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Big corporations push for carbon farming offsets in the EU

On November 30, the European Commission will publish its legislative proposal for carbon removals, known as the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF).

Lessons for the EU’s carbon farming plans

As Europe considers a carbon removal framework that includes so-called “carbon farming” from the agriculture sector to meet its net zero goal by 2050, the U.S. experience with agriculture carbon offset credits should raise questions about whether such an approach is desirable or feasible. Agriculture carbon markets have floundered in the U.S.

WEBINAR: Carbon Farming — Why carbon markets won't work for farmers and the climate

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IATP responses to a public consultation paper on Science Based Targets Initiative net zero standard for Forestry Land and Agriculture Group (FLAG) of companies

To read the full comments submitted on February 18, 2022, please download a copy of the comments here. 

The EU must act on Big Meat and Dairy’s emissions

In our new report, Emissions Impossible Europe: How Europe’s big meat and dairy are heating up the planet, IATP has calculated the emissions of 35 of the largest meat and dairy corporations with headquarters in the European Union (EU) and Switzerland. The findings are alarming.

Joint letter on carbon farming in the "Restoring Sustainable Carbon Cycles" initiative

Download a PDF of the letter.  Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans,

Open letter to the European Commission on sustainable carbon cycles

To read the full letter to the European Commission – Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on sustainable carbon cycles, download a PDF of the letter. 

Enablers: Task Force on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets and Net Zero

The following article was published originally as part of the Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA)'s Net Zero Files. 

From Net Zero to Greenwash — Global Meat and Dairy Companies

The following article was published originally as part of the Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA)'s Net Zero Files.

Voluntary CO₂ emissions offset trading: The CFTC must examine risks of deceptive emissions reduction reporting

The role of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions credit trading to achieve the objectives of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been debated since the authorization of international emissions trading in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC.