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Left in the Dark: How critics are using blackouts to undermine the energy transition

When a series of power outages hit Europe last year, the finger of blame was quickly – and falsely – pointed to an unlikely source: renewables. Blackouts are being used as a political tool to oppose the energy transition. But they can also become an opportunity for open discussions about energy infrastructure – a topic too often reserved only for technical audiences.

Nina Tea Zibetti

How to feed an island? Japan and the German CAP Strategic Plan

Analysis

The Common Market Organization (CMO), insufficient grazing subsidies and eco-schemes. An explainer about how EU dairy exports could increase rural unemployment and food poverty in Japan.

Hans Wetzels

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A missed opportunity? Gender equality and green spending in the EU’s recovery and resilience plan

Commentary

The European Commission is currently approving the national recovery and resilience plans that EU Member States have submitted to benefit from EU grants and loans to build back after the crisis. Despite the obligation to consider gender impacts and the fact that women have been particularly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, most recovery and resilience plans do not sufficiently do so and fail to link efforts towards a green and gender-just society. The European Green Deal and the EU Digital Agenda are important spending priorities, but the risk of a backlash on gender equality is real if they are pursued in a gender-blind manner.

Lisa Tostado

A green and equitable renewal?

Analysis

Crises are moments when the hairline cracks and chips in the structures of our societies start to show. Whether the crisis is of an economic, public health, rule of law or climate nature: for bold responses to the crises of our times, strong and progressive alliances are needed now more than ever.

Nina Locher, Dr. Ellen Ueberschär

Last Week of CAP Negotiations: What’s the Deal?

Analysis

As the negotiations start to come to a close, this article focuses on the remaining fair and green considerations. We shed light on the state of play in the CAP post 2022 inter-institutional negotiations, particularly in relation to those articles of the CAP Strategic Plan Regulation which are still open to political and technical discussions. So what’s the deal?

Matteo Metta, Oliver Moore

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Latest Publications

CAP Reform Post 2020: Lost in Ambition?

Project report

Throughout 2020, ARC2020’s Matteo Metta, along with Hans Wetzels and Rosa Melina Armijo Campos have worked on the Common Agriculture Policy, CAP, specifically the unfolding of the CAP Strategic Plans process. This work has formed the content of their dedicated CAP Strategic Plans section, and the new report which has been compiled from these policy analysis pieces.

Matteo Metta, Hans Wetzels, Melina A. Campos , Agricultural and Rural Convention 2020 (ARC2020)

A Societal Transformation Scenario for Staying Below 1.5°C

Study

To stop climate change, we have to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But can we still achieve this target? And if so, what pathways can society take in transiting towards a climate-just economy?

Public Procurement in the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement - Limiting the future of local development

Factsheet

While several key elements of the procurement chapter of the EU-Mercosur agreement have either not been negotiated or have not yet been made public, what has been released has the potential to undermine fair and sustainable development programs throughout the Mercosur countries.

Karen Hansen-Kuhn

Climate, land use change and the EU-Mercosur Agreement: Accelerating tipping points

Factsheet

Provisions in the EU-Mercosur FTA conflict with ambitious climate action. If enacted, the agreement would result in an increase in EU imports of primary agricultural commodities from a region critical for maintaining global biodiversity and regulating climate.

Shefali Sharma

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