{"id":8401,"date":"2021-07-20T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/articles\/suolo-agricoltura-fit-for-55\/"},"modified":"2021-07-22T16:51:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:51:31","slug":"soil-agricolture-fit-for-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/soil-agricolture-fit-for-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil and agriculture will play a crucial role in the EU plan &#8220;Fit for 55&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In the EU Commission&#8217;s &#8220;Fit for 55&#8221; climate reform package, a chapter is dedicated to agricultural and forestry practices. The sector also contributes to the release of greenhouse gases but unlike other industries is capable of neutralizing its emissions<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By 2035, the EU should aim to reach <strong>climate neutrality<\/strong> in the land use, forestry and agriculture sectors.&#8221; Including also &#8220;agricultural non-CO2 emissions, such as those from fertiliser use and livestock,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/IP_21_3541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the European Commission said<\/a> while revealing the extent of the efforts planned for the sector as part of the new package of legislative reforms <strong>Fit for 55<\/strong>. Not only electric cars, then, are included in the EU plan that aims to reduce emissions by 55% compared to 1990 levels by 2030. The proposals, approved in recent days by Brussels and now being channeled into their legislative process (which will likely be long), are considered crucial for the successful implementation of the <strong>Green Deal<\/strong>. And, as usual, they also trigger some considerations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The make-or-break decade has already started. <\/p>\n<p>Our first major climate milestone will be a 55% reduction of emissions by 2030. <\/p>\n<p>And by 2050, we aim to make the EU climate neutral. <\/p>\n<p>Today, we present concrete proposals to reach these goals: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h20a4iwgap\">https:\/\/t.co\/h20a4iwgap<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUGreenDeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUGreenDeal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jw7l1G6V7e\">pic.twitter.com\/jw7l1G6V7e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; European Commission \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa (@EU_Commission) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EU_Commission\/status\/1415289818565816321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5>Carbon capture: the Fit for 55 sets a higher target<\/h5>\n<p>The Fit for 55 plan raises the target for carbon capture by <strong>natural sinks<\/strong>. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/clima\/policies\/forests\/lulucf_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulation on land use, forestry and agriculture<\/a> presented on July 14 in fact sets an overall objective of <strong>310 million tons<\/strong> of CO2 emissions by 2030, compared to 225 today. Member states will also have to preserve and extend their carbon sinks. The decision, however, does not meet everyone&#8217;s expectations. &#8220;\u201cWhether the Commission\u2019s net sink target of 310 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030 is ambitious enough needs to be examined more closely in light of NGO estimates that an increase to 500-600 million tonnes of CO2 would be possible,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/energy-environment\/news\/europes-fit-for-55-climate-package-what-to-expect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> <strong>Delara Burkhardt<\/strong>, a German MEP affiliated with the Socialists and Democrats group.<\/p>\n<p>Her comments refer to the calls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/climate-environment\/news\/eu-draft-puts-spotlight-on-improving-carbon-sinks-to-tackle-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made by WWF<\/a> for more drastic measures to be taken as the debate on the issue grows. Some activists, in particular, have challenged an alleged <strong>over-emphasis<\/strong> on carbon sequestration and related practices to promote it, the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/commission-eu-agriculture-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carbon farming<\/a>. The phenomenon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/climate-environment\/news\/eu-draft-puts-spotlight-on-improving-carbon-sinks-to-tackle-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they say<\/a>, is not in fact fully resolutive since adverse events, such as fires, contribute to the release of CO2 stored in the soil, thus cancelling the achievements.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3WItb2BD4Y\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/new-york-passes-soil-health-act\/\">Climate-friendly agriculture: New York passes Soil Health Act<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Climate-friendly agriculture: New York passes Soil Health Act&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/new-york-passes-soil-health-act\/embed\/#?secret=3WItb2BD4Y\" data-secret=\"3WItb2BD4Y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>Agricultural practices in the spotlight<\/h5>\n<p>The Commission&#8217;s choices, in any case, emphasize the centrality of agricultural practices and proper soil management. &#8220;Agriculture is responsible for about <strong>10% of total EU GHG emissions<\/strong> and needs to contribute to the EU reduction goals,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/b7b20495-a73e-11eb-9585-01aa75ed71a1\/language-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report<\/a> published in February by Brussels. The issue has recently come under the spotlight following the EU Court of Auditors&#8217; comments on the <strong>Common Agricultural Policy<\/strong>. Despite the large resources available to tackle climate change, the court <a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/agricultural-industry\/eca-cap-climate-emissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, in the last seven years the levels of greenhouse gas emissions &#8220;<strong>have not changed significantly<\/strong> since 2010\u2033. One thing is for sure, in any case, is that there are many other factors affecting climate change. Including the high addiction to <strong>fossil fuels<\/strong>. Focusing too much on the risks posed by the agricultural sector, in other words, could be misleading.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m6dbMQWkTK\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/eca-cap-climate-emissions\/\">EU CAP didn&#8217;t help to tackle climate change despite \u20ac100 bn in 7 years, Court of Auditors says<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;EU CAP didn&#8217;t help to tackle climate change despite \u20ac100 bn in 7 years, Court of Auditors says&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/eca-cap-climate-emissions\/embed\/#?secret=m6dbMQWkTK\" data-secret=\"m6dbMQWkTK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>Agriculture provides more solutions than problems<\/h5>\n<p>Although agriculture can be technically considered as part of the problem, it is nevertheless true that it offers many solutions, explains <strong>Claudio Ciavatta<\/strong>, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at the Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies (DISTAL) of the University of Bologna.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c&#8221;The agricultural sector contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions,&#8221; the professor points out. &#8220;But its contribution is still <strong>much lower than other sectors<\/strong> which, moreover, have no capacity to fix CO2, for example.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to mr. Ciavatta: &#8220;Only agriculture, moreover, provides the opportunity to neutralize emissions through photosynthesis and <strong>carbon capture<\/strong> in the soil-plant system. In this sense, there are many factors at work. Including, for instance, the inverse relationship between the processing of soil and the stability of stored CO2. Moreover, we can use agronomic techniques to achieve important results. That&#8217;s why it is necessary to find <strong>new balances<\/strong>, by always adopting a scientific approach. Only through more research per hectare &#8211; he says &#8211; it will be possible to combine the duty to feed 8 billion people with the protection of a vulnerable environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7926\" style=\"width: 885px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7926\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7927\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/origine-emissioni.jpg\" alt=\"Il settore dell'allevamento \u00e8 responsabile del 50% delle emissioni del comparto agricolo. Immagine: Corte dei conti europea (European Court of Auditors) su dati Agenzia europea dell'Ambiente (European Environment Agency) Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)\" width=\"875\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/origine-emissioni.jpg 875w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/origine-emissioni-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/origine-emissioni-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/origine-emissioni-705x497.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The livestock industry is responsible for 50% of emissions from the agricultural sector. 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