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Climate action, particularly climate change mitigation, can provide opportunities for the primary sector, rural communities and businesses to become more sustainable, resilient and competitive. These rural development stakeholders can make a major contribution to the European Green Deal, the roadmap for a sustainable EU economy. 

This edition of the EU Rural Review looks at how rural areas are making significant contributions towards climate action, also thanks to EAFRD support.

This is the highlights report of the 3rd meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group on the Long Term Rural Vision. It provides more insight into the Foresight Scenarios developed by the JRC and takes stock of the main messages that have been coming out of the work carried out so far on the LTVRA.

This is the highlights report of the 6th ENRD LEADER Thematic Lab on 'Designing LEADER for resilience and sustainability', held online on 14 January 2021. 

The participants looked at the main social, economic and environmental aspects of resilience and LEADER’s role in optimising these. They also discussed key capacity and delivery systems features for resilience and how LEADER can build on them.

This is the highlights report of the Workshop for National Rural Networks on Valorising and Communicating Successful Projects held on 24 November 2020.

Participants exchanged experiences on how to identify and demonstrate the key success factors and the added value of a project, and lessons shared on the communication of these.

This is the highlights report of the 2nd meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group on the European Green Deal and Rural Areas. It provides an overview of success factors and conditions for upscaling and discussed potential future CAP interventions to promote the adoption of sustainable practices by farmers and foresters.

Highlights report from the ENRD webinar held on 02 October 2020 discussing the designing of intervention strategies for the future CAP Strategic Plans from the perspective of the legal proposals and on the basis of the concrete experience of Member States. This focused particularly on Specific Objectives 1 -'Fair farm income', 4 -'Climate change action', and 8 -'Vibrant rural areas'.

This is the highlights report of the LEADER Thematic Lab on ‘Developing local strategic approaches to address green issues’, held on 26 November 2020.

Participants exchanged their views and practical experiences related to the potential contribution of LEADER and Local Action Groups (LAGs) to ‘greening’ and EGD objectives locally. They also discussed key factors in local strategic approaches, including resources, capacities, setting local objectives resources and networking methods.

This is the highlights report of the 2nd meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group on the Long Term Rural Vision. It provides the progress so far of the Foresight exercise which will form important building blocks for the EU Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas, as well as an overview of a number of related initiatives happening in many parts of Europe.

This is the highlights report of the ENRD Workshop on Building a long-term vision for rural areas which was organised as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities.

It provides a brief overview of the vision (why do we need a vision, what is the European Commission doing, awareness raising of consultation activities), as well as an insight into the participants' views.

This is the highlights report of the 18th Natonal Rural Networks Meeting held online on 22 October 2020. The meeting focused on lessons learned for networking from the COVID-19 period, including new practices, particularly digital alternatives, and means for engaging stakeholders.