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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 Europe comments on the revision of biogas-related methodologies in the EU Renewable Energy Directive

IATP Europe submitted the following comments on January 26, 2026, to the European Commission regarding the revision of Annex V and VI of the Renewable Energy Directive (short: RED, Directive (EU) 2018/2001) regarding proposed changes related to the calculation of the climate benefits of manure-based biogas and biomethane.

Learning from Germany’s decades of public biogas support

While biogas — energy produced mostly from crops or animal manure — has long been promoted as part of the European Union’s (EU) energy transition, it now receives renewed attention as a tool to address agriculture’s methane emissions. 

IATP Europe comments on the National Plans element of the EU’s next long-term budget

IATP Europe submitted the following comments on November 3, 2025 to the European Commission regarding the National and Regional Partnership Plans element of the EU’s next long-term budget. 

Meeting EU climate targets: Building sustainable food systems can reduce reliance on risky tech solutions

The debate about the European Union’s 2040 climate target has raised many questions about what is necessary to achieve it.

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.

IATP Europe comments on the EU’s strategy for global climate and energy transition

The following comments were submitted on September 3, 2025 in public consultations of the European Commission, in regards to the EU's strategy to boost the global climate and energy transition.

IATP Europe comments on the EU’s Climate Law and 2040 target

The following comments were submitted on September 3, 2025 in public consultations of the European Commission, in regards to the European Climate Law and the proposed 2040 climate target. The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Europe welcomes the EU’s efforts to make its 2040 climate target legally binding.  