WeMove Europe vestigt de aandacht op de klimaatverandering en op het EU ‘parlement’ dat zich de komende weken zal buigen over landbouwsubsidies, daaronder worden ook subsidies gerekend voor de veeteelt. Bijzonder vreemd dat WeMove Europe niet over die veeteelt spreekt….* Heb dan ook geen idee waar WeMove Europe in feite voor staat, immers een milieuorganisatie die niet weet dat m.n. de veeteelt de grote aanjager is van de klimaatverandering, is wat mij betreft geen knip voor de neus waard……
David – WeMove Europe
Soil runs like sand through the farmer’s hand. It turns to dust. After severe droughts over the last two years, it’s kicking in again. Germany, Italy, Poland and big parts of South-East Europe already show a massive rainfall deficit. [1] The first to get hit are farmers. Their crops have already dried up and it’s only May. [2]
We depend on our farmers a lot. They provide us with fresh food – every single day. But from farm to fork, food production heavily heats up the climate and contributes an estimated one quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions. [3]
Yet farmers get a lot of subsidies from the EU, regardless of the way they farm and its impact on the climate. Over the next few weeks, the European Parliament is debating what conditions the EU should link to farming subsidies. And that opens up the opportunity for us to make it very clear: We want farmers to get taxpayers’ money only if they stop heating up the planet.
Our plan is to pressure the MEPs who can influence the debate by sending them direct and public messages, so they can’t hide. But it’s not just our community — we are joining forces with over 80 organisations and their networks. Because together, we are stronger. Together we can be louder than agribusiness and their lobbyists. Join us.
Unfortunately, far too many farmers stick to bad methods of farming: polluting us with pesticides, killing bees and birds and heating up the atmosphere. We urgently need them to transition to sustainable farming without chemical fertilisers and weedkillers. Sustainable farming emits lower levels of greenhouse gases and is better suited for droughts. [5]
The European Parliament is now shaping what the policies that cover farming in Europe (Common Agriculture Policy or CAP for short) will look like for the next seven years. The importance of CAP becomes obvious when you look at the huge amount of money we are talking about. It’s the biggest part of the European budget – 58 billion Euros a year [6] – which is the national income of Bulgaria. [7]
Writing now to your MEPs is the best moment. They have to agree in June on a proposal which will be voted on in autumn. And we want a proposal giving priority to climate and biodiversity, helping farmers in the EU to better withstand the droughts of the future. That is what we need you to add your voice to.
With our call to action today we join forces with the European alliance calling for Good Food Good Farming. More than 80 organisations from 16 EU member states mobilise today – we, WeMove Europe, contribute close to one million Europeans – together we can make our voices heard!
In solidarity,
David, Jörg (Germany) and the entire WeMove Europe team
References:
[1] https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/edov2/php/index.php?id=1000
[2] https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/arable-sector-praying-rain-due-drought-2858723
[3] https://ourworldindata.org/food-ghg-emissions shows detailed all greenhouse gas emissions linked to the whole supply chain of food production. Narrowing it down to arable land it’s still 12.3% https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/agricultureatlas2019_web_190507.pdf?dimension1=ds_agriculture_atlas, page 32 and page 62
[4] https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/food-farming-fisheries/farming/documents/cap-expenditure-graph5_en.pdf
[5] https://www.opb.org/news/article/organic-farming-better-suited-for-drought-conditions-study-finds/
[6] https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/key-policies/common-agricultural-policy/cap-glance_en#howitspaidfor
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
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* Zag na plaatsing van de link van dit bericht op Twitter, dat de ‘Tweet’ van WeMove Europ, die ik verzond vreemd genoeg wel samengaat met en foto van een zeug die gemartled wordt met stangen waartussen ze zich amper kan bewegen….. Had intussen dit bericht al gepost en laat het herbij. Vreemde figuren bemensen dat WeMove Europe…..
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