Compassion in World Farming Brussels

Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it is a present and intensifying reality. 2024 was the first year to exceed 1.5 degree above pre-industrial level, for 11 months. Temperatures are rising and weather patterns are becoming more erratic, from floods and droughts, desertification, to storms, wildfires and sea-level rise. This is wracking havoc on human and animal lives, nature and our economy.

Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) welcomes the Commissions initiative to develop a vision for fisheries and aquaculture. Due to their impact on marine ecosystems, the welfare of aquatic animals (in particular the ones who are farmed) and on the lives of coastal communities, these sectors need to be truly resilient, which can only be achieved if they are rooted in sustainability.

Compassion in World Farming welcomes the European Commissions initiative to revise the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) following its evaluation and supports the objective of making it binding and more efficient without diluting its environmental ambitions.

CAP 2023-2027 mid-term evaluation: Need for greater scrutiny on cage-free transition support While several reports (e.g. European Court of Auditors 2024, Birdlife 2025) have already established that the CAP 2023-2027 failed to deliver significant improvements for the environment, Compassion in World Farming would like to focus our contribution on the CAP as an instrument to support the transition towards cage-free…

Compassion in World Farming EU appreciates the work of the European Food Safety Authority, especially with respect to the scientific Opinions provided for the sake of the revision of animal welfare legislation in the EU under the Farm to Fork Strategy.

CIWFI supports the conclusions drawn in the European Court of Auditors (ECA) special report on EU aquaculture, published in November 2023, which highlights gaps in the current monitoring of sustainability progress within the sector. As the report indicates, there is a notable absence of reliable indicators for monitoring sustainability progress in this sector.

Compassion in World Farming Brussels (CIWF EU) welcomes the ongoing efforts to prevent and mitigate cross-border threats to health and the opportunity to contribute to this public consultation on Serious Cross-Border Threats to Health Regulation evaluation.