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Sustainability and the European Green Deal
One of the Association's main aims is to support environmental preservation and sustainability while maintaining the traditions and richness of Valencian agriculture. To this end, we believe it is important to communicate developments in European environmental strategy.
Sustainability and the European Green Deal
in Valencian agriculture
One of the Association’s main aims is to support environmental preservation and sustainability while maintaining the traditions and richness of Valencian agriculture. To this end, we believe it is important to communicate developments in European environmental strategy.
To support this aim, we organised an event on Saturday 21 October 2023 at 9.30 am, at Centre El Portalet in Alboraia, bringing together the main stakeholders who can help make Valencian agriculture more sustainable, comply with European Union policies and benefit from the opportunities created by these new challenges.
The event featured experts from the relevant disciplines, public bodies, representatives of the Valencian agricultural sector and other organisations.
Event programme
What is the European Green Deal?
The European Green Deal is an ambitious European Union initiative to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and transform its economy into a circular, sustainable one. Agriculture is one of the sectors most affected by the Deal because it accounts for a significant share of greenhouse-gas emissions and has a major impact on biodiversity and the environment.
Valencian agriculture
The European Green Deal could significantly affect Valencian agriculture in several ways. One of its main aims is to reduce the use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers, which may affect agricultural production. In the Valencian Community, where agriculture is an important part of the economy, farmers will need to adopt new sustainable techniques and practices to meet the EU’s new standards.
The Deal’s goal of promoting organic farming could also have a positive effect in the Valencian Community, which is Spain’s leading region for organic crop production.
Presentations delivered at the event
Karla Zambrano The European Green Deal in Valencian territory: when the future calls on us in the present. Karla D. Zambrano González.
Ernest Reig — European Green Deal presentation The Green Deal: a global challenge for European agriculture. Ernest Reig Martínez.
Eugenio Llorens — Sustainable agriculture in Valencia Sustainable agriculture in the Valencian Community. Eugenio Llorens Vilarrocha.
M. Carmen Antolín — Soil and environmental sustainability The role of soil in environmental sustainability. M. Carmen Antolín Tomás.
Julio Quilis — European Green Deal event, Alboraia, 21 October 2023 A farmer’s perspective on European and national regulatory trends. Julio Quilis Siurana.
European Green Deal resources
Below, we share useful information about the European Green Deal and other European policies that affect, or may affect, our agriculture and territory.
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 establishing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=DOUE-L-2023-80661
- YouTube playlist with videos about the European Green Deal and issues grounded in international environmental law
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiPJNI1xCP1v_KvJ6gETMNeWmtqM2Zqa9
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