Agriculture sector: Commission prepares • Table.Briefings

To achieve the EU’s climate targets, agriculture must also significantly reduce its emissions. The Commission is now in the early stages of developing a pricing model. But the hurdles are high – and time is short.

The EU Commission is now working on a pricing model for the agricultural sector to achieve the ambitious EU climate goals. This is intended to help make agriculture more climate-friendly. According to the European Commission, the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the EU have hardly changed over the past 20 years on average, accounting for more than 10 percent of all emissions in the EU.

Agriculture sector: Commission prepares emissions trading

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