Agricultural emissions: the underestimat • Table.Briefings

Nitrous oxide is responsible for 36 percent of all agricultural emissions in the EU, most of which come from arable farming. In order to achieve the climate targets, these emissions must also be significantly reduced. The EU Commission is relying primarily on the CAP for this, but natural processes can hardly be replaced.

Unlike industry – and in the future also the buildings and transport sectors (ETS2) – emissions from agriculture are not subject to pricing, but continue to fall under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR), which provides for national reduction targets. However, while countries such as Croatia, Greece, France and Germany have been able to significantly reduce their agricultural emissions over the past two decades, they have increased by up to 30 percent in Ireland, Hungary and the Baltic states.

Agricultural emissions: the underestimated nitrous oxide

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