by Nikolai Pushkarev | Sep 29, 2022 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Analysis & Opinion
Enriched with a new objective to promote better health, how has the EU’s freshly reformed common agricultural policy (CAP) fared so far in translating this aim into action? Following a rapid assessment of five national CAP strategic plans, we found little indication...
by Nikolai Pushkarev | May 20, 2022 | Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Analysis & Opinion
Today, on its second anniversary, faced with unprecedented turmoil in Europe, the fate of the EU Farm to Fork strategy hangs in the balance. But the strategy’s vision for a sustainable food systems transition is needed now more than ever. To secure a prosperous...
by Nikolai Pushkarev | Mar 17, 2022 | Healthy Environments | Analysis & Opinion, Ukraine
The tragedy in Ukraine, just as the Covid crisis before it, put food security at the centre of political attention. Last week, the paradigm-shifting Summit of Versailles lifted food security to the level of geopolitics. While focusing on food security is justified,...
by Nikolai Pushkarev | Nov 25, 2021 | Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Analysis & Opinion
Climate change and predatory commercial practices are key threats to young people’s health, well-being and rights. The willingness, or not, to regulate health-harmful food marketing will define whether Europe’s elected representatives are serious about creating safe...
by Nikolai Pushkarev | Oct 20, 2021 | Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Analysis & Opinion
The role of meat production and consumption features prominently in debates about the future of food. Health is also increasingly central in thinking about food and food systems reform. This discussion paper offers an attempt to explore the most distinctive...