissioner @TimmermansEU for "obstructing negotiations". Meanwhile, Klöckner herself is criticised by Greens for playing a "double game" on EU vs national level
➡️https://t.co/jWBfYjlAin— Julia Dahm (@dahm_julia) June 22, 2021
📍In light of recent developments indicating a watering down of the #SustainableCorporateGovernance proposal, we stand united with MEPs of the WG on #ResponsibleBusinessConduct sending a letter to @EU_Commission calling for the ambition to remain high!👉https://t.co/RiO06Mmk2l pic.twitter.com/YfrZtUVcPb
— Fair Trade Advocacy (@FairTradeFTAO) June 22, 2021
Prof Myles Allen @UniofOxford speaking at #climateconference2021. @EPAIreland says that our climate policy must focus on reducing temperature, that setting separate methane and realistic methane reduction target is key to achieving this goal.
— Irish Farmers' Association (@IFAmedia) June 23, 2021
Andy Cato from @GrooveArmada talking regen-at at @Groundswellaguk today.
Been my favourite band for years, but great to hear him talk about a fascinating journey with pasture cropping & regenerative farming. pic.twitter.com/LSOeXiA7Aa
— Russell McKenzie (@russbmckenzie) June 23, 2021
Why now for open pollinated, well-adapted seeds?
And how does this fit into a regenerative approach to food, farming and living?
Let's get together to talk #PracticingFoodSovereignty#FoodSov@MadsMcKeever pic.twitter.com/7jcQda5ZIA— Cloughjordan Farm (@Cloughjo_Farm) June 23, 2021
NI's ammonia pollution problem (including its cross-border implications) getting some headlines… https://t.co/8g5InFTVSm
— EJNI (@EJNI_Online) June 23, 2021
#INHFA delegation in Brussels representing the 73,000 farmers that will gain from the current EU proposals. #INHFA #fairnessnotfavouritism pic.twitter.com/GYjgzB7VS1
— INHFA (@JoinINHFA) June 24, 2021