Keywords
European Green Deal (EGD)
sustainable development
natural environment protection
climate change
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Abstract
As a result of the European Green Deal Strategy (EGD), each EU Member State was obliged to specify own effort and aims for agriculture in formal document, i.e. national Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023-2027. The basic reference in the creation of national documents was the specificity of the country’s agriculture, as well as the possibility to undertake ambitious measures to contribute to the goals described at the European level. The aim of this paper is to analyze the EU’s Member States commitments regarding environmental and climate agricultural objectives in the broader perspective of the European Green Deal ambitions. The approach applied in the study was based on research of literature and legal documents, the European and national statement comparisons, public statistics and European Commission data analysis, which enabled the authors to conduct current and comparative analyses. The research proved the EU’s countries’ diversified engagement in environment and climate protection. Presented results indicated that the countries’ involvement in the context of EGD objectives was recognised as insufficient.
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