This document discusses the potential for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It examines the current performance of the CAP and outlines several trends that will shape the future, including population growth, aging populations, climate change, biodiversity loss, urbanization, and migration. The document advocates for an ecological transition in agricultural policy and notes several emerging technologies like 3D food printing and plastic-eating microbes that could impact agriculture by 2050.