While more than a quarter of all EU agricultural spending in the 2014-2020 period—over €100 billion—has been allocated to fighting climate change, agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have not fallen since 2010, warns the European Court of Auditors in a stern report published on Monday 21 June.
This report ‘Common Agricultural Policy and Climate’ is a wake-up call at a time when an imminent agreement is hoped for on the 2021-2027 CAP (see EUROPE B12744A7).
“The new CAP...