{"id":7973,"date":"2021-07-05T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=7973"},"modified":"2021-07-15T14:52:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T12:52:19","slug":"eca-cap-climate-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/agricultural-industry\/eca-cap-climate-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"EU CAP didn’t help to tackle climate change despite \u20ac100 bn in 7 years, Court of Auditors says"},"content":{"rendered":"

ECA Report: between 2014 and 2020, more than a quarter of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) resorces were allocated for climate change mitigation. But greenhouse gas emissions have not decreased<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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Over the past seven years, the European Commission has provided around \u20ac100 billion<\/strong> in funding for climate mitigation strategies under the CAP<\/strong> or Common Agricultural Policy<\/a>. This effort, representing a quarter of the total budget for the sector’s initiatives, however, has had “little impact” since greenhouse gas emission levels “have not changed significantly<\/strong> since 2010″, the European Court of Auditors has revealed. “The CAP,” says a report<\/a> released these days, “measures with a low potential to mitigate climate change”.<\/p>\n

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Livestock sector is responsible for 50% of emissions from the agricultural sector. Image: European Court of Auditors based on European Environment Agency data Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

CAP under fire<\/h5>\n

The analysis, which focuses on the three most important variables<\/strong> – livestock farming, soil fertilization and land use – has revealed some CAP shortfalls. Including, according to the auditors, the lack of concrete actions to limit the impact of the livestock industry ( which is responsible for 50% of emissions<\/strong> from the agricultural sector9. In addition to the disputed support for cultivation in drained peatlands (20% of the total release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases). And there is more.<\/p>\n

According to the survey, “Emissions from chemical fertilisers and manure, accounting for almost a third of agricultural emissions, increased between 2010 and 2018<\/strong>. The CAP supports practices that may reduce the use of fertilisers, such as organic farming<\/strong> and grain legumes. However, we found that these practices have an unclear impact<\/strong> on greenhouse gas emissions. Instead, practices that are more effective received little funding.”<\/p>\n

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EU lawmakers call for Soil Directive<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n