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EU agricultural policy: how to make it climate-friendly

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Published: January 26th, 2023,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Emission problem: Cows on pasture near Bad Feinbach, Upper Bavaria
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If the EU wants to become carbon-neutral by 2050, agriculture must also reduce its emissions as far down towards zero as possible. In Germany, the Climate Change Act sets reduction targets for the agricultural sector. And at the EU level, new, more climate-friendly regulations for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have been in force since the beginning of 2023.

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