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Communication on "Land as a Resource"
Jacques DELSALLEHead of sector Land & Soil
European Commission, DG Environment
FoEE Conference "Putting resource efficiency back on the agenda"
Brussels, 24 November 2014
Policy Background
• 2011 EU2020 Strategy / Road Map for resource-efficient Europe (RERM) • Milestone: “By 2020, EU policies take into account their direct and indirect
impact on land use in the EU and globally, and the rate of land take is on track with an aim to achieve no net land take by 2050;
• soil erosion is reduced and the soil organic matter increased, with remedial work on contaminated sites well underway".
• 2012 Rio+20 outcome document “The future we want”:• land and soil degradation recognized as a global problem• Milestone on land: "strive to achieve a land degradation neutral world in the
context of sustainable development“
• 2013 7th Environment Action Programme for the EU• calls for setting targets on land take and on a number of crucial soil quality
aspects (erosion, organic matter and contamination).
Launch of the process:Conference 19/6/2014
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/land_use/conference_en.htm • The issues at stake
• National and regional experiences
• Exploring possible EU answers
Land as a Resource:at the crossroad of objectives 1 and 2 of 7th Environmental Action Programme (EAP)
Land as a
resource
What will be the Communication about?
• Raising awareness about :• Value of land as a resource for crucial ecosystem services (provisioning,
regulating, cultural, etc.);• Trends in land demand and land availability, trade-offs and nexus…• Wider socio-economic impacts of land degradation and inefficient land
use
• Providing pointers for further action at EU level:• Evaluate the effectiveness of current policy instruments at National, EU
and global levels;• Define the sustainable level of ambition for a set of objectives
(targets?) for pressures, state, impacts or responses• Assess options for EU contribution to a more sustainable management
of land as a resource.
Towards a definition for land use efficiency
• Maximizing the net socio-economic benefits from land use,• Territorial value added?• Value of ecosystem services• Externalities: energy, pollution• Take into account global impacts• Impact on jobs
• without degrading natural capital, • Natural Capital accounting: soil, water, biodiversity• Temporal, geographical dimension of potential trade-offs
• taking into account the suitability of land for different functions (1ha 1ha…)• Soil quality• Water resources• Habitats & ecosystems• Climatic conditions• Topography• Localisation
Resource-efficient use of Land Natural CapitalHow to deal with synergies and trade-offs?
Europe 2020Green Jobs
Europe 2020Green Jobs
EnergyEnergy
CAPCAP
Cohesion & Urban Policy
Cohesion & Urban Policy
Bio-economyBio-economy
Climate AdaptationClimate Adaptation
Forest StrategyForest Strategy
Water PolicyWater Policy
Nature & BiodiversityNature & Biodiversity
TransportPolicy
TransportPolicy
Health &Pollution policies
Health &Pollution policies
Indicators & targets
• Study on identification appropriate indicators & relevance and feasibility of setting targets • Net land take indicator: to complement with information on
intensity and impacts of artificialization• Land recycling: still lacks common understanding terminology• Soil erosion and organic matter: EU-wide datasets, strengthen
link with provision ecosystem services• Multi-functionality: specify minimum provision levels and
maximum acceptable trade-offs.• Global impacts: beyond Land Footprint: bio-productivity and
impact oriented indicators. Still high methodological / data challenges
• Need to address these topics together!
Policy drivers
DPSIR analysis of land degradation and inefficient use processes:
•Urbanisation and infrastructures
•Bio-economy
Identification of options for action at EU level
•Subsidiarity, proportionality tests
•Existing policy and funding instruments
Next steps• Public stakeholder consultation
on options for action at EU levels, in particular• Indicators for land-use
efficiency and land degradation
• Concrete integration of sustainable land management in EU policy and funding instruments
• Improved and cost-efficient knowledge base
• Adoption foreseen 2nd half 2015
Thank you for your
attention!http://ec.europa.eu/environment/land_use/index_en.htm