EU set to reduce green agriculture measures as scientists call for Paris-compliant farming

A failure to reduce emissions from food and farming will have wider economic impacts

Food and farming systems are responsible for a third of global emissions. Yet despite them being officially on the agenda for the first time time at COP28 in Dubai, in 2023, policymakers remain reluctant to tackle the sector’s emissions. A report by the Harvard Law School insists slashing livestock emissions is important to reach the Paris Agreement goals, but, in the EU at least, policymakers are allowing farmers to remain largely exempt from climate goals.