Climate activists from Fridays For Future are calling for the European Commission's agricultural reform to pay more attention to the role of agriculture in climate change. In a conversation with Vice-President of the Commission Frans Timmermans yesterday (Tuesday March 30), the group criticized the proposed plans. They find the European proposed agricultural policy incompatible with the Paris climate agreement.
In the climate agreement, the international community has agreed to keep global warming below 2 degrees. "There is no time for politics that fuel the ecological crisis as if there is no tomorrow," said Luisa Adelaide, one of the participants in the consultation. "It cannot be in the interest of farmers to maintain a system that continues to deplete nature."
Difference of opinion
Timmermans says that it is good to exchange ideas. He said the European Commission remains committed to aligning the CAP review with the Green Deal. It states that the EU wants to be climate neutral by 2050. The European Commission is currently negotiating how future agricultural policy should be shaped and who will receive how much money under what conditions. According to many parties, making agriculture more sustainable and more environmentally friendly is necessary. There is just a lot of debate about how that can be achieved.
About 10% of European greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. By way of comparison: more than half of the emissions are released during the production of energy by burning fossil fuels.
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