This report, produced by IEEP, is part of a series of assessments of CAP Strategic Plans in Member States with large agriculture sectors and where the potential for addressing national and EU climate and environmental challenges is high. The assessments cover the Strategic Plans’ likely contribution to climate mitigation and adaptation, natural resources, and biodiversity protection, in this case for Spain. The findings suggest that, overall, Spain has not significantly increased its environmental and climate ambition for the new CAP. The Plan contains some improvements such as increased support for organic farming and a new requirement to register fertiliser and organic inputs to soils (GAEC 10). However, the budget allocation to environmental and socio-economic objectives does not present significant differences to the previous CAP period and falls short of meeting the identified environment, biodiversity and climate needs.
Read the report here: https://ieep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Environment-and-climate-assessment-of-Spains-CAP-Strategic-Plan_IEEP-2023.pdf