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Julia Bognar
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Director for Climate, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP @ieep.bsky.social). Researching climate policy solutions for agri-food and forestry sectors. Mum of two boys. Canuck in Switzerland. Views my own.
Raclette or potato or pepper or onion. 💯 delicious
August 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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📑Our recent brief on LULUCF sink trends shows that maintaining or expanding the EU forest carbon sinks is becoming increasingly difficult due to climate change and harvesting rates. As a result, growing demands from the bioeconomy risk placing unsustainable pressure on Europe’s forests
EU LULUCF sink development until 2040: Trends, projections and uncertainties - IEEP AISBL
A stable and healthy land carbon sink is crucial for the EU to meet its climate mitigation obligations and ensure resilience against escalating climate impacts. However, the EU land sink has been in s...
ieep.eu
May 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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A4.4 The Forest Navigator project highlights these tensions. IEEP will contribute creating an advanced modelling of policy pathways to inform decision makers lead a coherent approach for forests and the bioeconomy.

A report on EU forest policy coherence assessment will be published in October.
Navigating forests & bioeconomy sustainably to climate goals
EU forests play a central role for achieving the climate goal: they cover 44% of the region’s land & absorb nearly 10% of its greenhouse gas emissions each year
www.forestnavigator.eu
May 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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A1.4 Our recent report analyses the interplay between current and future EU targets in relation to climate and nature ⤵️
ieep.eu/publications...

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Future EU targets for climate, nature and water: implications for agricultural land use - IEEP AISBL
This report explores how future EU-level targets and policy measures on climate mitigation, nature restoration, and water protection may shape agricultural land use in the coming decades. It provides ...
ieep.eu
May 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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A3.4 ➡️Close-to-Nature Forestry creates benefits for both climate and biodiversity through a variety of practices such as longer rotations, lower harvest intensity, preservation of species,etc

See more in our study exploring policy options

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Promoting Closer-to-Nature Forestry in the EU through voluntary forest certification schemes - IEEP AISBL
In July 2023, the European Commission published guidelines on Closer-to-Nature Forest (CNF) management, outlining key principles, objectives, and intervention tools as a key commitment of the Forest S...
ieep.eu
May 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Lemon, it's Wednesday
a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt is asking what a week huh ?
ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt is asking what a week huh ?
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March 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM