Reducing emissions from agriculture: Reflection on the potential design and scope of an EU Emissions Trading System for agriculture
Putting a price on agricultural emissions.
This position paper outlines the potential design and scope of an EU Emissions Trading System for agriculture (agri ETS), recognising emission pricing as a tool that can support the agriculture sector’s contribution to the society-wide effort of mitigating the climate crisis through a binding and ambitious sectoral emission reduction target, while also highlighting the challenges in ensuring holistic measures that fit in the transition towards agroecology.
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