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IATP Europe gives feedback on the EU energy and climate Governance Regulation

IATP Europe submitted the following comment on March 19, 2026 to the European Commission on the EU’s Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, giving feedback on the strategic planning and monitoring needed to to reduce emissions in the agriculture sector and ensure its effective contribution to reaching the EU's 2040 climate targets and beyond.

Farming in the Dark: Unreliable USDA data jeopardizes a sustainable farming transition

As farmers struggle to adjust to a changing climate that has led to an increased frequency of droughts, floods, and other extreme weather events, incomplete or inaccurate public data has become a growing concern, and federal programs designed to provide farmers with information have been pared back.

Poor climate choices puts a fair transition for Irish dairy and beef at risk

Ireland is finalizing its climate protection targets to the year 2040. There is no way to meet its EU and international commitments without early, deep, and sustained cuts to its agricultural methane, the country’s largest source of climate pollution.

Open letter to Irish leaders to reduce methane pollution for just transition in agri-food sector

Ireland is finalizing its climate protection targets to the year 2040. Rather than face that challenge directly, the Irish government is considering embracing a “no additional warming” approach to avoid having to fully address this pollution source.

IATP Europe gives feedback on carbon farming methodologies

IATP Europe submitted the following feedback on February 19, 2026, to the European Commission regarding the Commission's proposed methodologies for certifying carbon removals and soil emission reductions for the implementation of the Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF), generating agricultural carbon credits.

The EU’s weakened 2040 climate target: Less pressure or more risk for agriculture?

At the tail end of 2025, the European Union’s (EU) decisionmakers agreed on a 2040 climate target that was weaker than the one first proposed by the European Commission.

IATP and IPS comment on the intersection of climate change, food systems, and human rights

The challenges to our climate and food systems intersect in important ways, not only because of the impacts of erratic weather on food production or the emissions generated by agricultural production, but also because of the ways corporate power both exacerbates those problems and undermines the solutions. These are not just technical issues but fundamentally political choices. 

Climate-smart farming has risen the ranks in Midwest states

Since 2021, EQIP contracts for "climate-smart" practices have increased above general practices in all 12 Midwest states with help from IRA funding  Summary 

The Land Gap: Climate pledges favor unrealistic land-based carbon removal, ignoring our forests

This week, the University of Melbourne launched the second edition of The Land Gap Report, which looks closely at countries’ climate commitments and their implications for how land is to be used — and how forests need to be protected — to reach those targets.

Study finds COP30 climate pledges lean heavily on land-based carbon removal over reducing emissions by protecting forests

Belém, Brazil (12 November 2025) — An analysis of national climate plans released today at the COP30 climate summit warns that countries are failing to carry out the core work required to reduce emissions by halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation, and are instead pushing carbon removal schemes, such as large-scale tree planting, to levels that are far b