Carbon markets

IATP Europe comments on use of international carbon credits to meet EU 2040 climate target

In April, IATP Europe submitted feedback to the European Commission on the plan introduced by the Commission in December 2025 to apply international carbon credits toward the EU's 2040 climate target. The Commission is currently in the process of building a legislative framework for the purchase of international credits, which is expected to be published by the end of this year.

EU bets on voluntary action to reduce agricultural emissions, but who’s buying it?

The European Commission has spent the last few years exploring policy options for putting a price on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in their efforts to meet the EU's new 2040 climate target. Today, much of this work has been shelved and it looks like the only instrument that could be adopted to drive climate action in agriculture will be a voluntary credit system.

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. 

IATP Europe Comments on the development of pilot CRCF methodologies for livestock

IATP Europe submitted the following comments on December 18, 2025 to the research consortium, mandated by the European Commission, regarding the development of pilot methodologies for the certification of livestock credits under the European Union’s (EU) Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). 

COP30 rules for carbon markets: Will the new PACM removals strategy reduce emissions?

The EU’s plans to put a price on agriculture emissions

As the rest of the European Union’s economy reduces its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the air is getting thinner for the agriculture sector to escape demands to address the climate pollution caused by our food and agriculture system. 

A new EU Emissions Economy?

A Policy Guide to Agriculture Emissions Pricing in the European Union. The European Commission is exploring whether and how to price greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its agrifood sector, looking for policy options to help bring down the sector’s stagnating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This guide unpacks each of the three proposals and assesses their potential impact on the climate and farmers.