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Three essential elements for the EU’s forthcoming Livestock Strategy

On July 7, the EU is expected to publish its strategy for building a competitive, resilient, and sustainable livestock sector. A draft of the Livestock Strategy has leaked. While the text is clearly still a work in progress, there are several worrying signs.

Open letter on the importance of addressing methane from industrially farmed animals to help slow global warming and build farm resilience

The following open letter was delivered on June 30, 2026 to European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen, in addition to Executive Vice-President, Teresa Ribera; Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Wopke Hoekstra; DG CLIMA Director General, Kurt Vandenberghe; DG AGRI Director General, Elisabeth Werner

EU can build on existing agriculture emissions targets to unlock the sector’s climate potential

Note: This article was updated on June 26, 2026 (original publication: June 8, 2026) to reflect changes in the status of Estonia’s climate law. A warming planet and more frequent extreme weather events will change how food is produced in the European Union (EU) in 2040 and beyond. But what about the sector’s contribution to fighting the climate crisis?

IATP comments to EU Commission on removal of leather from EUDR

In May, the European Commission proposed that a list of products including leather, hides, and skins be removed from the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

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.

IATP Europe gives feedback on the EU Livestock Strategy

In April, IATP Europe submitted feedback on the European Union's upcoming Livestock Strategy, outlining the changes needed to support Europe's farmers, farm workers, and rural communities in a fair, just transition to climate neutrality.

IATP Europe gives feedback on EU framework for national 2040 climate targets

This month, IATP Europe submitted feedback on the European Union's framework for its 2040 national climate targets, encouraging the European Commission to build an agriculture-specific greenhouse gas (GHG) emission target and support policy frameworks that help farmers and consumers transition away from high-emitting industrial livestock systems.

Scientists say 'business as usual' no longer an option for EU’s food and farm systems

The European Union has adopted its target for cutting climate pollution by 2040 and is now working on the policies needed to achieve it. Its climate advisors have just published a major report on agriculture with a clear message for the sector: business as usual is not an option if Europe wants to ensure a better future for its farmers and rural communities, and, frankly, everyone else.

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 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.